(LoBo & Petrocine Marketing Communications merged with Brainstorm Studio.)Brainstorm Studio is a full service digital marketing agency with a proven history of success – delivering highly innovative, data-driven solutions. With a focus on cutting-edge digital services such as inbound marketing, social media, public relations, website development, video and animation, Brainstorm helps our clients increase market share, reach new audiences and achieve greater sales heights.My role is to help clients get started and maintain strategically sound marketing programs that generate leads and ROI.

As EVP Account Development, my role is to identify and work with new accounts … providing smart and effective marketing communications strategy and execution to help businesses enhance market share and revenue. LoBo & Petrocine is a full-service marketing communications partner committed to working hand-in-hand with clients to solve problems, identify new growth opportunities and achieve real ROI. We're experts in branding and direct response, traditional advertising as well as new media – digital, interactive and social. We work across all major industry verticals in B-to-C and B-to-B categories, providing a wide range of services, including:•Strategic Planning•Market Research•Creative and Production•Media Planning, Buying and Reconciliation•Digital and Social Media Messaging and Placement•Video, Animation and Motion Graphics•Website strategy, design and updates; SEO and SEM services•Advertising, Direct Mail, E-Mail, Collateral and Trade Show

Marketing communications and content development firm providing expert message creation services for video, web, collateral and long-form. Work direct-to-client and also via third-party firms (ad agencies, web developers, etc.). Acquire and manage all accounts.Responsible for relationships with clients and strategic partners while managing the creative development process, strategic messaging, project timelines, and presentation of all deliverables.Key clients acquired and managed include: Access Communication Systems/Acxiom, Aon Risk Services, AMA Global, Aria Insurance, Darryl Davis Seminars, Farrell Fritz P.C., North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Welcome Wagon, Widex Hearing Aid Co., Yellow Book, and others.

Co-founded corporate division of Platinum Platypus, a strategic video production company specializing in creating dynamic, revenue-generating video solutions (filmed vignettes, motion graphics, training demos and product pieces - straightforward and humorous) for mid-to-large market clients, principally in the technology, financial and educational fields. • Handled all business development activities for corporate division, generating more than 83% of sales in company launch year.• Actively cultivated new prospects, conducted seminars and speaking engagements, and secured referral and partner relationships.• Supported firm efforts to market its services and land lucrative visual effects contracts with broadcast networks and agencies.• Developed new concepts, wrote copy, and assisted with visual approach.Key clients acquired and managed include: American Management Association, Broadridge Financial, CA Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Mass Communications, RenewData, and others.

Lead salesperson for business-to-business division of advertising, marketing, branding and design agency.Responsible for heading up the B2B sales team, reaching out to potential clients and working with current accounts to bring their marketing efforts to the next level. Includes strategic planning, writing, corporate messaging, presentation creation and account supervision.• Top producer in B2B division, generating nearly $1M dollars per year (100% gross profit production fees without media dollars) for four years running.• Grew B2B division billings by 72%.• Strategically planned and wrote corporate messaging, key client presentations and winning proposals.• Supervised staff of account executives and assistants in high-level project management activities, customer pitches and direct client contact.Key clients acquired and managed include: Computer Associates, Garden City Group, Montefiore Medical Center, Veith Symposium and others.

After graduating from Hofstra University, Stu joined a start-up publishing company headed by a visionary former-superintendent who was committed to empowering schools throughout the nation via implementing better management techniques. As Associate Publisher, he interviewed top school administrators, wrote newsletters, created marketing materials, drove subscription sales, and learned desktop publishing programs when they were first introduced.