About Us.

artus concepcion

Artus Concepcion has a distinguished record in corporate and agency communications. He has served broad range of designer and retail clients and was a partner at HQ Communications which was renamed CONCEPTER.

Artus has been in the business for 18 years. He began at KCD where he managed Calvin Klein, RichardTyler, Anne Klein, Isaac Mizrahi and Anna Sui. He later joined Showroom Seven International as PR manager for clients such as Betsy Johnson, Lawrence Steele, Diesel, Jimmy Choo and Josephus Thimister. Artus has also headed public relations efforts for London-based Ben Sherman and Evisu sportswear apparel brands and was Director of PR, Marc Ecko and Complex Magazine.

Most recently, he has worked with Valmont skincare and McClaren automotives. Beyond PR, he has produced numerous fashion shows and events in the US and abroad.

manny serrano

As a seasoned business executive with more than 19 years of experience in the advertising, fashion and creative arts industries, Manny joins CONCEPTER in 2020 as a Partner to oversee business development, marketing and operations of the company.

Manny began his career as an account executive at TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications where he supervised operations and sales management for projects across diverse industries including hospitality, fashion, pharmaceuticals and technology. He would then jump to the fashion industry as a models manager for Ford Models collaborating with diverse stakeholders within the fashion and advertising industry. Following that, he would co-found (and then successfully sell) Lookbooks that provided digital marketing solutions for the creative arts industry.