ABOUT
Your trusted partner
for meaningful growth.
Connolly Studios is a proven partner that brings a problem-solving mindset that inspires alignment plus instant bandwidth, drawing on a wide range of experience.
Created in 2023 to provide expertise and quick progress across storytelling, strategy and cross-functional execution, Connolly Studios puts these unique skillsets to work for a diverse set of organizations.
Brian Connolly
Principal
& Founder of Fresh Perspective
During a 20-year career at The Buffalo News, Brian led efforts to transform a legacy news organization into a digital powerhouse. Through an era of intense technological disruption, Brian built high-performing teams that successfully sustained revenue growth through digital innovation and focused business strategies.
He combines deep journalism experience with an executive-level business acumen to find and tell stories that help brands achieve their goals.
Danielle Ossher
Chief Creative Officer
& SVP of Inspiration Strikes
Danielle builds and fosters authentic connections with audiences, inspiring them to take action. An award-winning magazine editor and creative director, she considers herself a storytelling matchmaker: content strategy, let me introduce you to the customer journey. She taps into the right team of Buffalo-based talent to bring custom-made strategies to life. Danielle is fueled by creative passion but always informed by client needs, data and an ever-changing distribution landscape. She's perpetually asking, and testing out, what's next.
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Corey Desiderio
Director of Storytelling
& VP of Observational Wit
Corey brings a strong journalism background into the world of marketing, using his strengths as a storyteller and editor to craft compelling content that connects with and influences readers while also meeting brand objectives. He joined Connolly Studios in March 2024 after a 9.5-year run at The Buffalo News, where he steadily rose from high school sports reporter to sports editor of The Hamburg Sun to marketing content manager, editor of special sections and editor of Buffalo Magazine. But his claim to fame is authoring "Nowhere Else You'd Rather Be," a best-selling book chronicling the 50-year anniversary of the Buffalo Bills' stadium in Orchard Park.
SERVICES
Strategy / Growth / Reccurring Revenue / Integrated Marketing
Storytelling / Audience Building / Brand Value / Impact / Authenticity
Solutions / Goals / Success Metrics / Team Dynamics / Capacity Building