Matt Reece Email & Phone Number

Doylestown, PA, US

• Creative, marketing, and sales solutions
• Deliver measurable results for clients by providing catered and unique solutions
• Manage the Pushworks brands including Custom Musette Bags, Race Director Supplies, and Custom Event Marketing
• Creative design, content writing, marketing, and sales for regional and national clients
• Build unique creative and marketing campaigns for clients that get them noticed through the noise with measurable results
• Event management including production, sponsorship, and expo sales

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Lead the marketing for a not-for-profit organization that provides human biospecimens to support the advancement of biomedical research. Brought in to revamp the look, overhaul the marketing plan, and increase awareness. Increased all metrics including open and click thru rates of emails, social media followers/interactions, and awareness of services.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US

• Think is a creative marketing boutique with big brand (Fortune 100) clients in the financial services industry
• Clients included Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Invesco, and BlackRock
• Worked closely with the Account team and other designers to ensure projects stayed on track and adhered to design guidelines
• Digital design for marketing emails, landing pages, presentations, websites, social graphics, and digital ads
• Print design for informational whitepapers, factsheets, and business collateral

• Accountable for all branding, creative, and marketing needs of the company
• Selected and activated sponsorships of athletes and teams
• Implemented product launch strategies in the US market
• Handled all social media, media relations, product reviews and press releases for the brand
• Created annual marketing plan incorporating digital, event, print, and sponsorship to reach cyclists across multiple channels
• Developed sales plans in relationship to marketing and created support materials for the sales team

• Responsible for all creative needs including bi-monthly print catalog, two weekly email blasts, website updates, and all other visual materials
• Lead for marketing and creative of e-commerce business including reports and analysis of marketing effectiveness that saw a 30% increase in sales
• Designed and implemented the email marketing program and metrics for monitoring response rate and purchase habits
• Photographed products individually and in office environments

• Co-created the largest cycling, running, and triathlon consumer expo in North America
• Grew the expo from the first year, 2010, having 60 vendors and 2,000 attendees in 20,000 sq. ft. to 150 vendors and 6,000 attendees in 50,000 sq. ft. this year
• Acted as Creative and Marketing Director and executed the creative and marketing plans
• Coordinated media relations and developed PR campaign
• Developed all social media campaigns for the expos incorporating our vendors and sponsors as partners in spreading the word about the event including our seminars

US

• Built a full-service agency from startup to seven employees, multiple freelancers and several interns handling local, regional, and national accounts
• Directed creative and marketing campaigns for clients of all sizes across multiple industries including Utrecht Art Supply (National retail chain and manufacturer of art supplies), Ultimate Office (Office Solutions.
• Created, developed, and planned full-scale marketing campaigns that included advertising (print and web), direct mail, emails, events and expos, PR, signage, Social Media and Sponsorships
• Acted as Director of New Business Development and Sales to grow client base of the studio through networking, attending events, client leads, and more
• Creative services included content development, copywriting, marketing, photography, print design, and web design

• Increased ad sales by 40% both in number of ads and dollar amount by bringing in more national and regional advertisers to supplement our local ad base reaching a total ad sales of $350,000/yr.
• Produced several event guides each year with major races in the region including Philly Tri that were incorporated into the issues as well as standalone guides for the USAT and the Valley Preferred Cycling Center
• Handled all editorial content for the magazine and the website by coordinating with contributors, editors, writers, as well as writing my own feature articles and product reviews
• Handled all social media for the magazine using facebook and twitter
• Created weekly email blasts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

• Taught graduate courses in Design, Editorial, Marketing, Photography and Production for the Publications Management Program in the Communications Department
• Taught undergrad courses in communications and mass media for the Communications Program
• Worked with students on finding and applying for internships and jobs

US

• Buyer for $7 million a year in paper/printing for everything from 300+ page catalogs to DVD packaging to trade show signage
• Worked directly with creative staff, marketing team, company president, and printing companies to see that all projects were completed on-time and on-budget
• Reduced the cost on all jobs, and the production time, 10-50% resulting in savings of over $2 million in my time there and reducing man hours as much as two weeks on larger projects
• Ran in-house photography studio
• Three-time Presidential Achievement Award Winner including reducing paper costs by $100,000 in one year

West Deptford, NJ, US

• Ran 3-shift Pre-Press department of seven employees for a $20 Million a year direct mail printer
• Planned shift schedules to complete work based on Pressroom needs
• Worked with Estimating and Planning to keep jobs on track and on budget