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San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas, Us

• Led marketing team for VP Racing and its five divisions, overseeing website launches, label updates, and campaign development.• Achieved successful launch of new websites, updated product packaging, and developed consumer and business campaigns.• Increased brand visibility and market presence through strategic marketing initiatives.• Reduced spending while upgrading marketing applications like the content management system, email service provider, social media, project management, and proofing system.• Align marketing strategies with sales leaders in Consumer Products, Race Fuel, International, Branded Retail, and Specialty Chemicals to create effective marketing campaigns and support.• Develop presentations to assist Consumer Products team with line reviews for retailers and distributors.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

VP is now recognized by many as the world leader in race fuel technology, with a catalog of more than 80 fuel blends and a growing roster of VP-fueled champions across the entire spectrum of motorsports. The passion and dedication of VP’s development team to staying on the leading edge of technology is legendary. VP is positioned as the true World Leader in Race Fuel Technology.

Contracted work for a variety of clients, including writing multi-channel marketing plans, brand strategies, brand guideline creation, corporate social responsibility program development, process documentation, PM tool evaluation, client relations, and company leadership.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Led web strategies for the $3 billion financial services company, including hrblock.com (consumer tax) and blockadvisors.com (small business).

Lenexa, Kansas, Us

Established agency that specialized in brand development, acquisition and retention programs, especially related to digital marketing efforts. Led organizations through market planning initiatives. Evaluated brand strategy and position, identified opportunities and risks, and developed communication plans based on key insights. Established sales and marketing objectives and set up systems for ROI analysis. Managed timelines, budgets, vendor relationships and other resources as necessary. Maintained consistent brand image/voice across all communication channels and ensure effective program implementation and optimization. Clients included Mortgage Lenders of America (Zillow Home Loans), Department of Defense (U.S. Army), Sapa (Hydro), H&R Block.

Lenexa, Ks, Us

Responsible for marketing planning, creative brief development and creative execution of internal and external communications across all marketing channels. Integral part of team responsible for acquiring +$17MM in funding for church expansion.

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Spearheaded revised agency positioning and thought leadership efforts. Established and cultivated relationships with community leaders, partners, and industry professionals. Created and oversaw business development strategies to increase agency AGI.

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Oversaw team of supervisors, executives, and coordinators to manage client relationships. Provided strategic marketing services and identified incremental revenue opportunities for clients that result in agency growth. Negotiated terms, costs, scope of work and other details to meet marketing goals and budgets. Oversaw agency resources to ensure quality and timing of services delivered, working with research, creative, media planning, production, and digital teams. Clients included Sprint, Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, American Century Investments, Grundfos, et al.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Integral contributor to digital marketing start-up. Provided naming, identity, guidelines, business and marketing planning for company that originally began as bulk HTML email marketing tool and since grown to full-service digital marketing firm.

Established and managed all aspects of start-up agency specializing in outstanding branding and creative development. Highly awarded with international, national, and local Addy's, plus work featured in Print design annuals, Communication Arts, Lürzer's Archive, and other prestigious publications. Clients include American Century Investments, Artistic Audio, Boulevard Brewing Company, eScout, Indigo Wild, People's Bank, The Roasterie Coffee, The Salvation Army, UMB Bank

Established sales, marketing, and creative development programs for start-up ISP. Responsible for sales corporate sales and partnership efforts. QNI quickly became the #1 ISP in the metropolitan Kansas City area for high-speed internet connectivity.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us