My mission is to help professionals bravely relaunch their careers to do more meaningful work. My unique approach of applying marketing principles to help individuals relaunch their personal brands during career transitions is informed by 10 years of global blue-chip marketing experience in the US & UK on consumer brands including Glad, Liquid-Plumr, Gü Puds, and Häagen-Dazs, four major brand relaunches, and 1000+ hours of career consulting. I regularly give motivational career talks and host personal branding workshops & webinars for both business school and corporate clients focused on personal branding, networking, and career transition topics, attended by over 75,000 professionals from 70+ countries.

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Led global collaborations with International regions and markets to create integrated Häagen-Dazs campaigns and experiences across Shops & Retail. Key responsibilities include global brand strategy, campaign asset development, and global initiatives.• Unlocked $500K annual cost savings opportunity through sub-branding initiative in France, Middle East, and Germany, driving final strategy to resolution among regional stakeholders and global headquarters.• Spearheaded $140K holiday brand campaign & toolkit development for all consumer channels by managing creative asset development and alignment among stakeholders representing 80 global markets.• Led assessment for newly formed global marketing team, synthesizing key findings for Global Marketing Director and Global HR Director to optimize and improve team’s effectiveness

Led UK strategic marketing development and brand planning to deliver business targets. Leverage global strategies to maximize brand equity, revenue, and profit. P&L management includes monthly sales, spend and profit analysis. Full marketing budget responsibility. New channel and partnership development. Work with European team to execute NPD launch plans in UK.• Managed brand P&L to remain on target plan by leading monthly analysis of sales, spend and profit, and full responsibility for management and forecasting of £5.4M marketing budget.• Delivered expected £2M incremental sales with new product launch by collaborating with Sales team and pan-European NPD team to create retailer sell-in and total marketing support plans.• Identified £6M incremental sales growth opportunity in non-Grocery retail channels by developing strategic brand vision to focus priorities of food service & out-of-home sales team. • Fueled +5 pt brand equity increase & 130% media ROI by overseeing PR launch of first seasonal ice cream cake, landing front page coverage in leading London daily newspaper and amongst influential media.

Led brand marketing for Gü Puds, the UK's #1 premium chilled desserts brand with sales in UK, Australia, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands and France (+£35 million annual turnover). Responsibilities include: ATL & BTL strategic development and tactical execution, brand strategy & positioning, agency management, media planning, PR, partnerships, digital, and promotions.• Launched company’s largest brand campaign by devising advertising & media strategy for £2M spend across TV, Press, Outdoor, In-store, PR, and Digital. Drove record-high market share, brand awareness, household penetration, and equity.• Managed relationships and coordinated work streams across 4 agencies: PR, Media, Design, and Creative to deliver tightly integrated marketing across all vehicles within budget.• Negotiated new promotional partnership with 20th Century Fox to create co-branded launch of 150,000 DVDs across UK, creating brand awareness in new channels, new store aisle, DVD on-pack, and inclusion on Fox’s ATL press & TV spend.• Spearheaded advertising agency selection by leading pitch process and driving alignment to final decision across various stakeholders including CEO, outgoing & incoming Managing Directors, and existing agency partners to establish new agency partnership with DDB UK to develop brand's largest TV advertising campaign.• Oversaw development of Gü's first online instructional videos across PR & design agencies to drive brand relevance during Christmas and Valentine's. Content delivered 10,000+ views/week with no ad support generating 600% media ROI.• Structured and led contract negotiations with agencies and marketing partners by involving relevant parties and ensuring mutually beneficial deal for all stakeholders involved.• Launched brand's first nation-wide front-of-store experiential sampling campaign by leading marketing strategy, collateral development, and brand ambassadors training. Achieved 51% purchase conversion and positive Y1 ROI.

