
Adrienne Lahens is a recognized leader in the creator economy and generative AI landscape. She is currently the Founder & CEO of an AI startup in stealth mode, focused on building a new economy for AI-powered creativity. During her nearly four years at TikTok, she led high-impact initiatives at the intersection of creators, brands, and AI. She built and scaled the TikTok Creator Marketplace (now TikTok One) from inception, developing it into a global platform that empowers over 2M creators and revolutionizes brand/creator collaborations across 24 markets. She then pioneered generative AI innovations, launching TikTok Symphony, pushing the boundaries of creativity at scale from ideation, to production, and optimization. Given the importance of responsible AI, Adrienne founded the TikTok Symphony Collective, an AI advisory board with industry leaders from major brands and agencies as well as top creators. Throughout her career, Adrienne has been at the forefront of digital transformation, architecting solutions that advance branded content and creator collaborations across emergent formats and platforms. As Chief Operating Officer at Influential, she drove 10x growth and built trust with over 60% of Fortune 500 brands by proving the efficacy of creator marketing. At BuzzFeed, she played a pivotal role in developing their early native advertising model and branded video strategy. Adrienne's is a regular speaker at major industry events, including Cannes Lions, SXSW, and CES, where she shares her insights on the future of creativity and the evolving creator landscape. She has been recognized as AdAge Leading Women and Variety’s Digital Innovators, and featured in leading publications and research reports spanning TechCrunch, Digiday, eMarketer, and Forrester. Adrienne's mission centers on democratizing creativity and empowering brands and creators with cutting-edge solutions. She publishes "The Imagination Age," a newsletter exploring the intersection of AI and human potential. A New York native, Adrienne lives in Los Angeles with her husband Olivier and their two sons.
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Founder & CEO
Stealth AI Startup
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Feb 2025 - Present
Voting Member
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Feb 2025 - Present
Judge
The Webby Awards
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Oct 2024 - Present
Global Head of Content Strategy & Operations
ByteDance
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Nov 2023 - Feb 2025
Global Head of Operations, TikTok Creator Marketing Solutions
ByteDance
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May 2021 - Nov 2023
Global Head of Content Strategy & Operations
TikTok
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Nov 2023 - Feb 2025
Broadcast Journalist
ChinaOnTV.com
Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
Shanghai, China
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