40 Under Forty 2021: Lisa Malo

Photo | Erika Sidor Lisa Malo

Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) David Ginisi, Aaron Birt, Lisa Malo and Sean Kelly at Redemption Rock Brewing Co. in Worcester (Special thanks to Redemption Rock Brewing Co.)

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By Monica Benevides

Lisa Malo, 38

Title Creative group manager
Company Bose, in Framingham
Residence Worcester
Birthplace Worcester
College Syracuse University

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As creative group manager at Bose, a $4-billion electronics manufacturer, Lisa Malo manages a team of more than 15 creatives who work on global marketing, where she is responsible for leading art directors, copywriters, content strategists, animation designers and more.

All this came after she helped build the e-commerce firm Edible Arrangements to new heights, helping launch the fruit delivery firm to be a company with more than $330 million in annual revenues, through a variety of roles and eventually as director of integrated marketing. As a side hustle, Malo launched Splitting Diamonds, LLC, a creative consulting business in Worcester she runs when she’s not entrenched in her day job. She serves as a coach for Seth Godin’s altMBA, where she helps support and develop leaders and business owners from around the world. Malo serves on the Worcester Arts Council, where she’s led marketing, public relations, and significant social media growth for nearly three years. She’s helped put more than $450,000 over two years into the hands of local artists and creatives through the council’s annual grant cycles. All of this experience has produced a powerhouse who is not afraid to get what she wants.

What Olympic sport would you be the best at? Tug of war. It hasn’t been an Olympic sport since 1920, but I think we should bring it back. Who’s with me?

Is there alien life? Yes. Is this even a question?

Favorite Central Mass. restaurant? Baba Sushi, in Worcester

What items have you crossed off your bucket list? Met some heroes, visited beautiful places, went skydiving, met my soulmate (my dog, Oatmeal).