Oversaw all aspects of marketing for Liquid-Plumr, the US’s #2 consumer drain opener ($130 million annual retail sales) including brand positioning, “green” product assessment, advertising development, media planning, and new product development.• Assessed feasibility of launching organic clog remover to deliver green innovation to category and improve market share. Gained senior management’s alignment to recommendation not to pursue after determining limited volume opportunity and excessive complexity, thus avoiding $500,000+ capital costs.• Established strategic positioning for new product launch by managing product name creation, consumer positioning, package design, and pricing strategy, delivering $3.1 million incremental sales revenue, 167 volume index vs. launch reco estimate, and +3.0pts share vs. YA.• Led cross functional marketing, R&D, and supply chain team to adjust product formulation and achieve superior product performance versus rest of drain care category while generating $840,000 cost savings.• Collaborated with creative agency to develop new $9 million advertising campaign with expected 60% payout increase, delivering incremental $5.6 million in annual revenues.• Developed FY’11 marketing plans by leading strategic brand development across creative media agencies. Obtained senior management’s approval for $11 million investment to support new brand positioning.

Contributed to marketing initiatives for Glad (Procter & Gamble Joint-Venture), the US’s #1 bin liner brand and Clorox’s highest revenue business ($1.2 billion annual retail sales). Identified “green” product opportunities, led packaging improvements, developed consumer insights, and conducted share driver analyses.• Developed consumer proposition for green bin liner innovation to lower resin usage, thus reducing plastic bin liner waste by 10%. Leveraged consumer insights and packaging research to develop product’s new strategic positioning and maintain consumer purchase interest. Projected $5 million cost savings. • Led cross-functional team’s assessment of packaging innovation to simplify bin liner shopping experience and reduce packaging materials by 50%. Gained management’s alignment to recommendation not to pursue based on low consumer interest and excessive complexity, thus avoiding $15 million capital costs. • Managed brand strategy for $400,000 package redesign to optimize consumer at-shelf shopping experience and drive trade-up. Key retailers launched new design across 45 premium SKUs that generate $335 million revenue.• Oversaw $780,000 graphics budget for 100+ Glad bin liner SKUs. Identified opportunity to consolidate packaging design work and simplify on-pack graphics, achieving $150,000 annual cost savings. • Analyzed IRI (Information Resources Inc.) point-of-sale data to uncover key performance indicators and share drivers to drive brand planning and competitive tactics. Created new streamlined summary report for senior management’s investor relations calls that reduced preparation time burden by 25%.

One of six students in US selected for Clorox’s MBA brand internship program. Contributed to strategic analysis, consumer promotional program, and retail sales tracking for Glad bin liner brand ($1.2 billion annual retail sales). • Identified SKU rationalization opportunities and gained senior management's alignment to fast-track product launch into new Club customer channel with expected $14 million annual sales revenue.• Managed development of $1.5 million point-of-entry sampling program which received senior management’s launch approval with estimated 150% payout.• Developed strategic partnership evaluation tool to identify brand growth opportunities. After internship completion, brand actively used tool and pursued partnership recommendations.

Brand Associate & Health Policy ConsultantDual role as health policy consultant and corporate brand marketer for start-up consulting firm (160 employees) and think-tank serving Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Oversaw corporate identity creation and new product development. • Managed company name creation during corporate rebranding initiative. Developed original concept for "Avalere,” eventually selected as new company name. Provided creative direction on company logo design, now used on all marketing collateral. • Oversaw company website redesign during corporate rebranding by directing team of designers and programmers on optimal information architecture, content, navigation, and imagery. New design remains in use as company’s primary client-facing, online resource.• Led cross-functional team of consultants, programmers, and vendors to launch company’s first educational CD-ROM. Product's success led company president to create new Educational Products division with expected $150,000 in annual revenues.

Served as news anchor for Hawaii Public Radio, servicing the Hawaiian Islands for National Public Radio, one of the US’s largest not-for-profit, non-commercial public radio providers with 26 million listeners. • Announced and edited stories for daily "All Things Considered" news program broadcast to Hawaii's National Public Radio (NPR) stations with over 150,000 listeners.