Marie Oley
Los Angeles Native, Wearer of Many Hats and Grateful You’ve Stopped By!
Currently Director of Operations & Head of Creative Partnerships at We Are The Table
As Director of Online Events & Creative Recruitment at Workbook I produced online portfolio networking events to facilitate relationships between creative professionals in the advertising industry and commercial photographers and directors looking to identify as potential vendors.
Before that I was Director of Print Production, Project Management & Design for the printed Workbook, working with thousands of pages and international vendors to produce custom direct mail sourcebooks.
Please see below to explore my professional origin story, and don’t hesitate to reach out!
Director of Operations &
Creative Partnerships
We Are The Table
After producing 19 online events and nearly 3,500 meetings over 4 years, it’s time for something new in 2025!
Welcome to At The Table, my new venture to provide meetings, networking opportunities and marketing resources to commercial photographers and directors looking to connect with creatives who are close to the hiring process. We have six online portfolio events - all on Saturday, via Zoom and meticulously organized resulting in a truly impactful day for all attendees.
In 2025, we are all relying on our network more than ever. I’m so excited to connect all the commercial artists I’ve helped over the years with my amazing network of creative directors, art directors, buyers, producers and all professionals involved in the hiring process.
Check out We Are The Table Here! Or Our Linkedin Here! Or Even our Instagram Here!
Director of Online Programs & Creative Outreach
Workbook: In 2020, my role at Workbook evolved to include all management and recruitment for their “ScreenTime” Networking events - the evolution of their in-person networking & portfolio events adapted and scaled to function on Zoom at the height of the pandemic. My role was to obtain reviewers for our quarterly panel events while tending to the needs and expectations of our clients.
By 2022, I was asked to continue to manage the growth and development of this thriving and lucrative program exclusively - little bit sales, little bit marketing, lots of client management, and most importantly evangelizing for Workbook’s services to creative professionals in the advertising industry (our end users), plus project management and problem solving .
Click on my smiling face to learn more about the scope of my responsibilities and professional achievements while developing, managing and scaling this program to profitable success by 2024.
Director of Production
Workbook: For nearly 10 years, I was the Director of Production for Workbook. I managed the print production and internal traffic for our photo and illustration source books twice a year as part of our marketing offerings for our clients: contracted commercial photographers, directors, illustrators and animators.
An epic workflow that shouldn’t have succeeded as much as it did! MY role involved planning and scheduling with offshore prep and printing, color management, vendor relations, managing client relations & expectations, file intake and internal project management. Workbook produced two 500-700 page volumes two times a year.
Click on this photo of me at the TWP Production Plant in Johor Baru, Malaysia to get more insight into my one of my favorite professional roles and how I successfully produced some of the most stunning projects of my career.
Print Production and Project Management Ad Agencies / In-House
RPA, ADK, & Capital Group - Click on this vintage photo of me and you’ll find all my work and projects I successfully managed during the first 10 years of my career. Agency-Side & In-House, here’s where I got my start in print production and project management. From Honda brochures to FINRA filing, this page details my beginnings in the industry and all the great opportunities that allowed me to learn.
About Me & Contact Info
But there’s more, Much more!
Click on my fave childhood pic to learn more about me and get in touch.