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Name Stephen
Phone 630-362-2410
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State California
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Vice President Marketing
Cision US, Inc.
Chicago, IL
(Info services/software)

Vice President
Millward Brown Precis
Fairfield, CT/London UK
(brand image measurement )

Director, Internat'l Ops
Media Report
Reading, UK
(News management services)

Key Accomplishments Managed all marketing and PR efforts for North American division of global corporation with $110 million in annuals sales. Directed marketing staff of ten.

Created and executed a $2.5 million global re-branding marketing strategy in 3 months, saving $250K in outside contractors

Increased number of monthly campaign launches, thereby generating a 350% surge in sales leads in two years.

Effectively blended social media outreach with existing marketing tactics, resulting in a seven fold increase in white paper downloads in 24 months.
Education / Skills MBA, Marketing, University System of NH, 1990 BA, Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1982
Marketing, social media, search engine optimization, SEO, search engine marketing, content marketing, direct marketing
Online advertising, CRM, e-marketing, database marketing, event planning, media planning, public relations
Market research, product marketing, integrated marketing, branding, international marketing, global branding

Name Sean
Phone 203-463-8332
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $175K +
State Connecticut
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Owner & Managing Director
Evolving World Communications
Oxford, CT
(Consulting)

Senior Consultant
Institute for Crisis Management
Louisville, KY
(Consulting)

VP, Corp. Communications
The Shaw Group
Baton Rouge, LA
(Engineering)

Key Accomplishments Crisis-tested media spokesperson, expert in shaping public opinion and massaging sensitive information. Provide CEOs with innovative solutions to critical PR challenges. Talent for making razor-sharp assessments in high-pressure situations.

Built global program & established processes for marketing communications, issues management, executive communications, government relations, internal communications, community relations, Web-based communications, and investor relations.

Designed a messaging platform and implemented a media-tracking program that produced $3.7 million in advertising equivalency as a branding strategy tactic, generating a $74:$1 ROI ratio.

Led account team supporting a consumer product manufacturer during national onslaught of health-based product liability litigation.
Education / Skills * Community Relations * Crisis Management * Employee Communications * Executive Communications * Government Affairs
* Issue Advocacy * Litigation Support * Lobbying * Marketing Communications * Media Relations * Regulatory Affairs
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Certificate in Con
BS, Public Relations, Northern Illinois (1983)

Name Richard
Phone 708-297-1535
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Web Marketing Manager
Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc.
Hobart, IN
(Health Products)

Consultant
Self Employed
Midlothian, IL
(Consulting and design)

Assoc. Marketing Dir.
GIA Publications, Inc.
Chicago, IL
(Music publishing)

Key Accomplishments Improved organic search traffic according to Google Analytics by 80% in 2012 over both 2011 and 2010, improved overall traffic by 20%, and increased revenues by 6% through improving SEO according to industry best practices.

Led initiative to redesign and improve website look and infrastructure including enhancing online search. Managed project in-house and procured resources resulting in 21% improvement in new customers online and cut spending by over $30,000 annually.

Started, owned, managed, and led my own company. Achieved top 10% sales growth rate among new sign companies within a franchise, and received the Business Ledger’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2008.

Successfully implemented a new blog and content plan which outperforms former content tactics for driving traffic by 800% and increased brand awareness, web traffic, and improved social sharing by 123%.
Education / Skills University of Chicago, BA, Fine Art, 1998
Capella University, MBA, Business Administration (General), 2005
Microtrain Technologies, Project Management, Six Sigma, and Business Analysis, Certified Inbound Marketing Specialist
Skills: Marketing, creative and art direction, operations management, graphic design, strategy, training, supply chain

Name Judith
Phone 847-842-9037
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions CRM Marketing Director
Medline Industries, Inc. ($3B private firm)
Mundelein, Illinois
(Medical Supply Manufactur)

Internet Marketing Consul
Accenture (global firm)
Chicago, Illinois
(Business Consulting Org.)

Marketing Director
Allstate Insurance Company
Northbrook, Illinois
(Insurance and Finance)

Key Accomplishments CLICKS & BRICKS MARKETING STRATEGIST... Marketing executive with a proven track record developing integrated, cross-channel marketing strategies and tactics that drive top and bottom line results • B2B & B2C • Service & Manufacturing Industries

• Exceeded sales goal by 37%; drove $5.5MM in revenue thru 2008 direct marketing initiatives • 35% incremental lift over BAU through firm’s first e-mail program • 25% lift in list match rates via new process, improved list cleansing & sales tracking

• $4.8MM annualized new revenue opportunities by increasing agent quoting activity 400% over 6 months thru design & development of personalized agent & financial service rep Web sites • $650,000 projected cost savings via new content management model

• $2MM in projected annual auto insurance sales opportunities by optimizing allstate.com to achieve top ten Google organic search ranking for two key phrases • $6.5MM in annualized new revenue opportunities thru site usability & customer research
Education / Skills • Multi-channel target marketing • Translating business goals into innovative marketing solutions • Database management
• Web site design and execution • eCommerce application design • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Market research
• New product and new market development, testing • Measurement analysis • Content management • Voice of the customer
MBA, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, 2008 • University of Kansas, BS/Journalism (Major Advertising) 1980

Name Anthony
Phone 847-680-5449
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $175K +
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Group Vice President
Briggs Healthcare
Des Moines, IA
(Medical Products)

Senior Vice President
Briggs Healthcare
Des Monines, IA
(Medical Products)

Director of Sales
Hospira
Lake Forest IL
(medical devices/pharma)

Key Accomplishments Reversed three year, 20% ($10 million) slide in revenue by changing sales and marketing effort of medical forms and documentation, charting, and obstetrics setting company aside from competitors. Personally negotiated and signed four GPOs

Increased sales from $41 to $44 million (7.3%) within six months. Re-signed the contract with largest customer (Cardinal Health) for $15 million. Developed and executed sales strategies for international distribution into 25 countries

Grew revenues from $171 to $259 million by realigning under-performing personnel, creating a "market basket" contracting strategy, developing a distributor national accounts program, creating an inside sales program,Oncology sales force

Achieved profit goal of $11 million by focusing sales force on specific targets and high margin brands. Sized, structured, redeployed, and retrained US field sales force of 125 to achieve a 30
Education / Skills LAKE FOREST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Lake Forest, IL MBA 2009 MILLER HEIMAN - CONCEPTUAL AND STRATEGIC SELLIN
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, North Adams, MA BS, Business Administration, Marketing 1980
Certified Trainer, Strategic Selling and Conceptual Selling


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