Pat Sommer Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

• Plan and execute the marketing strategy of a high-profile home building company (#120 on the 2023 St. Louis Business Journal Top 150 Privately Held Companies)• Under my leadership, website traffic and engagement have tripled (5.6K website visitors in 2016 to 25.2K visitors in 2023 per Google Analytics) and sales revenue has more than doubled ($53M in 2015 and $107M in 2022) • Collaborate with sales and operations departments to develop and execute messages, materials and campaigns that drive leads, generate sales, maximize profitability, and improve the customer experience• Propose, plan and execute partner marketing initiatives with other local home building companies• Facilitated the acquisition of multiple awards for the company, including the coveted Better Business Bureau TORCH Award in 2024 and 2019, as well as multiple quality, customer service, team and project awards, including the 2024 Post-Dispatch Headliner Best Residential Builder award.• Serve as sponsorship and events liaison for Folds of Honor since 2017, and March of Dimes St. Louis from 2017-23

Philadephia, Pa And Greater St. Louis Area

• Collaborated with clients and marketing agencies to develop and execute strategies, campaigns and materials for a wide variety of companies including CB Gundaker, Pulaski Bank, New Frontier Bank, St. Charles County EDC, Larry Weaner Landscape Design, SRG Global Automotive, Gateway Medical, and Wrymark Orthotics & Prosthetics and SSM St. Joseph Hospital

Greater St. Louis

• Developed a marketing program to promote the company's corporate discount program to companies in the St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia and Springfield markets• My efforts led to significant increases in sales and resulted in the building of three new locations in my area of concentration while many stores were being closed throughout the country

Baltimore, Md.

• Led the marketing communications, advertising and public relations efforts of one of the world's top providers of professional hair color & care products• Developed a new, award-winning website• Achieved ongoing, positive press coverage in numerous beauty, fashion and industry magazines for a new line of styling products• Generated press for the company's celebrity stylist/Artistic & Creative Consultant• Founded a quarterly newsletter for employees, distributors, clients and vendors

Baltimore, Md.

• Led the marketing and public relations efforts of a high-profile real estate development company (SBE&R played a major role in the revitalization of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor with award-winning projects such as the $63M Tide Point and the $830M Harbor Point)• Developed a new website, newsletters, brochures, collateral materials and collateral materials • Achieved ongoing, positive press coverage in numerous media outlets, including The Baltimore Sun and New York Times• Developed interactive digital presentations which were celebrated by industry and civic leaders, prompting the mayor to pledge $300M in state funds toward transforming the Inner Harbor into a technology hub• Collaborated with the sales department to generate RFPs/proposals• Planned and hosted large-scale events

Greater St. Louis Area

• Led the marketing communications efforts of the leading provider of in-hospital newborn photos in the U.S. and Canada, with 3,000 partner hospitals—efforts which boosted the company's sales by 11%• Developed the company's first website, print catalogs, promotional and collateral materials, newsletters, and comprehensive sales presentations• Formed and managed an in-house creative department; managed outside agencies• Collaborated with patent attorneys to trademark, register and protect the company's brands and products