A nationally recognized communications expert + creative director of experiences, Alexandria Ott has fifteen years of executing top-level strategic communications, progressive programming and effective marketing for designers, artists, hospitality venues, entrepreneurs and more. 

 

She is a visionary, strategist + storyteller based in Southern California.​ After almost a decade in Chicago, Ott returned to her hometown of San Diego and has made waves as a creative entrepreneur. She is currently the co-host of San Diego Magazine’s newest podcast entitled Not a Parenting Podcast with SDM publisher Claire Johnson. Alex’s passion for food + hospitality has been poured into the underground dinner series she produces with longtime friend Fred Keller called The Blank Table. She runs a communications consultancy, Chrome City, with clients in both San Diego and Chicago. She is an avid LGBTQIA advocate and produces Drag Queen Story Hour as well. 

 

Previously, Alex produced a forum for creative entrepreneurs called Hustlecraft and turned it into a podcast during the pandemic. In 2014, she founded Chrome City Creative in Chicago, a creative agency offering Public Relations, Marketing, Social Media, Graphic Design, Event Curation and Influencer Management. Under Ott, the agency represented some of the biggest industry leaders in hospitality, art and design.