Stuart Arndts Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Diving into the world of CRM, I lead the Army account’s writing and content efforts—delivering relevant experiences that support confident decision-making and drive action.
• Develop and refine content strategies that define the user experience and support a variety of audience types and needs
• Craft copy—including for A/B testing, audience customization, personalization, etc.—that delivers on the campaign strategy in ways specific to different audiences and journey stage
• Evolved 20+ campaigns year-over-year that incorporate data learnings, shifts in technical capabilities, and brand evolution that resulted in a 20% lift in appointments made for the Army
• Led shift in brand voice and messaging, and supported national rebrand in 2023
• Manage Chicago writing team across multiple accounts, including writers, copy editors, and support for content strategist

• Responsible for helping organizations establish or refresh their brand through naming and positioning exercises, copy creation, on-going email communications and social strategies.
• Work with clients to develop new brand names, brand positioning and concepts
• Develop content strategies, site navigation and content plans
• Write site and email copy, and manage consumer relationships/communications
• Create social strategies and calendars for Facebook and InstagramPartners: Park West Nursery School Coop, Cultivate Labs, Weber House & Garden, Breakout Studio, Catalyst CommunicationsNotable clients: Zencity, Autism.

Chicago, Illinois

• Responsible for concepting and writing experiences that bring brand narratives and values to life—achieving business goals while providing engaging brand interactions.
• Collaborate with internal team and client to define needs and distill them into actionable ideas
• Lead writing efforts for: brand identity work, new brand expression systems, product campaigns, awareness and engagement, sales enablement materials, brand guidelines, and event materials
• Develop copy that educates audiences, drives action, and established long-term engagement
• Establish close relationships with clients by working collaboratively and iteratively
• Produced work that led to new business engagements and long-term relationships

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for leading 10+ large-scale content strategies and writing efforts when they transitioned into creative execution, as well as smaller creative campaigns.
• Collaborate with clients to identify content needs that help address their challenges and goals
• Work with internal team to define strategic and tactical recommendations that elevate the brand and improve the user’s experience
• Create and present audits, matrices, content strategies, and content calendars
• Managed up to 4 writers; overseeing planning, writing and editing, and ensuring consistency
• Concept and write digital, social, and video experiences for a variety of industries

Greater Chicago Area

Designkitchen and Blast Radius merged in January of 2014 so my combined DK/BR responsibilities and experience is under the Blast Radius section above.

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for creating and managing content strategy efforts for various brands, as well as supporting related creative efforts.
• Work with clients and other disciplines to identify business goals and audience needs
• Formalize content strategy, and draft publication and migration workflows
• Develop content organization and navigation
• Collaborate with creative team members to develop concepts and copy direction
• Conduct keyword research, report on search engine optimization efforts, and support search engine optimization plan implementation

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for supporting both short- and long-term marketing and PR efforts, and helping create new awareness and engagement initiatives.
• Write brochures, press releases and ads
• Conduct visitor research and identifying key findings and trends
• Staff special events
• Lead summer intern development and training program

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