Matt Earley

Current

Assistant Manager of Shopper Marketing at MARS Advertising

Past

Promotions Coordinator at MatchPoint Marketing
Creative Director at Silver Ring Thing
Production Intern at sunKING Digital Marketing

Production Intern at WDUQ 90.5 FM

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Education

Robert Morris University

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

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Matt Earley’s Summary

Advertising & Marketing professional with Shopper Marketing experience and Creative upbringing.

Matt Earley’s Specialties:

Client interaction expertise, idea creation & innovation ability, program initiation/management/coordination, strong media planning/buying experience, social media understanding, team collaboration.

Matt Earley’s Experience

Assistant Manager of Shopper Marketing

MARS Advertising

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2009 — Present (1 month)
Promotions Coordinator

MatchPoint Marketing

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 6 months)

• Strategically formulated, budgeted, and executed sales-increasing national marketing initiatives built on print, web, in-store, and out-of-home tactics
• Responsible for agency’s CPG/Shopper Marketing clients in the Midwest region and Walmart nationally
• Built and executed dozens of unique brand-leveraging multi-channel promotions for household icons such as Clorox, Georgia-Pacific, Morton Salt, PepsiCo, Breyer’s, Del Monte, J.M. Smuckers
• Worked collaboratively with Creative Service, Customer, and Shopper Marketing departments
• Facilitated communication between clients and all agency departments, with regular direct client contact

Further Detail:
Project Management
• Consistently owned projects from commencement to completion with minimal guidance required
• Developed ability to master complexities while streamlining project execution on over one hundred promotions
• Incorporated well-developed creative background into each project, producing work that furthered key client relationships and advanced potential growth areas

Client Service
• Furthered agency’s new business with clients outside of existing portfolio by pitching and producing a handful of programs reaching the Walmart consumer with print, online, and in-store tactics
• Demonstrated attention to detail while balancing requests, setting challenging yet attainable goals
• Recognized informally by co-workers for making personal sacrifices for sake of the project and organization

Team Interaction
• Operated effectively in community, collaborating with associates of each division of the agency to produce top-quality work in a time-sensitive manner

Professional Development
• Displayed eagerness and openness to continued growth of industry knowledge and best practices
• Exercised personal drive to network professionally
Creative Director

Silver Ring Thing

(Religious Institutions industry)

June 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 9 months)

• Wrote, produced, shot, directed, and edited dozens of short videos of comedy, drama, and promotional genres displayed to thousands of attendees at Silver Ring Thing’s traveling media performance
• Designed print brochures and other graphics developed for performance and promotional usage
Production Intern

sunKING Digital Marketing

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)

• Gained client relationship experience by editing promotional and commercial videos for online placement with client present in edit suite
• Learned the many aspects of a commercial shoot by assisting on-set production
• Created client presentations, built DVDs and demo reels for national distribution to key agency clients
Production Intern

WDUQ 90.5 FM

(Broadcast Media industry)

June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

• Edited shows for broadcast using Mini-Disc format
• Operated sound-board on-air
• Used Enco DAD system
• Prepared ISDN interviews
• Cataloged and billed promotions

Matt Earley’s Education

Robert Morris University

BA , Corporate Communications , 2003 — 2007

• Graduated May 2007 with Cum Laude Honors
• Earned 3.72/4.0 GPA

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Chi Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society, Chi Alpha Campus Ministry

Additional Information

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Matt Earley’s Interests:

• Frequent public speaker • Musician with skill in drums, guitar, and piano • Philanthropic trips to Chad, 2004-05; Costa Rica, 2005; New Orleans, 2005-06