Brad Stark Email & Phone Number

Bement, Illinois, United States

Decatur, Illinois Area

• Led teams in the initiation, development and implementation of high-level marketing projects for executive staff.• Launched a new company-wide domestic packaging program across all plants.• Promoted Anvil’s “Building Connections that Last” slogan with events and marketing videos • Created videos from concept to completion for new products, employee training, and company events across traditional and social media platforms.• Catalog Publisher and Website Product Information Administrator for hundreds of products

Decatur, Illinois Area

• Responsible for creation and implementation of marketing media for products within fire protection, mechanical/industrial and oil field/energy industries worldwide.• Managed projects with external advertising agencies and commercial printers.• Website developer for product pages and submittals posted on Anvil’s website.

Decatur, Illinois Area

• Re-branded “Supply Sales Company” as a new company named “Anvil International”.• Implemented marketing strategies for new products from concept to completion with Vice President of Marketing and Head of Research and Development.• Developed advertisements in-house and with external advertising agencies for Anvil’s 11 brands.• Maintained, updated, and revised archived marketing literature as well as preserving changes through all catalogs, brochures and technical data sheets.• Designed booth graphics and coordinated marketing items for national trade shows.• Established a new appearance for marketing literature, creating an identifiable family of products.• Directed translation of documents into four foreign languages for the overseas market.• Proficient in copywriting, product photography, graphic design and page layout.

Decatur, Illinois

• Responsible for managing three departments: pre-press (graphic designers), press and bindery.• Hands-on supervisor, proficient in all production areas.

Decatur, Il

• Supervised pre-press department in composing editorial pages for a newspaper with circulation of 60,000+ daily readers and 100,000+ weekend readers (www.herald-review.com).• Transitioned the newspaper from manually to digitally laying out pages with Quark Xpress software.• Computer enhanced photographs for newsroom and advertising departments.• Calibrated computers and image-setters for color reproduction, back-up plate maker and web press operator.

Mount Zion, Il

Supervised and trained other colorists. Scanned line art and airbrushed comic book pages digitally for Marvel Comics and other comic book publishers.

Springfield, Il

Desert Storm combat veteran. Law enforcement and combat support. Secret clearance.Awarded 6 medals and 10 ribbons during service.