Jean Ban Email & Phone Number

Rocky River, Ohio, United States

Senior-level communicatons, PR and marketing professional for contract and consulting assignments for agencies, businesses as well as NFPs and non-commercial organizations.June 2022 through present: contract PR and communications services for leading national and regional agencies and corporations. January 2022 through May 2022: (Interim) Co-Director, Center for Life and Learning (CLL), Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. CLL is a 400-member, lifelong learning program for people 60+, sponsored by Fourth Church. Responsibilities included facilitating programming across multiple categories (fitness, language studies, studio art, art history, writing, culture, music history and more.) Plus, instructor relations (25 instructors), member marketing and digital communications, new collaborations and partnerships. Served on the search committee for permanent, full-time Director.January 2021 through December 2021: Part-time PR and communications for Colman Brohan & Davis, Inc. (CBD Marketing now 2.718 Marketing), including speaking engagements for agency principals and clients, articles for trade and vertical business media, news releases, new business research and related content.

Chicago

Senior executive and leader of marketing and public relations account services teams serving national and global clients in a variety of B2B and B2C industry categories. Responsible for strategic planning, proposal development, client relations, department budgeting, financial projections, team training and development. Partner with agency business development staff and ownership on new business. Special expertise in public relations, social media and content marketing.

On-site, full-time consultant driving pro-active communications and PR to position Ambrosi as an industry-leading agency with award-winning creative and innovative solutions for retail clients. Managed trade pr, conference participation, speeches and the development of a multi--dimensional agency capabilities presentation for the new business team.Reported to Co-CEOs. Ambrosi was acquired in 2005 and now operates as Schawk!, part of SGK.

Paladin is a national staffing services company placing marketing professionals. Co-founded the company, developed and executed all internal and external marketing and communications from start up through acquisition by venture investor group. Helped grow the business from one office to nine with revenues exceeding $25 million Responsible for web site, recruitment and trade advertising, consumer and trade pr, marketing communications and employee communications.

M.S.J., Journalism

B.S.J., Journalism