As Chief Operating and Marketing Officer of the #1 entertainment media brand Variety, Dea oversees implementing the company’s strategy and managing the day-to-day operations of the business. She is responsible for facilitating growth through product development, pricing and the advertising and promotion of those products. All global brand marketing initiatives including creative, communications, PR, media partnerships, the live media and virtual events business, video development, and custom content are under her leadership.

She has served as executive producer for several TV specials with A&E Networks and in December 2023 she won a Daytime Emmy as Executive Producer of A&E’s “Power of Women Changemakers” television special. Also, in December of 2023 she launched a new podcast for Variety, “Variety Confidential, Sex, Money, Murder in Hollywood,” which she conceptualized and executive produced.
Dea and team Variety have consistently made the brand the leader in entertainment with a digital reach of 78MM.