The Buda Fire Department provides fire suppression and EMS service to a 75 square mile area of northeast Hays County, including the cities of Buda and Hays. We are situated 15 miles south of Austin, Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor. Hays County is among the fastest growing counties in the state of Texas. We respond to an average of 3000 calls annually out of three fire stations.

As the Managing Director of Brand Experience, it was my job to provide a positive, unique and unexpected company experience to our staff, our clients and our partners. The Nitsche Group was created with the independent spirit of a small-town businessman in 1949. From the beginning, our goal has been to help people protect what they've worked so hard to build: their businesses, their homes, their families and their dreams. As we look toward the future, we will never forget where we came from. We'll keep growing, guided by the independent spirit we were founded on, and without compromising the small-town values that make our company unique in the insurance industry.

Costa Del Mar Sunglasses• Lead interactive design team in the development of a new website, email strategy and digital marketing plan. • Managed design, planning, media and creative teams in the creation of all advertising and marketing initiatives including new packaging and brand identity. • Responsible for planning, coordinating and executing logistics for the photo safari and film shoot in Panama for 2009 offline and online initiatives.Sun Mountain Golf• Lead interactive design team in the annual development of Sun Mountain’s website. • Managed photographer selection, budget, shoot schedule and design for client catalogs. • Developed brand communication and point of sale materials for retail.Shiner Beers• Lead interactive design department in the creation of promotional microsites. • Planned, implemented and managed the launch of Shiner in Chicago. • Coordinated the development, research, design and production of Shine On. • Managed the development of all advertising and marketing initiatives (from interactive to packaging).

Frito-Lay North America• Managed all Frito-Lay Customer Marketing initiatives for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club including Power of One programs.• Supported Account Director with client relations and team management.• Actively developed and mentored Assistant Account Executives and support staff.Pepsi Cola North America• Supported Pepsi Cola Marketing Team with all facets of their business.• Designed, communicated, and presented support materials to local bottlers.• Helped concept/implement programs that actively leveraged national properties.Pepsi Bottling Group• Facilitated ideation and execution of all promotional advertising dealing with retail customers, on-premise accounts and prestige properties including all point-of-sale material, print ads, out-of-home, television and radio. • Managed all prestige property relationships and promotional execution including the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Burn and Nokia Live.• Negotiated all regional television and radio spot buys and managed all media partner stations to ensure media dollars reached maximum value. • Consistently produced some of the highest ROI numbers nationally.Pizza Hut• Developed and managed client project budgets and timetables for the development and execution of all Pizza Hut national projects. • Assisted with Pizza Hut field marketing.Hasbro• Facilitated brainstorming sessions and pre-production meetings. • Coordinated scheduling, production, and budget for all media projects.• Managed all national and international POS and print material workflow. Developed, monitored, and enforced all project estimates.

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