Designers Management Agency (DMA) is the first talent representation agency to provide new business development services to designers and brands within the luxury sector. The Agency’s global network of business relationships has fueled its growth beyond fashion, into fine jewelry, footwear, handbags, beauty, cultural institutions, home, culinary, sports, fine art, and even pop culture.
The multi-disciplined practice provides a broad range of specialized business and branding services, including product endorsements, multi-media development, licensing, co-branding, DTR, personal appearances, sponsorships, and international franchise expansion. In 2007, DMA’s management decided to merge its core capabilities with ink&co, a branding and advertising firm. This has proven valuable to clients, as this very modern approach allows for the creation of new revenue streams coupled with comprehensive communications programs borne from the same office.
Marc Beckman and Sam Sohaili founded DMA in 2001. During its salad days, DMA’s clients included several relatively unknown designers at the time: Proenza Schouler, Derek Lam, Alice Roi, and Tara Subkoff/Imitation of Christ.
DMA is currently headquartered in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan.
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