Director Of Marketing And Sales
Chicago , Il , Us
Exceeded profit, growth plans for $1.1B insurance carrier. Managed external agencies and internal marketing team. Hired, on-boarded, trained, coached, mentored. Oversaw marketing, sales operations, project management, competitive intelligence, go to market, user experience and systems.• Achieved 55% revenue/45% business growth 2015-2018 following profit-restoration time period. Data driven decisions resulted in profit and revenue exceeding plan.• Directly managed daily backlog of marketing projects, including workflow and prioritization of inbound requests, completion of requests, archiving of requests, calculation of service standards. Instituted project management processes to successfully achieve aggressive deliverables. Exceeded expectations by completing 98% of projects on time/budget.• Sourced, produced company’s brand guidelines and enforced across all channels, including proofing collateral for accuracy and quality consistency.• Oversaw creation, implementation, maintenance of company marketing collateral, content marketing, trade show presence and participation, internal/external communications, press releases, social media presence. Integrated multiple acquired companies' brands and two enterprise re-branding efforts. • Developed and delivered reports and analysis to all levels, from front lines to executive suite.• Drove debrief analysis and implemented process and communication updates to improve project outcomes through constant iterative improvement.• Ideated and took a gaming application to market that increased new business from highly profitable sales sources, including 175% increase in business from segments with over 20-point higher profit margins with participation as high as 98%. • Increased sales from higher profit margin segments by creating and maintaining the company’s first-ever company-aligned campaigns with sales play book and complete complement of marketing materials and promotions. Trained all departments across the country.