Founder
Zazoo Kids, Llc
Chicago, Il
Invented consumer product. Managed all aspects of new product development through product lifecycle including idea generation, international manufacturing, design, app creation, intellectual property, P&L, operations, marketing, and public relations.• Designed, manufactured, imported and marketed innovative children’s consumer product. Recipient of several prestigious parenting awards including: NAPPA Gold Winner, PTPA Winner, The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval.• Negotiated national wholesale distribution programs with major retailers including Best Buy, Kohl’s, Amazon.com and worked with specialty store retailers and online resellers. • Successfully managed business to consumer and business to business public relations programs that secured editorial coverage in New York Times, Parenting Magazine, Time-out Kids, Chicago Magazine, NY1 TV, national talk shows and more in first 6 months in market.• Managed digital agency and successfully ran social, SEO, Adwords, and email programs.. • Led development of an app version of the ZAZOO Clock for both Android and IOS.• Secured media partners to add-value to product and increase revenue opportunities.