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BIO
Suzie Reecer is a creative executive with more than fifteen years building brands inside the places people shop, eat, and gather. She is the Founder and CEO of Tiger's Eye, a brand-first creative studio that builds brand systems, go-to-market creative, and content engines for ambitious retail, food and beverage, and hospitality brands.
Suzie spent eight years at Starbucks, rising from designer to Creative Director across nearly the entire brand, from visual merchandising and e-commerce to global advertising and flagship launches in Shanghai, Milan, and New York. In 2022, she led the full creative direction of Starbucks' record-breaking Red Cup holiday campaign. Customers had always said "it's Red Cup Season," so she built the campaign on that truth, directing everything from brand systems to in-store experiences. Parts of those design systems are still in use today.
She is also one of the early leaders putting AI to work in brand creative. At Slalom, she built and led a global design center of excellence for AI, before most of the industry had a strategy. At Tiger's Eye, she has codified her own approach: the Alloy Method™, which fuses human craft with AI to produce assets authentic to brands, at the speed and cost required.
Her life mission drives all of it: to make life better for someone else. It is how she defines success, how she leads, and why she serves on the boards of the Indiana University Student Foundation and IU's School of Art, Design, Architecture and Merchandising, cultivating the next generation of creative talent.
◉ Brand Systems & Identity
◉ Go-to-Market & Global Campaigns
◉ Content Engines & Production
◉ Visual Merchandising & Retail Experience
◉ E-commerce & Customer Journey
◉ Generative AI for Creative
◉ Trend & Cultural Strategy
VOLUNTEERING
Board Member, National Advisory Council
Indiana University Center for Innovative Merchandising
Board Member
Indiana University Student Foundation
Board Member
Coyote Youth Arts Organization
press
“The Christmas Season Can Officially Start: Starbucks’ Holiday Cups Are Back”
The Dieline
“Starbucks Holiday Cups Are Back—and Even More Inclusive”
Adweek