Christopher Sutter Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Specialize in portrait, product, lifestyle, street/urban and travel photography.
• Proficiently employ Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign and Illustrator to craft captivating high-resolution digital image files.
• Build relationships and consult with clients during freelance photography sessions.

Niles, Illinois

• Was a senior member of a dynamic advertising team writing B2C direct response copy for The Bradford Exchange’s Hawthorne, Holiday, Canada, and Hamilton Authenticated divisions.
• Worked collaboratively in a fast-paced environment to develop best-in-class print and web advertising campaigns for key clients and licensors, including Disney, Coca-Cola, Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Brothers, Ford Motor.
• Crafted effective sales copy for online and direct mail house promotions, direct-to-consumer catalogs, new client acquisition space ads, self-mailers, social media, and collateral materials.
• Instrumental in establishing and preserving a distinct and consistent brand voice and tone by adeptly blending conversion and SEO copywriting techniques, ensuring uniformity through the development of standardized.
• Worked collaboratively with Product Development, Marketing, and Licensing team members to align campaign strategies with targeted audience needs and brand positioning.
• Oversaw the design and written content of advertising campaigns from concept, to licensing approval and final workflow release.

Carol Stream, IL

• Built and managed Megadyne Americas’ first in-house creative services department.
• Crafted compelling sales and content copy and design for all B2B brand collateral, including catalogs, trade publication advertisements, website updates, emails, social media, direct mail campaigns, press releases.
• Ensured marketing materials were congruent with the brand’s core values and personality.
• Led brainstorming sessions with the Vice President of Sales & Marketing and the creative services team in the planning and execution of top-performing traditional and digital marketing campaigns.
• Performed SEO-focused keyword and keyphrase research to boost corporate website search engine rankings and enhance the user experience.
• Photographed portrait and product images for corporate website and printed sales materials.

St. Charles, IL

• Developed copy and designed B2C direct mail campaigns.
• Wrote craft industry articles for the Journal of the American Professional Crafters Guild.
• Managed editorial calendar and recruited freelance contributors for assigned projects.

Riverwoods, IL

• Served as primary copywriter and worked closely with authors, editors, print and web designers, and product developers to create direct mail campaigns for marketing initiatives.