Lead creative teams in the design and development of exceptional work from strategy to activation. Partner with clients to define brand purpose and voice and establish unique, ownable ways to express that. Serve as lead strategist for clients to ensure that all elements of visual identity, messaging, and marketing exceed business goals. Act as creative director across top accounts to manage teams, provide strategic and creative guidance, and develop talent. Serve as writer-at-large on accounts to ensure consistent content strategy and voice across audience touchpoints, including omnichannel campaigns, websites, social and digital media, video development, and event design. Coordinate with account and design directors on all aspects of client business, from budgets to creative output. Support new business development efforts as needed.

Maintain various contract relationships throughout Midwest. Develop brand identity and write copy across print, digital and social. Monitor timeline for assigned projects. Manage accounts from general needs to specific deliverables. Current focus is food service and CPG clients including Spicemode, What's Up Burger, Dino's Fresh Mediterranean and Rainforest Café.

Founded Dialogue Incorporated to serve as an outlet for freelance journalism, deejaying and music programming. Lead content strategy to acquire, engage, and retain audiences across publications. Conduct research and interviews to inform writing. Articles published in Time Out Chicago, XLR8R and Elektro Magazines since October 2004. Serve as chief content contributor to Dialogue Incorporated Blog. Curate for online podcast. Conceive of brand and visual accompaniments. Maintain newsletter with receivership of 600+. Manage ongoing DJ residencies.

Partner with co-hosts as on-air personality and programming coordinator for radio show with a 25-year history on WLUW Chicago, 88.7 FM. Co-manage podcast production and promotion for increased listenership with online audience outside of the city. Support editorial calendar, guest bookings, and on-air interviews.

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Partner with creative director to lead brand and campaign strategy for all clients. Utilize strategy to deliver on creative vision with confident messaging, positioning and brand voice. Manage copy department to oversee client work and develop junior staff. Cultivate strong relationships with clients. Work alongside art director and senior designers to guide visual identity, design direction and graphic standards. Supervise strategy and content creation for presentations, including business development and ongoing branding and marketing work.

Work alongside creative and content directors to generate compelling content for clients across all touch points, with a particular focus on digital and social media outlets. Concept and draft copy from head- and tag lines to long-form content to suit needs. Assist throughout the creative process for projects including new product and service campaigns, websites, presentations, and branding initiatives.

Assistant to Creative Director. Coordinate and contribute to campaign agendas from idea conception to creative execution. Craft copy ranging from brand names and tag lines to headlines and long-form copy for contribution to campaigns across print, web, and video. Team with management, design, and video teams to manage project timelines. Interface with clients to help ensure highest level of service.

Oversee content strategy, editorial calendar, and content development for Nightlife section of weekly magazine with print and online readership of more than 55,000. Manage Web content and write digital copy. Maintain SEO best practices. Write and maintain listings in calendar of events. Work with Features editors to produce relevant content. Generate new and unique ways to present story ideas. Maintain relationships with local nightlife establishments and PR representatives.

Assisted in the development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing and promotions strategy for the record label’s vinyl and cd releases and monthly events. Designed, wrote copy, and art directed for releases and monthly event promotional materials. Developed and maintained a contact database of more than 3000 recipients; coordinated monthly HTML e-mail blasts.

Supervised a staff of 10 to maintain sales and productivity throughout the workweek. Managed 45-50 overseas and domestic accounts utilizing expert product knowledge and sales techniques to establish orders. Oversaw purchase of product from more than 10 domestic and abroad distribution partners. Wrote copy for sales sheets for new products and coordinated information for weekly product lists. Assisted in the maintenance of on hand inventory. Recognized for dedication to industry, which has led to increased international knowledge of music and intricacies of sales and copy writing.