Chief Digital Officer and Creative Director at W2 Communications
Stephen Mackey is the Chief Digital Officer and Creative Director at W2 Communications. A Telly-award winning producer and director, Stephen brings to W2 Communications over 20 years of experience in all facets of strategic digital marketing, creative design, multimedia production and software development while serving cyber, B2B, public sector and healthcare clientele.
In 2018, Stephen released his first feature-length documentary, “This Business of Autism” about employment opportunities for adults with autism. This critically acclaimed film has been selected for a number of film festivals around the world and features the legendary Dr. Temple Grandin. In 2012, Stephen was named Loudoun County, Virginia’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Loudoun Chamber Small Business Awards.
Stephen is also the co-founder (with wife Shannon) and internationally award-winning brewer and wine composer for Notaviva Farm Brewery & Winery, the world’s only brewery and winery that pairs beverages with music using a field of cognitive neuroscience known as “cross-modal correspondence.” In 2016 he published his first novel, “Dream. Build. Believe.” a memoir on the founding of their winery. During construction, the family starred in the HGTV series, “Dream House”.
Stephen has an M.S. in Digital Marketing Communications from WVU and a B.M. in Music Engineering Technology from the University of Miami, Florida.