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Farmington Hills, Michigan

Account management, business development, creative direction, and production supervision in an agency-of-record event team delivering premium experiences for Volkswagen Group of America brands and their parent companies: Audi of America, AUDI AG, Volkswagen of America and Volkswagen AG. The annual event portfolio encompasses new product launches, media ride-and-drives, tech briefings, auto show press conferences, VIP consumer and influencer drive tours, employee meetings, executive conferences and other brand communications.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Creating engaging, memorable, automotive PR and consumer events in my combined role as the account manager, senior producer and creative director for Audi of America event team. Learn more about us at: www.gail-rice.com.

Livonia, Michigan

At Studio Creative, a division of EWI Worldwide, I expanded live events, serving as a combination of creative director, producer and account manager for automotive PR programs – primarily for Audi of America, Inc. and AUDI AG as their U.S. PR events agency of record. My work included new business proposal development for existing and prospective clients; speeches and scripts for live events and multimedia content; film/video/speaker support/interactive content production; and the staging of press conferences, product launches, ride-and-drive programs and corporate business meetings. In addition to Audi, other automotive experience included working with executives and PR staffs at Ford Motor Company, Lincoln, Porsche Cars North America, Porsche AG and Volvo.

New business proposal development for a start-up experiential marketing firm.

I was a writer, producer and project manager for a boutique film, video and interactive production company in southeastern Michigan. We created content for temporary displays at auto shows and trade shows, and permanent installations for museums, corporate visitor centers and an Epcot pavilion. My automotive clients included Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM Corporate, GMC, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, Ford, Lincoln, their advertising agencies and other marketing partners. Other clients included the American Iron and Steel Institute, Compuware and Seton.

B.A., Communication

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Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Men's Cross Country Team, Men's Track & Field

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Activities and Societies: Band

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Activities and Societies: Livonia ACAT Program, Band

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