Quartararo & Associates (Q&A) is an
event-driven public relations and marketing
agency bringing together the talents of award-winning
creatives, account managers and event specialists
from national accounts and focusing those skills
on the unique Southern California marketplace. |
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Todd
Quartararo
Principal
Todd Quartararo
has more than 14 years of public relations
experience and founded Quartararo & Associates
(Q&A)
in 1997. Before starting Q&A, he worked
on national accounts at Bozell Worldwide,
Foote
Cone & Belding, and Alcone Marketing Group.
Quartararo brings his account experience along
with an entertainment, fitness and lifestyle
focus to Q&A. He has worked with clients
ranging from Action Sports Retailer to Sprint
PCS. Quartararo received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Administration from California
State University, Northridge and is the recipient
of several national and international awards
for his work for the Newport Beach Film Festival.
He also was named 8th-best break-dancer at
Lakeside
Middle School.
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Saba Shirazi
Account Executive
Saba has more than five years of experience in marketing, event planning and advertising in the publishing industry. In her most recent position as Marketing Coordinator with Riviera magazine, she was responsible for branding the new luxury lifestyle publication in the San Diego community. She launched the first ever “Men of Style” and “Sexy San Diego” parties in San Diego and has collaborated with numerous restaurants including Confidential, Nine-Ten and Jack's along with fashion retailers like Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and JEP boutique to create signature magazine events. Before her move to San Diego, Saba worked as the Marketing Assistant at Sacramento magazine. She graduated with a Bachelor of Art's in Apparel Marketing in Design from CSU, Sacramento. Saba is a modern day hoola hooper with ambitions of becoming the next national champion. |
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Jordan
Kaye
Account Coordinator
Jordan's previous experience was an account coordinator at The Rose Group
in Los
Angeles, where he worked with SKYY Vodka to launch their new ultra premium
vodka SKYY 90 and a summer celebrity bash with Maxim & SKYY Flavors at the
Cabana Club in Hollywood. He also worked on the grand opening of Dave Navarro
and Tommy Lee's new Hollywood club ROKBAR. His other experience includes
the Newport Beach Film Festival, Bock Communications a high-tech public
relations firm and film/tv product placement with Starbucks Coffee
Company. Jordan is a recent graduate from Chapman University,
where he was also president of the Public Relations Student Society of
America (PRSSA). Jordan spends his weekends working as a traffic school
instructor and adding to his collection of sci-fi memorabilia. |
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Ian
Wright
Account Coordinator
Ian Wright joins Q&A with over 6 years experience in the customer relations
and creative sales / marketing arenas. Most recently, his account management
experience is with one of San Diego’s premier biotech companies,
where he was the sole liaison for over 200 laboratories in the industry.
Ian moved to San Diego in 1999 to attend the University of California in
La Jolla, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience
and was awarded by the department and his peers for excellence as an instructional
assistant. Throughout his tenure in San Diego, he has been active in the
art / fashion industries, participating in premieres for Let’s Go
Clothing, Magnolia Salon, Breakfree Clothing, and Voice 1156 gallery. Stimulated
by recent advances in shaving technology, Ian spends his free time feverishly
working to expand the vibration-based personal hygiene empire. |
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