Townsend Belisle

CEO & Creative Director

Townsend Belisle is the Founder and CEO of Haystack Needle, a strategic design and production agency based in New York, serving clients all over the globe. Tailfeather is a wholly-owned brand agency under the Haystack umbrella.

As an Executive Producer and Creative Director for many of the firms’ larger endeavors, he has over 25 years of experience producing brands, events, websites, videos, and search, social, and print campaigns - and he has extensive expertise working with C-suite, marketing and communications leaders to produce strategic communications solutions. He also has extensive expertise in helping companies create, refine and strengthen their long-term reputation programs. 

T holds a BA from Skidmore College and audio and design certifications from SVA and NYU.