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Heather Thomas is listed as Strategic Communications at Ovid Inc., a company with 11 employees, based in New York, New York, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Heather Thomas.
Heather Thomas previously worked as Principal Partner at Ovid Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at Winsome. Heather Thomas holds A.B., Politics from Princeton University.
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I started my career working at high-growth, fast-paced digital start-ups in New York and Chicago such as Agency.com, Modem Media, and Critical Mass, the first generation of firms to build modern websites. I found my true calling at Critical Mass Chicago where I arrived just in time to build their Business Development and Corporate Marketing practices from the ground up, working alongside some terrific people. My nine years there involved countless pitches, late nights, and more than a few losses but luckily, even more wins. After repeatedly achieving pitch win averages of 60% to 70% versus the industry average of 25%, I saw Critical Mass triple its revenues and become named the top interactive agency according to Forrester Research three years in a row. I then retired from the all-night business development treadmill and moved to New York City in 2009 to take a break for a while. Or so I thought. Mid-sabbatical, I met with Jane Praeger, a media coach and founding faculty member of Columbia University's Graduate Program in Communications, who I had once hired at Critical Mass. She invited me to help her teach graduate school classes in Strategic Storytelling at Columbia University. I accepted the offer on the spot and taught graduate school classes at Columbia for three years, eventually becoming an adjunct instructor. Around that time, I decided to join forces with Jane at Ovid, a strategic communications firm. Over the last 13 years, I've flown around the world to teach executives at companies ranging from Bloomberg to Lindt to AT&T how to master the art of persuasion and storytelling to become better presenters and communicators. (www.ovidinc.com)When not working, I enjoy interior design, gardening (see my garden's website at www.capecottagegarden.com), and family life as a wife and mother of two boys, plus I volunteer as a member of my college class leadership team. A graduate of Princeton University, I enjoy living with my family back in my picturesque college town where every square of sidewalk holds a memory.
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New York City
www.ovidinc.comMy decade-long road trip pitching my way through the boardrooms of corporate America taught me a lesson I've never forgotten. Words have a persuasive power that we don't appreciate enough. When I retired from the agency business, I wanted to pass on a bit of what I'd learned, so I joined forces with OVID, a 30-year old NYC-based.
New York City
www.winsomeconsulting.comOne of my greatest passions--born from helping Critical Mass grow from a tiny start-up to a large-revenue agency--is helping small companies grow bigger. So I founded Winsome to help set young companies on the right path to growth. My services include: * Business development strategic consulting to drive growth up* Guidance on lead.
New York City
I helped prepare graduate school students for the world of work by teaching them the finer points of persuasive presentations and storytelling, working as course assistant and adjunct instructor for three years at Columbia University's Communications Practice Program in New York.
Chicago, IL
Arriving when the agency was in start-up mode, I founded the Business Development and Corporate Marketing practice and built it from the ground up, working with the leadership team to establish the company's original positioning, brand identity, pitch materials, processes and growth strategies.With a laser focus on our business goals, I built and executed.
At Modem Media, I oversaw the 3M and Kraft accounts as an Associate Account Director. Commuting to Boston for almost two years, I also helped the insurance company, John Hancock build their online insurance business and forge partnerships with media properties including Microsoft and Women.com (now iVillage).
In the dot.com boom years, I worked in the midst of Silicon Alley at Agency.com New York as an Account Manager on accounts like Nike. It was there where I got an early taste of business development as part of the team that helped win new accounts like K-Mart. While those days are now a blur, I'll never forget the office perk of massages on Fridays.
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