Stephanie Jensen

Degrees

MBA, Integrated Marketing Communications, DePaul University
BA, Communications, Purdue University

Bio

Stephanie Jensen joined DePaul University's Department of Marketing as an adjunct instructor in 2026. She is the founder of EcomEffect, providing marketing and revenue strategy for direct-to-consumer brands and live event properties. 

Stephanie's career spans sales and marketing roles across sports and ecommerce. She began in ticket sales with the Chicago White Sox before moving into marketing at DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center. She later served as Director of Marketing & Ticket Sales at Intersport, leading marketing and ticket sales for nationally-televised sports properties such as the Hockey City Classic. She returned to Intersport in 2026 for the College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, televised by ESPN over Final Four weekend, and helped drive the highest ticket sales revenue in the event's 37-year history. 

She is also co-founder (ecommerce) of Lifetime Creations, a personalized gifts brand, where she helped lead the business into a 7-figure annual revenue operation across ecommerce platforms including Amazon. Her work spanned digital marketing and product strategy, along with building the financial planning, forecasting, and operational processes that supported the business's sustainable growth. She also secured collegiate licensing rights with multiple major universities. 

Stephanie holds an MBA in Integrated Marketing Communications from DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a BA in Communications from Purdue University.