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Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Il

Midwest Territory

Served as an ambassador to the pool of talent represented by Get Reehl/Get Davis. Encompassed a combination of cold-calling and building/maintaining relationships, follow-up, detail management and unearthing business opportunities. Rain-making.Midwest Roster: FURLINED, SKUNK, CUT + RUN, ELIAS, MPC

Chicago, Il

Client Happiness and Operations Director a.k.a.Cultural Ambassador/ Event Planner/Project Producer/ Mind-Reader/ Concierge/Mentor. Overhauled and transformed the face of the company; built and cultivated the culture and extended it across all channels. Role expanded to include Marketing Director: accomplished a full re-branding and logo identity changeover, created and produced a large body of swag and client gifts, concepted and executed an ongoing variety of events; developed strategic plans for business development.

Chicago, Il

Partnered with creative group heads to keep all players on the team informed, motivated and moving toward delivery of stellar creative in a timely and efficient manner. Made life smooth and comfortable for creatives and protected their time. Specific responsibilities included: Forecasting creative workload for the year; evaluating resources and staffing projects appropriately; organizing people, workload and timing for all projects; managing hundreds of details; anticipating and proactively solving problems; spreading cheer! As the hub of the wheel, kept the big picture in place. Unflappably cracked the whip when necessary.

Chicago/Los Angeles

Member of Red Bull Energy Drink launch team. Established and managed all operations for eight-person office. Recruited, hired and trained all team members. Led strategy, creative development and project management of all consumer marketing activities for Red Bull in 15 states. Included TV, core group marketing, collegiate marketing, events, media, sales promotion, sampling and interactive.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Yo Quiero Taco Bell. Managed account activity for $200MM national consumer account including brand positioning, creative development, research and production. Shared number two slot on 15-person team. Played key role in selling in and managing Chihuahua campaign. Directed client in new product and existing menu initiatives from concept development through testing to advertising launch.

Chicago, Il

Developed strategic marketing plans, managed account teams in development of brand advertising, promotion, collateral and interactive materials for Subway Restaurants and Kinko's. Presented and sold agency brand-building campaigns, negotiated promotional alliances and movie tie-ins. Managed account team in execution of fully-integrated promotional programs.