Snap has appointed Grace Kao as its new chief marketing officer. She is being promoted after serving for less than six months as the company’s vice president of consumer and business marketing.
She will take the place of chief creative officer Colleen DeCourcy, who joined Snap in May 2022. DeCourcy will stay on as an advisor to help with the transition before departing the company later this year.Â
Kao previously held marketing leadership roles at Spotify, Instagram, and Yahoo. She also worked at ad agencies TBWA\Chiat\Day and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners from the late ’90s through early 2010s, where she led projects for major commercial clients including Pepsi, Apple, Sony, and HP.