Jon Hall Email & Phone Number

Carpinteria, Ca, Us

I lead PlanMember's Marketing efforts, including guiding the team that provides strategic planning, creative direction and execution of all marketing and marketing automation initiatives for corporate and affiliate marketing, including the support of 40+ regional financial centers and 500+ financial advisors nationwide. I also guide brand management efforts and am a member of PlanMember's Strategic Development team.PlanMember has a 30+ year history as a nationally top-ranked broker-dealer in the financial services space, providing retirement planning and financial services for employees of educational and non-profit organizations, helping those doing good in the world—teachers and non-profit employees—plan for their retirement.

As a side-endeavor, my wife and I launched Make Good in May 2010, a retail brick-and-mortar business specializing in 100% locally sourced products from the San Diego/Tijuana region. Starting in our living room as quarterly events with 8 local artist/makers, Make Good grew to over 125 artists/makers/vendors and became a voice of influence as a hyper-local business model. Embodying a business-for-good ethic, Make Good was a 98% Certified B Corporation match and returned over 90% of its revenue back into the local community.My wife managed operations along with vendor and customer relations, I developed branding, marketing, digital reputation and advertising efforts for Make Good, and led the re-design and re-merchandising of the store in January 2015. • Winner: American Express Small Business Saturday retail store make-over, 2015• Named best San Diego retail store, San Diego Magazine (Nov 2015)• Named best San Diego retail store, National Geographic Magazine (Dec 2015)• Featured: San Diego Visitors & Tourism Board film (2014)• Featured on StartUp TV: Spring 2017

Sixty3 provided digital marketing, creative services, branding and strategic planning for both for-profit and non-profit organizations.Accomplishments included:Re-branding initiatives for retail and non-profit organizations.Design, planning and creative direction for conference events, including event branding, videos, site graphics and messaging.Produced numerous films, including promotional spots, interviews and documentaries.

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JAG was a full-service creative agency with a wide range of clientele. My primary role was developing and implementing creative initiatives including design, branding and multi-channel marketing campaigns for a wide variety of clients that included Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, in industries including financial services, medical, entertainment and non-profit. Accomplishments included:Complete re-branding of a top ranked financial services broker-dealer, including strategic planning and implementation of multiple web platforms facing three unique target segments.For an industry-leading medical client, led an extensive nationwide SEM/PPC campaign effort that resulted in 20% growth in qualified leads while achieving a 20% reduction in cost-per-customer-acquisition.Led the branding and marketing for an eight-figure fundraising campaign to endow a chair for a major west coast university, including strategic plan development, and creative direction of print, web and video components. Designed, directed and managed creative implementation of large-scale conference events, including branding, video development and on-site graphics.

Strategic design and communications through both online and offline mediums. Clients ranged from entertainment and technology to food and non-profit.

New York, Ny, Us

At Y&R I led all online efforts of the Mercury vehicle brand, including the introduction of new Mercury Sable and 2002 Mountaineer models. I was also part of the multi-discipline 8-member brand team that guided all advertising, marketing and promotional efforts on behalf of Y&R for the Mercury brand.

Led a team of designers, while managing creative projects for a wide range of clients including Disney, Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, KFC, Taco Bell, Universal Studios Hollywood and PacificCare.(This is where I cut my teeth working for some gigantic brands, alongside some very talented people who made me look very good. Thanks Alan for giving me the chance.)

Adjunct professor at Cecil B. DeMille School of Film at Chapman, teaching digital design. (They say that those that can, do, and those that can't, teach. I'm here to tell you, doing is easier than teaching.)

Marketing, design, illustration and strategic communications.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Starting at an entry-level position, I ended my eight-year tenure at RBF as Director in the Marketing Department, overseeing a team of creatives, producers and production staff. In addition, I developed and co-led a Telly award-winning in-house broadcast video production and post-production facility, producing corporate marketing videos for in-house and client needs.

Education record

Art, Graphic Design