News Zooey Deschanel's Latest Role: Celebrity Shoe Designer By Bronwyn Barnes Bronwyn Barnes Instagram Twitter Bronwyn is the VP of Commerce for Health and Beauty at Dotdash Meredith and joined the team in 2021. She is a professional storyteller and digital pioneer with 20 years of experience in print, digital and social media. Before joining Dotdash Meredith, Bronwyn was co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of a boutique content agency, combining editorial style and brand marketing principles to create custom digital and social media content for brands like Hilton Hotels, Waldorf Astoria, and Bulgari. She was the founding social media editor of InStyle's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts and architect of early social media brand partnerships with brands like Target, Lionsgate Films, and Essie. Bronwyn has also worked as an editor and writer, at InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, People, Travel + Leisure, and more. Bronwyn earned a B.A. in literature and sociology from Queen's University at Kingston. InStyle's editorial guidelines Published on August 6, 2009 @ 09:00AM Pin Share Tweet Email Photo: Susanna Howe; Courtesy of Clothesoffourback.org "I have never wanted to dress like anyone in particular. I like to express myself in my own way," 500 Days of Summer star Zooey Deschanel told us when she posed for our August issue. Now Deschanel has put her singular style to use for a good cause, designing a pair of heels that are on the auction block at Clothes Off Our Back. The one-of-a-kind RODO (an Italian brand worn by actresses like Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett) pumps are studded with purple crystals and signed by the actress. Place your bid now!