Director, Digital Marketing | Managed Digital Marketing Strategy For Indiana Pacers
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Home of the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever & all Bankers Life Fieldhouse events. Promoted to Director, Digital Marketing to build and lead a team of 18 full- and part-timers in digital marketing and advertising across web, social, database/email, and team apps.• Opened opportunities for social media sponsorship.• Managed and directed the rapid growth of the Digital Marketing department to 18 employees (seven full-time, eight part-time, three interns).• Introduced data-driven approach to marketing by using online fan-data acquisition, data visualization, and segmentation to boost engagement. • First NBA team to use Facebook for season ticket renewals in a database marketing fashion. Our online renewals doubled those of traditional direct mail and phone calls in the same time period.• Grew social media platform from 250,000 likes/followers in 2013 to more than 5 million total likes/followers.• In 2015-16, increased online merchandise sales revenue 341%.• Generated $8M+ in direct online revenue through ticket sales, merchandise sales, and sponsorship. • Managed launch & marketing of the new Pacers app in March 2015• Planned Salesforce marketing automation and CRM tool integration with our tickets database – allowing us to map customer journey, craft criteria for qualified leads, and produce data flow mapping.• In 2013, the Indiana Pacers were one of 3 NBA teams to win the Social Media Engagement Award