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Nicole Nixon and Carly Bromley (N&C) have a long standing ‘small town’ history as their paths have routinely crossed both professionally and socially. For nearly 10 years, they have worked together on-and-off, directly and indirectly. Nicole’s roots stem in professional photography, while Carly’s education is in public relations. Both women worked in model management, and also modeled locally in print & fine art themselves.
Nicole having owned a photography and graphic design business since 2004, in 2019 decided that she could use some help. January of 2020, N&C ‘made it official.’ Carly is now Nicole’s operations/project manager, and officially organizes a very right brained Nicole. With experience in organizing large, local marketing projects, N&C have simultaneously grown to be two sides of one proverbial ‘marketing coin.’
Nicole focuses on UI design with an emphasis on brand aesthetics, product photography, and content creation. Nicole also has experience in high-end retail email design: previously with Marissa Collections. Alternatively, Carly continues to perfect her UX design skills in CRM and social marketing strategy, along with project management, people management and training in her current role at Gartner, Inc.
N&C both have an extremely psychological approach to marketing. By focusing on the client’s thought process, they place a great deal of importance on the user’s intention and emotional connection. This passion and innate skill stems from N&C’s intuitive personality types, which empower them to be immensely proficient listeners and interpretive designers. Their overall area of expertise exists in in the ability to translate vision. By combining concrete data, KPI’s and deep research into the user influence, N&C develop effective and successful marketing campaigns that are delivered on time and within budget.
Look no further for an experienced, local and innovative content creation and digital marketing team. Together, N&C will identify areas of opportunity and ensure success in revolutionizing your digital marketing strategy in creative ways.
ABOUT NICOLE
Nicole Nixon (INFJ) is an accomplished commercial, editorial and, asmp registered media & press photographer specializing in food, fashion, and fine jewelry. She is a proven creator of content marketing strategies born and raised in Bethel NY, (home of the Woodstock Festival in 1969), she is now a 20 year ‘adopted local’ resident of Naples, FL.
Her jewelry and fashion product photography has been featured nationally in publications like, WWD, Town & Country, Garden & Gun, and the New York Times style section as well as local Florida editorial and fashion publications.
Her work in food journalism has been featured within Food Network’s ‘Beat Bobby Flay’. She has photographed private events featuring James Beard award-winning, and highly recognized Chefs and Sommeliers, from around the world as well as having been featured in their emails and online.
Currently Nicole works as Creative Director of Paul Fleming Restaurant Group. She manages the brands for Lake Park Diner, Paulita’s Taqueria and PJK Neighborhood Chinese.
Prior to PFRG, Nicole worked as in-house commercial, print, fashion and ecommerce product photographer and content curator at Marissa Collections, a renowned boutique of designer apparel accessories and fine jewelry in Naples, FL. And also with, with Shannon Green Collection (SGC), a boutique that represents a global collection of fine jewelry.
In addition to photography, Nicole is a UI (user interface) leaning - web content designer, and she matures brands by focusing on the aesthetics of their digital design while taking into account the psychology of the end user.
A professional photographer for over ten years, her skill set has grown to include various e-commerce retail and digital marketing experiences. This experience includes, email design for ecommerce, SEO marketing, Google analytics, and website content design.
Nicole is also skilled in UX (user experience) focused design. Utilizing CRM’s (customer relationship management) metrics and data, she is able to tailor content to better fill the needs of her clients.
Adding to her proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, and Lightroom, as well as illustration and photo manipulation in procreate , Nicole can also create gifs and animated graphics as well as custom illustrations that are brand specific, adding layers to your digital marketing and social media campaigns, while cohesively exposing your brand to newer audiences.
Being a Squarespace circle member, means design services with Nicole save you 20% on hosting with the popular Squarespace design platform. Nicole is also a Shopify Partner able to build and transfer ownership of your new retail site easily.
Carly Bromley (ISFJ) is a UX Designer specializing in project management, public relations and overall organization. With experience in both the corporate world and the agency setting, she has the ability to be flexible and adapt to each client’s needs.
As a Naples native, Carly has watched the city of Naples evolve for 30+ years. Her Southwest Florida upbringing enables her with the unique perspective of a local, as well as extensive knowledge of the area and it’s residents.
Carly’s professional background comes from Gartner, Inc. where she specializes in both professional development and new hire training. Her tenure with Gartner has empowered her with the project management tools that make her the strongly organized professional she is today.
Prior to Gartner, Carly worked mainly with small businesses based in SWFL: magazines, modeling agencies, design groups and entertainment companies.
Her educational career began in Psychology at the University of North Florida. In 2011, she moved back to South Florida to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. In 2013, she received her B.A. in Communications and Public Relations at FGCU.
Carly’s skillset is technical, acquired and innate. Her technical skills range from O365 Suite, G Suite and iWork to online media management and representation.
Given her professional background and education, she possesses strong communication, organization and problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented approach. She is also sought after for effective time management and actionable decision making.
Since 2017, Carly has been the online voice, eyes and ears of the local, energetic tavern featuring craft beers, whiskey & bar grub: Whiskey Park. Her work with the owners of Whiskey Park has focused on unique, trendsetting event coordination, as well as social networking.
In January of 2020, we kicked off the new year with welcoming Carly to the Nicole Nixon family. Since then, she continues to grow and thrive as a professional and Nicole’s right-hand (wo)man.
“Professional, timely, experienced and capable”
Probably the best commercial photographer in Southwest Florida; she is professional, timely, experienced and capable. If you are looking for a talented photographer who happens to also be quick in capturing the image with an artistic eye for the final product, she is the one.
— Shannon Green Long (Shannon Green Collection)
“Artistic eye for detail.”
Nicole is one of the most talented photographers in the business! Her range from gorgeous food to stunning portraits really demonstrates her professionalism and ability to meet her client's needs. Her artistic eye for detail and capturing a moment in time is incomparable.
— Trent Ryan (Margaret Events).
“From that one event a fantastic friendship emerged. ”
Finding a photographer who fits your aesthetic from 1500 miles away is not an easy task. However, as soon as I found Nicole's website, I knew she was the one for me. Her eye for details, her cool-girl style, her easy going personality, and her drive to get the best representation of the event is unmatched. We only had one 10 minute conversation before the event because she got me, my style, and what I wanted from the images instantly. And not only are her images from my event spectacular—but from that one event a fantastic friendship emerged.
— Allison Miracco
“Amazing photographer with a keen eye for the best shot. Extremely easy and collaborative to work with. Nicole has taken my marketing to the next level. I have worked on many projects with her and look forward to many more collaborations.”
— Pam Elder (Kelder Designs)