Nicole Grey

Copy/Content Creator

Nicole creates content for blogs, business websites, and various other marketing materials. She’s able to get at the heart of a company’s culture to produce compelling copy, signaling potential customers that they’re right where they need to be. She believes fluff is meant for teddy bears, preferring well-researched content aimed at increasing a business’ authority within their industry and addressing customers’ most pressing issues.

Nicole graduated from the University of South Florida in 2012 with a BA in English Literature. Before joining Social Spice Media in 2016, she worked for a content company, turning search engine answers, articles, and product descriptions. Nicole is passionate about post-apocalyptic literature and self-sufficient homesteading.

Eliza Wells

Copy/Content Creator

Eliza is a Copywriter & Content Creator for Social Spice Media. Her role includes writing content for social media, creating business blogs, and a variety of other specialized content projects. She is sort of a jack of all trades, having worked in diverse settings such as non-profits, book publishing, report writing, website design, and content creation, and now she is a couples and family therapist in training in addition to doing content creation for us.

She has a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, a Master of the Arts in English from Western Illinois University, and a Bachelor if the Arts degree in English & Anthropology from Augustana College.

Eliza has been with Social Spice since she was full-time in 2019 and living in Camarillo. As she started to transition to a career in mental health, we chose to keep her on part-time due to her ability to contribute to specialized content projects and take on an eclectic work load.

In her free time she enjoys painting with acrylics, raising plants, hiking, and considering her fit in the world as a tortured artist trying to avoid being a starving artist.

Samantha Shankel

Lead Creator

Samantha is a Copywriter & Content Creator for Social Spice Media. Her role includes writing content for social media, business blogs, and creating custom graphics. She has a diverse background ranging from retail management to filming and editing for newscasts. She studied broadcast journalism and interned at Power 106 on The Cruz Show, for marketing and producing. Samantha has a passion for social media marketing and growing brand images.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from CSU, Northridge. Before joining Social Spice she worked for marketing agencies giving her the ability to manage multiple clients at once.

In her free time she is a puppy mother and enjoys doing DIY projects around her house.

Stacy Pearce

Director of Creative Marketing

Stacy Pearce recently joined Social Spice as the Director of Creative Marketing with more than two decades of experience in Marketing, Graphic Design, Front-End Web Development and Creative Project Management. Stacy began her professional journey working for Disney Cruise Lines as a member of the inaugural crew for their first cruise ship in 1998, the Disney Magic. While working onboard, she was selected to receive specialized training from Disney in both Public Relations and Guest Service Excellence.

After leaving Disney and working in print design for several years, Stacy decided to make the jump to web design and began working for the well-known training company, lynda.com, as an assistant teacher for their onsite Adobe Photoshop training classes. She also spent many years in the marketing world working for companies like JD Power and Associates, Amgen and Gospel Light Publishing. She then started her own graphic design and consulting business providing logo design, web project management and branding strategy to a wide variety of local groups and businesses.

Stacy joined Social Spice in January of 2020 to help expand their services as a creative designer and a brand strategy specialist.