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Caroline Rustigian, Founder of K-Line Media Group

About K-Line Media Group 35+ years of knowing what connects.

Creative marketing strategies, storytelling, and proven media results — built on the relationships that come with a long career.

The Principal

Meet Caroline.

Founder and principal of K-Line Media Group.

Caroline Rustigian, Founder & Principal of K-Line Media Group
35+ Years

Caroline Rustigian founded K-Line after a career building brands, shaping narratives, and staying ahead of the ever-changing shifts in the intersection of communications and technology.

Bringing strategic judgment, deep relationships, and proven results to every client engagement.

Building K-Line

Built deliberately selective.

Choosing clients she believed in over clients who simply had budget and the work that came of it.

K-Line grew out of a simple conviction: the best work happens when you genuinely care about the client's mission. The practice is deliberately selective — built around clients worth believing in.

That focus has led to work with established brands like Estée Lauder, Clinique, Hermès, Gap.com, Capitol, Warner, and Virgin Records, LA Tourism, and Visit Newport Beach, alongside purpose-driven organizations like Ecoflix, Coast Film & Music Festival, Angels Among Us Foundation, and Newport Harbor Underwater Cleanup.

Caroline also practices what she recommends. After five and a half years hosting a live radio show on KX FM, she launched her own podcast, The Connected Caroline Show, an early move into owned media as a powerful tool for brand-building.

The work she's most proud of isn't the biggest client names. It's the brands she helped build from scratch. A multi-day film festival that became a sold-out Laguna Beach cultural institution. A conservation campaign that connected corporate partners with wildlife advocates around a shared cause. An environmental streaming platform that broke through a saturated market by telling a story that matters.

A few of the brands Estée Lauder Clinique Capitol Records Warner Bros. Records LA Tourism Visit Newport Beach Ecoflix Coast Film & Music Festival Angels Among Us Foundation
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I've worked with remarkable people building remarkable brands. The ones who build/launch something lasting are genuinely clear about why they exist, and they find a strategic partner willing to fight for that story as hard as they do. That's what I'm here for.
Caroline Rustigian
Founder & Principal
The AI Era

Why results still require real expertise in the AI era.

Everyone has the same tools now. What makes the difference is the relationships, the instincts, and knowing exactly who to tap for each client.

35+ years at the forefront

The kind of instinct that only comes from decades in the field.

AI is a great help with drafting, automating, and analyzing data. The real difference comes from knowing what your brand truly needs, sometimes before you've put it into words. Caroline selects the right platforms for your goals, builds relationships that turn contacts into true advocates, and knows what will genuinely connect with people.

Caroline was working with YouTube the year it launched and helped brands find their footing as social media took off. Today she brings that same curiosity to AI tools. Every new platform gets tested first, so clients only get what truly works for them.
Recognition & Background

The shorthand version.

Where the work has shown up, who Caroline knows, and how she got here.

Recognition

Featured in The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Management for communications and marketing expertise.

Relationships

35+ years of relationships with journalists, editors, producers, and cultural gatekeepers across entertainment, non-profits, conservation, and media.

Industries

Client work spanning entertainment, non-profit, conservation, environmental advocacy, and social enterprise.

Owned Media

Early adopter and strategic advisor on owned media, content marketing, and audience-building over 8 years of live radio and podcasting.

Based In

Laguna Beach, California.

In Conversation

Real conversations. Aligning your goals with smart campaign execution smart campaign execution.

Caroline sits down with social entrepreneurs, brand leaders, and culture-makers who are reshaping their industries.

Honest exchanges about strategy, story, and the road between vision and traction.

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