Derek Stewart Email & Phone Number

Grand Island, Florida, United States

Clermont, Florida, United States

At Edward Jones we help individuals and families by understanding what is most important to them, and using an established process to develop personalized strategies and then partnering with them throughout their lives to achieve their financial goals.

Grand Island, Fl

Leo Burnett Worldwide is one of the world's largest agency networks with 85 offices and more than 8,000 employees. The global agency works with some of the world's most valued brands including Allstate, Firestone, Jim Beam, Kellogg's, Kraft, MillerCoors, P&G, Samsung and United Healthcare, among others.Responsible for consulting with the Florida Buick, Pontiac and GMC retail clients that consisted of over 85 dealerships in 10 Markets. Reviewed vendor contracts with legal for GM compliance and policy standards. Project management and planning of advertising, marketing, B2C and other digital tactics with the client, marketing, finance, media, production and trafficking teams. Creation and distribution of all client marketing correspondence. Selected accomplishments include:• Digital Advertising – Educated and sold clients on adding digital advertising tactics like Social Media applications, FEP, Video and display into their traditional media mixes. Continuously optimized the programs using Google analytics and other metrics and KPI tools.• Organic Growth – Partnered with the Mobile/Pensacola, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Gainesville markets to increase their annual media spend by 25% to fund a new GMC Elite advertising program.• Broadcast Advertising – Managed the monthly broadcast advertising for 10 multi-point groups. Process was coordinated with the creative, legal, media and traffic departments. Responsible for the budgeting, creative recommendation, media placement and trafficking. Also responsible for securing client approval on all creative, media and production budgets.• Leadership Development – Coached several assistant account executives in their customer service, market research, database, writing, presentation, product knowledge, budget management and client relationship skills. • Process Improvement – Customized an existing accounting system down to one document to increase efficiency and simplify the monthly billing cycle.

Grand Island, Fl

Reported to Regional Account Director and responsible for managing the Florida Buick, Pontiac and GMC Local Marketing associations. Accountable for overseeing forecasting, media planning/scheduling, budget management and billing, creating and giving Power Point presentations for client and internal manager meetings. Selected accomplishments include:• Brand Management – Reformed the Buick, Pontiac and GMC Florida clients into a single marketing chain.• Strategic Direction – Essential in creating the Florida Supergroup think tank of Dealer Association Presidents. The group developed a cutting-edge generation of retail creative for the GMC Sierra, which was then implemented by dealer groups across the country.• Financial Management – Instrumental in managing 10 client groups through the 2008 bankruptcy and later led in the reforming the Tier 2 advertising associations.• Sponsorship Management – Developed, managed and promoted major sports sponsorships including GMC Outdoors, the Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf Tournament, Miami Heat, Houston Rockets, and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Grand Island, Fl

Reported to Regional Account Director and responsible for servicing the Florida Buick, Pontiac and GMC Local Marketing associations. Accountable for helping the GM Zone and Regional teams increase brand awareness, sales and market share.