Carol Summerfield Email & Phone Number

Lake Forest, IL

Manage the museum, research center and archives, and education/public programming for the small museum. The stories cover the community history, from the Ice Age to today, from the details of daily life to profiles of people who changed the world. We exemplify the arc of experience in suburban life and showcase the key elements of how communities form and.

Chicago

We help unite your brand with your audience. Engine On fuels the intersect of your audience needs and your unique capabilities; finding the best way to connect to you with direct and engaging tools of communication. We specialize in corporate outreach, museums, higher education, non-profits, and other caused-based initiatives.

Chicago, IL

My primary role was establishing best practices for marketing museums, universities and non-profit enterprises, covering strategic framing of their communications through execution of the creative solutions, including website, social media, content development, and on-site digital installations. Clients included Museum Campus South (a consortium of 7.

Chicago

I provided expertise for corporations looking to expand, change, or improve their operations. Assignments included development of web presence for a new business offering, building out new business pitch capabilities, coaching senior staff, and revamping hiring and staffing processes for a large agency.

Chicago

• Oversaw staffing strategy for all staffing, including offshore, vendors, and temp labor for North American brands of Razorfish, as well as partner agencies in India and Central and South America (about 1400 resources.
• Expanded Central / South American staff
• Initiated company-wide changes, saving an estimated $50M in 3 years.

Chicago

I managed the operations department for the marketing division of Leo Burnett. This included being on the leadership team for new business, running the resource management team, the project management team, working on the finance steering committee, partnering with HR on staffing, and putting out forest fires when they erupted. I provided creative and.

Chicago

• Oversaw the development of a systematic project management team for the Arc side of the business.
• Developed costing and timeline strategy for all retainer-based clients, establishing staffing and costing protocols for project-based clients.

Chicago

• Managed a creative staff of 45 and oversaw creative ideation and development of product launches, national promotions, and all youth marketing efforts.
• Directed the Happy Meal program, including all Disney / Pixar partnered programs, negotiating exclusive use and custom-illustrated assets for all McDonald’s programs.
• Conceptualized and led design team for the first World Children’s Day, a global fund-raising effort for Ronald McDonald House Charities, resulting in 24 countries participating in the first program and by year 3 over.

Chicago

• oversaw the strategic development and writing of the 1000 page encyclopedia in partnership with the three directorial historians and the editorial board
• assigned and edited all 600 entries
• managed the reporting for the NEH grant for the project, which was the largest single grant awarded to that date, at $1.25 million

Central African Republic

Midwife Trainer: Worked with the most remote villages in one of the most remote countries in Africa to teach sanitary birthing techniques to traditional midwives within three different tribes as well as governmental health workers and missionary volunteers