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Historic Treasures of Chicago's Golden Age

"Going it Alone""Marketing to Women""Marketing to Millennials"

Provide strategic advice with simple implementation for brilliant results• Advise world’s largest media company on retail partnerships and revenue growth• Create master brand repositioning for premier social learning institution• Launch new, innovative brand of skin care crème as online pure play• Set brand print for first ever online digital media sales training site• Drive brand, corporate brand affiliations and apparel brand activation for Emmy winning… Show more Provide strategic advice with simple implementation for brilliant results• Advise world’s largest media company on retail partnerships and revenue growth• Create master brand repositioning for premier social learning institution• Launch new, innovative brand of skin care crème as online pure play• Set brand print for first ever online digital media sales training site• Drive brand, corporate brand affiliations and apparel brand activation for Emmy winning actress• Secure brand sponsorship of 50th Anniversary Event for venerable Comedic institution• Design customer centric business model and cost effective MARCOM plan for luxury retail brand Show less

Owned senior client relationship and led media strategy of The Home Depot account

Facilitated post acquisition integration of two radically different corporate cultures to ensure brand continuity and single view of customer

Owned marketing strategy and one-voice expression for Brand Sears across enterprise

Introduced brand management principles for America’s #1 line of appliances (e.g., laundry, cooking, refrigeration).

Drove business via the integration of retail promotion calendar with award-winning “Softer Side of Sears” branding campaign.

Pioneered event marketing store wide discipline supported via fully integrated marketing communications

Devised retail selling model and marketing plans for automotive products/service business including stewardship of #1 ranked industry brands: DieHard, Michelin and Goodyear.

Implemented ground breaking marketing programs for launch of Sears e-commerce of appliance category

Sears subsidiary sold to Advance Auto Parts in Q4 '98Converted 700 store auto service to auto parts retailer; rejuvenated wholesale business; and expanded Puerto Rico 25 store auto service and parts chain.

Created pioneering Mom loyalty/ data base program KidVantage; Wrote marketing strategy which resulted in historic “Softer Side of Sears” ad campaign