The Story

Marina Skye began her career interning on music video sets with Runengund Broadcast Agency. Her creativity and stellar work ethic quickly secured her a position as creative director for Coco Studios. In 2015 she expanded joining First Taste ATL, a premier event planning and production company.  As set designer and creative director with First Taste ATL, Skye gained recognition for her work on events such as Milk & Cookies Festival, Let Them Eat Fashion Show, and many others. In addition to working with First Taste, Skye began taking on freelance set design and creative projects for numerous restaurants, recording artists, designers, and clothing stores. She also became the lead set designer and creative director for Room Escape ATL; a year later leaving to launch her own company;  Set By Skye. From 2017-2018, Skye was appointed as the sole set / interior designer for the infamous ‘Club Daydreams Atlanta’, an Alice in Wonderland themed nightclub that quickly became the city’s premier playground. Her creative designs caught the attention of the fine art word, and she was asked to represent The High Museum as 1 of 5 Global Brand Ambassadors.

Soon after, she was approached by The King of The South and was recruited as the lead Set Designer and Art Director for T.I’s Trap Music Museum; an interactive and immersive experience highlighting the heavy hitters in the trap music genre.

December 2018, the Set By Skye brand partnered with The Spice Group and 21 Savage to construct the interactive listening party for his sophomore album ‘I Am Greater Than I Was’; where each room at ‘Motel 21’ was transformed into the visual of a song on the album.

In January of 2019, the ‘Mood Magician’ stepped in the role of Platinum recording artist Jidenna. Where she will be responsible for all stage designs, music video ideas / executions, and photos shoots for the artists.

2020 brought her arguably her biggest project yet: Creative directing and doing massive set design for Backwoods Cigars. Set by Skye and her team redesigned 12 venues in 4 states in a matter of 6 months some of which include the infamous Stankonia studios, 2Chainz’ Street Execs and Mike Will’s Studio. She can’t wait to see what opportunities this new chapter brings her.