Polly Magrini

Stepping into a role she knows well, our Marketing Director brings a relevant range of experience to Gabriel Builders. Since she began her career at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising in Chicago, Polly has focused her efforts on impactful communication and building valued relationships. 

Following her work on the American Express account at Ogilvy, Polly received her master’s degree in communications and Broadcast News at Northwestern University, a complement to her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame. Polly immediately accepted a job in Austin Texas as the morning news producer and reporter, where she was engaged and promoted from reporter to news anchor. 

She transitioned to other markets including Dallas, Chicago area, Boston and Richmond as NBC/ABC-TV morning news anchor, noon anchor and finally weekend anchor in Richmond where she made the leap to marketing and public relations (to work conventional business hours while raising her family!). 

After relocating to Hilton Head Island, Polly held multiple marketing director titles at prominent Lowcountry resorts including Palmetto Dunes Resort, Berkeley and Hampton Halls and Hampton Lake. She also steered marketing and branding direction for Greenwood Communities and Resorts in Charlotte.  

During her community marketing efforts, Polly was hired by TimeInc to manage sales for Travel + Leisure, Sports Illustrated and Departures magazines, specializing in the luxury lifestyle niche which included client properties such as Sea Island and Kiawah Island, among others. She later became an Account director for Erwin Penland Advertising here, in Greenville, (now known as EP + Co), working on the Verizon account. 

When previous clients requested her support with marketing and PR, Polly launched her own boutique agency. Her clients included primarily home industry companies, from upscale builders to architects and interior designers, most based in Palmetto Bluff, Spring Island and surrounding private communities. Her success with creating marketing programs for these clients led to her interest in working with Gabriel Builders, where signature building, architecture and interior design thrive collectively under one roof. 

Polly’s thrilled to apply her versatile skills and innovative approach to key marketing goals at Gabriel Builders and looks forward to meeting the entire team clients and vendors with her eyes and ears wide open.