Build the business, build the brand

I joined Havas Edge (the largest direct response agency in the world) to build the Boston creative department from the ground up, and shortly after, I also picked up leadership of our creative teams in Portland (OR), and Los Angeles. Leading more that 8 clients on ~$80MM of business, I was focused intently on KPIs and conversion metrics.


CenturyLink

Digital and print at scale

Building a creative engine; strategically increasing engagement across 5 campaigns.

Experiential – Ice cream movie night

When the client randomly purchased an ice cream truck in Utah, Instead of a graphics wrap, we proposed a promo to turn a traditionally slow time for telecoms into a PR awareness generating sales driver.

Experiential – Couch-potato Pets

Campaign - direct mail / social

Who better to binge watch with than your favorite furry friend? But what if you don’t have one?

We mailed potential customers a Prism offer… with non-judgmental friends they could cut out and watch with. Recipients were urged to snap a pic of themselves with their new friend and share it to social channels.


Boys & Girls Clubs

Website redesign – UX/UI

We designed a flexible, modern architecture that meshed seamlessly with 3rd party legacy systems (i.e. donations, CRM etc…).

Fundraising support

My team provided ongoing email support, and these pocket brochures. Each booklet had a small folder in the back to swap out modules targeted to suit different fundraising audiences.


Mutual of Omaha

MutualofOmaha.com

Integrating with Mutual’s in-house team, we distilled a complex web into a meaningful user experience, with an enduring architecture.


The Hartford

Advice Seeker

Campaign - Multi-channel

Holding with the peer to peer mentality with an eye toward producing sound bytes that resonated with mature drivers, we gathered material for multiple :15 and :30s commercial variants and a full library of stills for print and digital on the back of a single shoot.

Photo library • Video short form • Broadcast • Direct mail • Social • Landing pages

Ride Along

Campaign - Multi-channel

We enlisted famous character actor Matt McCoy (Police Academy, Silicon Valley…) as our spokesperson for older drivers. Filming ride-along testimonials, we cut spots for 9 different offers and also got a stable of still photos in a tandem shoot, for use in print and digital.

Photo library • Video short form • Broadcast • Direct mail • Print ads • Landing pages


MinnowPod

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