
Owner, McKinsey Media
Greater Atlanta Area

Owner, McKinsey Media
Greater Atlanta Area
Highly motivated marketing professional specializing in strategic thinking and practical application with over six years of advertising agency experience developing and leading online strategy. Complete understanding of the role of interactive marketing within product launches, messaging, direct response, and SEM advertising campaigns. Experienced in leading media strategy for Fortune 100 clients and budgets in excess of $50MM. Excellent communication skills, easily interacts with executives, clients, vendors and staff.
Online: Interactive Strategy (Display, search and website), Branding campaigns, Direct Response Campaigns, email, SEM, Management (Campaign and Team)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
McKinsey Media has been established to answer the growing need of digital expertise in the Atlanta metropolitan area. We offer a wide variety of services from digital media strategy & planning to organizational development. Our approach is to focus on the goal and build an approach from there.
No matter what type of campaign – Direct Response, Branding/Awareness, or Product Launches - we offer the following services as standard media capabilities:
Audience Research & Profiling
Rich Media expertise
Web 2.0 strategy
Media Budget Recommendations & Breakout
Tracking/Trafficking Set-up Recommendations
In addition to our strategic planning capabilities, we also provide analytics services that focus on digital media, creative, and website traffic/conversion rates. We have designed our process to provide a holistic approach to the evaluation of digital media and its influence across different areas of concentration.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)
• Assist in development of media analytics role within the media dept.
• Co-Lead the development of a proprietary media reporting system that encompasses media, creative and website analytics
• Consult international CEOs during tool development for cross media utilization and needs
• Train remote offices in New York, Chicago and LA on analytics, dashboards, and reporting best practices
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 1 month)
• Developed strategies consistent with brand standards for the largest advertiser in the US
• Translated offline brand strategies into effective online strategies to achieving increased campaign efficiencies
• Directed strategic tactics for branding and direct response campaigns that resulted in increased net media billings of more than 250% over three years
• Managed budgets in excess of $50MM annually through KPI reports and monthly budget reconciliations
• Acted as primary client media contact responsible for presenting campaign analytic performance, media strategy and plans, industry trends, competitive analysis, and campaign reporting and reviews
• Developed extensive knowledge of display advertising, SEM, emails, rich media including video, and 3rd party ad serving
• Managed a team of five planners and coordinators plus cross-agency communications focusing on Fortune 100 clients
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 4 months)
* Develop strategic media plans to achieve ROI goals
* Managed 2 team members (media planner & coordinator) to represent Fortune 100 clients
* Executed and reconciled monthly and quarterly media campaigns
* Present media plans and weekly analytical reporting directly to client
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 1 month)
* Develop strategic media plans to achieve ROI goals
* Executed and reconciled monthly and quarterly media campaigns
* Present media plans and weekly analytical reporting directly to client
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 2 months)
• Responsible for the planning, negotiation, and implementation of ROI search campaigns
• Drove usability improvements for in-house ad server and assisted in creating billing model for premium agency service
• Reported on client website analytics and usability in relation to campaign performance
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2002 — November 2002 (8 months)
• Bought, optimized and reconciled DRTV for health supply corporation
• Processed CMR logs for DR Television and Radio campaign tracking
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