About

Emma Kapotes is the Director of Digital Design & UX for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) and A Plus (a positive journalism site founded by Ashton Kutcher). Emma oversees all design & creative strategies for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and its subsidiary brands. She designs websites, social media and video assets, branding materials, logos and email newsletters, project manages developers across sites, analyzes consumer behavior and incorporates best UX practices and supports sales team initiatives with assets for marketing.

In her free time, Emma is also a digital content creator and social media influencer. Her YouTube channel has over 18,800 subscribers and 1.9 million video views. She also hosts a weekly podcast called Rave Culture Cast where she discusses topics related to EDM & music festivals as well as interviews artists, industry professionals, business owners and more!

Previously Emma worked as the Digital Photo Editor for Reader’s Digest magazine where she maintained the design of RD.com by creating all web slideshow imagery and sourcing photos for posts. She also ran the brand’s Instagram account and conceptualized and assisted with photo shoots for the site and social media channels.

Emma is an alum of The College of New Jersey where she earned her BFA in Graphic Design. She has also completed a post graduate User Experience design program through General Assembly in New York City.