# Nick Van Sicklen

> Nick Van Sicklen is the New York-based founder and CEO of Interluxe Group, a unified luxury marketing agency built from the company he started with former Wisconsin soccer teammate Matt Carroll. Before marketing, he was a standout University of Wisconsin player, a 2005 D.C. United draft pick and a professional in New Zealand. His second career moved through digital sales at wine and lifestyle startups, American Express Publishing and Time Inc., then into entrepreneurship. In 2025 and 2026, acquisitions and a rebrand turned the kitchen-table startup North & Warren into a 200-plus-person platform spanning media, experiences, communications, audience data and performance marketing.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Interluxe Group
- **Organizations:** Interluxe Group, North & Warren, Full-Time Media, Time Inc., American Express Publishing, Snooth Media, Halogen Network, D.C. United, Canterbury United, Wisconsin Badgers
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- **Known for:** Scored 76 career points for Wisconsin, then fifth in program history at the end of his college career., Earned All-Big Ten honors in three consecutive seasons and team offensive MVP honors in each of those seasons., Recorded a hat trick and an assist against Penn State in 2004 for seven points, then the most in a match at McClimon Soccer Complex.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2004** — Played men's soccer for the Wisconsin Badgers, earning All-Big Ten recognition in his final three seasons and finishing with 76 career points.
- **2005** — Selected by D.C. United with the 19th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft and started two CONCACAF Champions' Cup matches.
- **2006-2007** — Played professionally for Canterbury United in New Zealand before retiring from soccer in 2007.
- **Before 2012** — Worked in digital sales at Halogen Network and later served as vice president at wine-focused Snooth Media.
- **2012** — Promoted at American Express Publishing to executive digital director for FoodandWine.com and TravelandLeisure.com.
- **2010s** — Served as a digital vice president at Time Inc., overseeing digital revenue across multiple lifestyle verticals.
- **2016** — Co-founded North & Warren with former Wisconsin teammate Matt Carroll at a kitchen table in New York.
- **2018** — Co-launched Full-Time Travel, a social- and email-led travel media brand informed by first-party audience data.
- **2021-2022** — North & Warren appeared on the Inc. 5000 in consecutive years.
- **2025-02** — North & Warren acquired Interluxe Group with growth investment from Mountaingate Capital; Van Sicklen remained co-CEO of the combined platform.
- **2025-09** — The platform acquired luxury strategic communications agency Quinn, expanding to more than 150 people across North America and Europe.
- **2026-03** — North & Warren, Quinn and Interluxe unified under the Interluxe Group name, with Van Sicklen serving as founder and CEO.
- **2026-06** — Interluxe acquired performance marketing agency adMixt, taking the combined team above 200 people.

## Achievements

- Scored 76 career points for Wisconsin, then fifth in program history at the end of his college career.
- Earned All-Big Ten honors in three consecutive seasons and team offensive MVP honors in each of those seasons.
- Recorded a hat trick and an assist against Penn State in 2004 for seven points, then the most in a match at McClimon Soccer Complex.
- Drafted 19th overall by D.C. United in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.
- Co-founded North & Warren, which appeared on the Inc. 5000 in 2021 and 2022.
- Led the evolution of North & Warren into Interluxe Group through combinations with experiential, strategic communications and performance marketing firms.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Interluxe Group acquired adMixt, adding performance marketing and bringing the combined organization to more than 200 team members across North America and Europe.
- **2026-04** — Interluxe introduced the Optima AI Index, a tool tracking how luxury brands appear in generative AI recommendations; Van Sicklen highlighted it as a data-driven product built by the team.
- **2026-03** — North & Warren, Quinn and Interluxe Group unified under the Interluxe Group brand; Van Sicklen became founder and CEO of the unified agency.
- **2025-09** — The North & Warren and Interluxe platform acquired Quinn, adding strategic communications to its media, data and experiential capabilities.
- **2025-02** — North & Warren acquired Interluxe Group in a combination backed by Mountaingate Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://interluxegroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-van-sicklen-aa49974/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Nick_VS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick_vs/

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Last updated: 2026-09-23