
Creator Economy
Cosette Rinab and the Rise of the Creator-Strategist
Cosette Rinab — USC PR grad, 2.5M+ followers — just became ACC's first Creator-in-Residence. Inside the shift from renting creators to embedding them in strategy.

Cosette Rinab — USC PR grad, 2.5M+ followers — just became ACC's first Creator-in-Residence. Inside the shift from renting creators to embedding them in strategy.

Influencer marketing and the creator economy are not the same thing. Confusing them produces programs built on the wrong model. The strategic difference — and why it determines how brands should approach creator partnerships in 2026.

Follower count is not a strategy. The right influencer tier depends on what the campaign is trying to do — and most brands are allocating wrong. The complete framework for matching creator tier to campaign objective.