Denise Patierno is the Senior Resource Manager for CNN’s award-winning Brand Marketing department, who is responsible for licensing all music, photography and video that appears in promotion across CNN’s Worldwide suite of networks. For over twenty years, she has also managed the curation, auditioning and booking of voiceover talent that is heard on promos for CNN’s brands, such as CNN Films, CNN Original Series, CNN’s Domestic and International programs, and most recently CNN All Access.

Denise has contributed to the promotional success of key network series including Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, United Shades of America, This is Life with Lisa Ling, and The Decades series. She is a two-time Emmy winner in the category of Outstanding Promotional Announcement for The Seventies Campaign in 2016, and the Alicia Keys “Good Job” - Coronavirus Global Town Hall promo in 2021.

Denise is passionate about helping talent achieve their dreams and encourages others to stop holding themselves back from the success that awaits them. She is proud to have contributed to the launch of several VO careers and hopes yours can be next!