I tell stories that help brands build deeper relationships with their customers. Passionate, funny, moving narratives. Tales that inspire people to follow, share and remember.
Specialize in developing digital ecosystems designed to reach customers at multiple touch points and interconnect for maximum engagement and visibility. Creative lead on a variety of national digital advertising accounts. Industry sectors include education, financial services, consumer technology, international shipping, travel and leisure and medical devices. Projects include copywriting and art directing corporate Websites, viral videos, Web banners and landing pages, social media campaigns, B2C and B2B digital acquisition advertising campaigns and B2C and B2B digital CRM, online patient advocacy and support programs, sales enablement programs and iPad app sales tools.
Interpreted marketing strategies in order to develop creative advertising solutions in a wide range of media, including broadcast, digital, direct mail and print.
Clients included:
Atmosphere BBDO
Rauxa Direct
Rosetta
Interpreted marketing strategies in order to develop winning creative advertising solutions.
* Led three art director/copywriter teams developing digital advertising, direct response / activation marketing and branding including traditional direct mail, dimensional mail, Web banners, landing pages, microsites, Corporate Websites, emails, radio and print
* Clients included AT&T, BellSouth, CheapTickets.com, Nestlé Waters, Sun Chemical, Time Warner Cable Business Class, Starlight Children's Foundation and Waste Management.
* Successfully rebranded Nestlé Waters, Sun Chemical and Time Warner Cable Business Class
* Won awards
* Achieved all time best results for BellSouth's large business CRM program and their consumer DSL online banner campaign
* Established profitable relationships with clients
* Made successful C-Suite-level presentations to clients
* Contributed strategic and creative advertising concepts to new business pitches
Created winning creative concepts for advertising agencies in the New York metropolitan area by developing digital advertising, broadcast advertising, direct marketing and print advertising.
Clients included:
Alchemy: Reminyl ER (Alzheimer’s pharmaceutical)
dotglu (Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners): Beech-Nut.com,
Citi AAdvantage Card, Chela Education Financing, NetJets,
PBS.org, Verizon SuperPages, new business
Grey Direct: Liberty Mutual, Xerox
McCann Relationship Marketing (McCann Errickson): Avaya, GM, Microsoft
Thompson Connect (J Walter Thompson): Merrill Lynch
Tracy Locke: AOL
Reported to general advertising department Group Creative Director. Served as key creative executive on the $500+ million AT&T Wireless rebranding retail effort.
Successfully rolled out “mLife” campaign in national retail—and local promotional—print and radio advertising. Surpassed client’s customer acquisition goals by 9% in first year.
Drove the development of new retail advertising concepts in a fast-paced environment. Managed three copywriter/art director teams. Grew department’s scope of work to include B-to-B advertising.
* Led $100K radio advertising rebranding effort that increased brand recognition by over 50%
* Developed national radio campaign that increased use of a voice activated information service by over 50%
* Implemented streamlined creative process leading to the production of over 30 radio commercials and 3,000 newspaper ad mechanicals in a 12 month period
Reported to Executive Creative Director. Responsible for writing copy for the direct response division of this international advertising agency. Rose to become lead writer on The Berger Funds, a mutual fund investment company. Led creative efforts to build revenue and market share for agencys clients through customer acquisition and retention projects.
* Raised over $8 million through a targeted direct mail campaign,
allowing The Berger Funds to launch a new balanced-style mutual fund
* Surpassed Dells annual consumer sales projections by 15% through the use of compelling, real life print advertisements
* Increased StarPowers Internet subscriptions by 142% in one week by developing a retail DRTV commercial that no-one forgot
Clients: Ameritech, Avon, The Berger Funds, Cadillac, Cunard, Dell, JFax, Lamisil (Novartis), Manhattan East Suite Hotels, Media One, MONY, Ortho Pharmaceuticals, RCN, Sun Microsystems, Sothebys Real Estate, Western Union
Majored in Political Science. Editor and writer at the Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University's student newspaper. Covered the Student and Government Affairs beats, was the Production Manager and edited the summer edition of the newspaper.