As if second nature to Michelle Leshem & Sean Drake, they successfully bridge the often, vast gap between art and commerce, whilst solidifying and developing a strong rapport with the tastemakers and pro-claimers of a modern hip lifestyle. The creative and developmental forces behind the agency, their opposite approach to brands and strategy, enables clients to receive a three dimensional outlook on developing their brand.

Michelle Leshem

Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada, Michelle Leshem, had some other plan in mind, while receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at York University. Dissatisfied with both the weather and work opportunity that Canadian life had to offer, she made the risky decision to move to Miami in search of all the mystique, temptation and promise the beach had to offer.

Quickly learning what SPF worked for her, she began to acquaint herself with the local fare and before she knew it, this new ‘it girl’ was a Miami aficionado like no other. Always one, to stray away from convention and the first to get your business card, Leshem engulfed herself in the market, world, and life that would teach her to never take ‘no’ for an answer.

She gained her first affinity for nightlife marketing and production during her tenure at one of South Beach’s nightclub staples, as the director of VIP marketing and operations. Leshem decided to gamble yet again and bet on a different division of the market. With the resurgence of Miami’s Downtown and Design District in 2004, she found herself as Director of Marketing at the newest kid on the Downtown Block: The Pawn Shop Lounge where she was a pivotal force in developing the brand, the area and using kitschy marketing tactics to bridge the uptown and downtown scene. Being quick to recognize upcoming trends, and the first to deny jumping on the bandwagon, Leshem noticed the hip potential in Miami’s downtown and art district.

With her years of experience in developing and managing marketing and experiential events, Leshem notice a void in the market. She chose to bridge the gap between promotions and public relations by creating a multi-disciplinary design, marketing and branding agency for both hip and luxury lifestyle brands.

With over 10 years of experience in brand management, marketing and event production, Super Market has produced over 100 events and has worked with international brands like Mercedes Benz, Conde Nast Publications, International Polo Club and Bacardi.

Taking her innate passion for design and storytelling, together with her partner, Sean Drake, they have begun developing branded environments for hospitality, galleries and retail organizations.

Sean Drake

Sean Drake is all about the aesthetic. Capturing and harnessing the best of the beautiful and the ugly, the famed and the mysterious, the glitzy and the tarnished, is what he does best. With an innate intuition of what looks good on print, film and online Sean views the world around him, with the finest of creative lenses.

A homegrown Floridian, with a hunger for the continental, Sean gained enrollment into the prestigious Miami Ad School, where he honed his skills in photography, photo design, advertising, package design and art direction, Sean also mastered his graphic design skills.

Feeling the need to inject a sense of honest, intelligent and sharp wit into the development of brands, design and advertising, Sean Drake is the source behind SuperMarket’s ethos of clean, fresh, classic design that is forward thinking yet approachable. Drake is responsible for the brand revitalization of International Polo Club, amongst a roster of hospitality to medical clients including Bardot Miami, Ultra Records, Davidoff Law Firm, Tata Harper, Hotel Victor, The Betsy, Quattro, Domo Japones, Gigi, Bombardier Private Jets, Red Eye Productions, Nue Studio, New World Symphony and TARA Ink. From master art direction, perceptive photography, branding that resonates and the most graphic of graphic designs, Sean Drake’s approach to brands and design encompasses wit, logic, color and a politician’s spin; all in the name of tapping into human insight, with an unapologetic penthouse, outside of the box. After all, location is everything.