SKILLS OVERVIEW
Branding
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Understand Stakeholders' Needs
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Create Differentiated Positioning
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Ensure Brand Alignment
Marketing
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Craft Powerful Messaging
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Develop Marketing Communications
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Foster Stakeholder Buy-In
Innovation
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Lead Actionable Brainstorming
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Introduce New Offerings
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Disseminate Best Practices
SKILLS DETAILS
Branding
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Build competitive advantage by crafting relevantly differentiated positioning and authentic brand stories
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Uncover customer needs by leading discovery interviews, discussion groups
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Develop actionable insights by understanding market dynamics, competitive landscapes
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Create efficiencies by aligning business strategies and brand strategies
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Foster portfolio efficiencies by shoring-up brand architectures
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Support brand by crafting messaging hierarchies, driving consistent looks and feels, improving UX
Marketing
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Use brand as foundation to build corporate-, service-, and product-level marketing
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“Connect dots” between brand strategy and marketing communications by creating and managing integrated plans, content calendars, budgets
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Support brand by writing on-strategy content (web site, landing pages, URLs, social, paid social, video, email, direct, print, collateral, environmental, naming, tag lines, thought leadership)
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Support brand strategies by clarifying objectives, establishing metrics, leading internal teams, managing vendors, and serving as point person to clients
Innovation
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Take advantage of closer-in and further-out opportunities by leading ideation sessions
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Identify unmet needs and develop relevant offerings
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Foster positive cultures
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Identify and disseminate best practices
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Representative Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
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Financial Services, including Discover Card Home Equity
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Retail, including former #3 electronics retailer
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Automotive, including Firestone Complete Auto Care
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Consumer Package Goods (CPG), including iconic baker
Representative Business-to-Business (B2B)
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Health Insurance, including BlueCross Blue Shield
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Manufacturing, including Parker Aerospace and Cliffs Steel
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Pharma, including AbbVie
Non-Profit and Social Impact
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Trade Associations, including The Menopause Society and The Plumbing Manufacturers Association
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Community Organizations, including Suburban Temple-Kohl Ami
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Client-Side
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Director of Engagement and Marketing
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Manager of Brand Strategy
Agency-Side
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Senior Brand Strategist
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Director of Brand Strategy
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Co-Founder