# Shannon Bendall

> Shannon Bendall is the Marketing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where she builds marketing programs for the firm's Venture Fund and serves as a communications and brand advisor to portfolio companies at every stage. Before a16z, she was the second communications hire at Snap, shepherding the company through its advertising platform launch, the Discover content hub, and augmented reality Lenses - all while the headcount ballooned from 100 to thousands and the company went public. She is based in Los Angeles, having relocated from the East Coast over a decade ago.

- **Role:** Marketing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- **Organizations:** Andreessen Horowitz, Snap Inc., Burson-Marsteller
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Business, Wake Forest University
- **Known for:** Second communications hire at Snap - helped build the PR function from scratch, Led product launch communications for Snap's advertising platform, the Discover hub, and AR Lenses, Guided Snap's public communications through its 2017 IPO

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Joined Burson-Marsteller as Public Relations Specialist, supporting clients including Intel and Sony Electronics
- **2014** — Joined Snap Inc. as one of the company's first two communications hires
- **2014-2016** — Led product communications for Snapchat's advertising platform launch, Discover content hub, and augmented reality Lenses
- **2017** — Helped Snap navigate its IPO communications as the company scaled to thousands of employees
- **2019** — Departed Snap Inc. after five years
- **2020** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz as Marketing Partner on the Consumer team

## Achievements

- Second communications hire at Snap - helped build the PR function from scratch
- Led product launch communications for Snap's advertising platform, the Discover hub, and AR Lenses
- Guided Snap's public communications through its 2017 IPO
- Joined a16z in 2020 to build marketing programs for the firm's Venture Fund
- Advises a16z portfolio companies on communications and brand marketing across all stages of growth

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — a16z announced its latest $1.7B funding round, with Bendall as part of the marketing and communications leadership
- **2020-01** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz as Marketing Partner to build out firm-wide marketing programs and advise portfolio companies

## Links

- Website: https://a16z.com/author/shannon-kelly/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-kelly-bendall-74b303260

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Last updated: 2026-05-08