Jennifer Berry Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

* Effectively managed household operations, schedules, and budgeting, demonstrating strong organizational and multitasking skills.* Coordinated daily activities, events, and educational engagements to support development, focusing on creating a structured, enriching environment.* Developed and reinforced essential skills, including time management.

Chicago, Illinois

* Led account service team for MilkPEP client, delivering ground-breaking shopper solutions for Milk category* Expanded shopper marketing capability, built tools and ways-of-working for client and cross-functional agency teams

Chicago, Illinois

• Led client/agency operations for Team Unilever Shopper – a multi-agency horizontal solution to omnichannel shopper marketing, custom-built to service Unilever
• Assisted in staff planning, scope building and quarterly stewardship of multi-million dollar Unilever retainer
• Partnered with senior and executive-level staff to creatively problem-solve and deliver best-in-class solutions and operational efficiencies for Unilever
• Established/trained/enforced compliance of process and ways-of-working across multi-agency team, leveraging technologies to optimize workflow and performance
• Oversaw onboarding of new clients and agency team members across the organization
• Led client/agency operations for DanoneWave and Ferrara Candy Company client teams – built infrastructure, staff plans, scope/negotiations, systems, process, training/onboarding for both agency team and clients, and.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led 8-agency cross-functional team to plan and execute insight-driven Omnichannel shopper marketing plans with positive results
• Managed multi-million dollar marketing budgets for Unilever’s Drug Channel retailers – planning and tracking funds, securing contracts and overseeing billing and reconciliation in partnership with finance team
• Assisted in joint-business planning between Unilever and Walgreens and sell-in of multiple shopper marketing programs for Walgreens and ULTA
• Won Bronze North American Effie Award in Awareness, Trial & Conversion category for “Do Deo Better” campaign in 2017
• Won Bronze North American Effie Award in Seasonal/Event category for “Give H2OPE to Others” campaign in 2017

Greater Chicago Area

• Led agency team to develop insights-driven, strategic national shopper campaigns across multiple Unilever Skin Category brands
• Represented shopper marketing function across multiple integrated agency teams
• Skin category/multi-brand steward and educator to field shopper marketing organization (85+ retailers) – via shopper marketing toolkits, training and workshops
• Agency liaison between field shopper teams and Unilever brand teams - communicated field plans, shopper marketing needs and successes across the business
• Client portfolio included Unilever Skin Care Brands: Dove, Dove Men+Care, Vaseline, Simple Skincare, POND's, Noxzema, Qtips, St. Ives, Caress

Chicago, IL

• Brands: Starbucks Coffee Company (Packaged Coffee, K-Cups, VIA, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Tazo, Evolution Fresh)
• Assisted in organic growth of the Starbucks account from a $300K to $5MM+ agency retainer
• Entrepreneurial approach to leading and developing the business foundation, tools and processes for both the Starbucks channel business unit and AMG agency business
• Led brand strategy, planning and execution for the international Starbucks Canada business
• Worked with Acosta sales partners and other cross-functional agencies within the Acosta Mosaic Group platform to build best-in-class programming for multiple brands
• Oversaw team finances and staffing plan to ensure agency revenue and profitability

Seattle, WA

• Personally requested by Starbucks Shopper Marketing Director to relocate to Seattle and fill the long-term contract position
• Leader and liaison between multiple brand and field shopper marketing teams—worked closely with brand teams on national plans and led shopper strategy for field teams
• Developed, implemented and oversaw many new processes & best practices in order to improve ROI within the channel business unit
• Built strong relationships with many cross-functional teams which led to incremental business for the agency

Chicago, IL

• Managed a team to produce flawless execution that was on strategy, on time and on budget for multiple brands/clients
• Oversaw team finances and staffing plan
• Led annual planning for multiple Kraft Foods brands: developed strategies, tactics, concepts, timelines and budgets

• Managed team of two in day-to-day account services duties for multiple accounts
• Assisted in new business win of Southern Comfort brand

Managed planning and execution for multiple accounts such as Diet Coke, Minute Maid, Simply Orange Juice, Coca-Cola portfolio products and Shell Oil Products.

Performed account service duties for accounts such as McDonald's, Minute Maid, Simply Orange Juice, Coca-Cola portfolio products, MyCokeRewards, MyCokeRewards School’s Program, and various pitch scenarios

• Contracted by The Coca-Cola Company (Houston) to temporary fill client’s position while on maternity leave
• Managed multiple agencies for various Minute Maid/Bacardi Mixers programs, assisted in maintaining budgets and worked with internal brand team to problem solve, plan, execute and analyze programs

Worldwide Hamburger Marketing University (WHMU) Intern (Attended 2 years)

Account Service Intern

Ba, Communications

Activities and Societies: Men and Women in Communications, WCUR Radio, internships

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