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Atlanta, Georgia, Us

“I build and elevate brands through engaging storytelling and simple ideas in film, digital content, social and experiential media. I recruit, teach and lead creative, digital and production teams to create and craft attention-getting content. I collaborate seamlessly with cross function teams and senior leadership to help them better understand consumers.”

Mclean, Va, Us

• Led Marketing & Creative for Commercial Bank, Retail Bank, Small Business Bank and Home Loans. Translated business objectives into meaningful and effective marketing and creative strategies. Collaborate and worked closely with multidisciplinary project teams; Sr. leadership, Intent Owners, Sales, Marketing, Technologists and Finance. Regularly met with partners and clients to discuss; industry trends, technology and channel possibilities. Often brainstorming to problem-solve and seek business opportunities–this resulted in building necessary and seamless relationships with key business partners and stake holders.• Responsible for creative ideation and development. Managed 22 creatives, which included 4 Creative Directors, 5 teams in 4 cities: NYC, McLean, Dallas and Richmond. Senior Creatives were engaged in business plans*, marketing briefs, creative strategies & creative development to produced advertising and content–this also included the creative production process; digital, film and print. *Some business teams operated under Agile principles.• Hired, mentored and trained associates; outlining career growth and implementing annual performance reviews. Promoted 4 Sr. Associate to ACD roles.• Streamlined previous work flow processes and implemented new production monitoring system; Work Front– to better manage and oversee efficiency, profitability delivery and budget. Work Front improved efficiency by 21% in 9 months of operation.• Advocate for brand stewardship of Master Brand and compliance of brand guidelines and standards across marketing channels–also monitored the development of sub-brands and new product lines.• Strong leadership and relationship skills and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of management.

Navigated family business through financial crisis; managed all in-house marketing strategy, advertising, branding, new product naming, events, and trade shows. Maximized thorough understanding of small business operations and pain points

Fort Wayne, In, Us

• Supervised direction of overall strategic vision and creative output. •Managed creative teams and multiple partners/vendors; responsible for all budgeting and scheduling of client. • Supervised new business efforts, outreach and implementation. • Cultivated a dynamic creative environment.

Clients: Ogilvy, JWT, The Armory, Converse All Stars, GoodBelly, MSHC Partners - 2010 Political Elections

New York, Ny, Us

Lead Creative on Kit Kat, Nestle Chocolates & Converse All Stars

Winning Nestle Chocolate and establishing Lowe as a roster agency for SAB MIller defined my role at Lowe. I created a body of work that pushed the category and grew market share.See Links:Nestle - http://bit.ly/jo8dBmRedds - http://bit.ly/m4WLdYClients: Nestle Chocolates, Unilever, SAB Miller, Converse, Stat Oil, J&J, Vattenfall Energy Group Sweden/Poland

New York, Ny, Us

The challenge was to elevate the perception and the creative product of McCann-Erickson within the local advertising community and the McCann network.Restructuring and staffing the department of 20+ teams and 4 creative directors was a crucial first step that led McCann to numerous new business wins and victories at award shows.Agency of the Year at Golden Drum Ad Festival was the end result.Clients: Coca Cola, Nescafe, GM, L’Oreal, Master Card,PlusGSM-Vodapone, Strepsils, Nurofen, Bols Vodka,Heineken Beer Group, ING Bank

C&B became an independent creative agency that ran against the “big dogs”– Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, McCann Erickson, DDB and others. I attracted blue chip clients, gained respect and won numerous awards.Clients: P&G Brands: Alldays, Vizir, Old Spice & SecretNike,Tele2, Akzo-Nobel, Siemens, Renault, Daewoo, Raisio Foods, Nationwide Insurance, Lotto Tennis, Converse, Sketchers, Tortilla Factory

Chicago, Illinois, Us

My role at Leo is best described my being awarded the - 1996 Leo Burnett’s “Shining New Star Award”. Clients: P&G Brands, Sony, Sony Playstation, Red Bull, Fiat Motors,Pioneer Mutual Funds, EB Beer, Reebok, Philip Morris, Citi Bank