Chad Wiebesick

Past

• Digital Strategy Supervisor at General Motors Planworks
• Interactive Media Manager at Slack Barshinger
• Online Media Planner-Buyer at B2BWorks

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Industry

Online Media

Chad Wiebesick’s Summary

Chad Wiebesick is a digital marketing professional who's been exclusively in the online space for nearly a decade. A strategic thinker with an eye for tactical execution, he’s got extensive background in integrated media strategy across both B2B and B2C markets. He has successfully planned and executed branding and direct response digital campaigns for dozens of clients. Tactics have included social media / Web 2.0, search engine marketing (SEM and SEO), display advertising, rich media, performance-based affiliate marketing, email, newsletters, and webinars.

Chad’s work and contributions have earned industry recognition and awards. He was named one of America's Rising Media Stars by OMMA Magazine, the leading trade journal exclusively for online media, marketing, and advertising professionals. Chad was also a national finalist in Media Magazine’s "Creative Media Awards".

He is a published writer and frequently blogs about interactive marketing topics. Website Magazine, the nation's largest-circulated magazine for web professionals, published a digital marketing article he wrote for their August 2008 issue.

Chad is also a sought-after public speaker in Chicago and Metro-Detroit. He has spoken at numerous industry events and conferences with audiences exceeding 100 people, presenting to nationally-known organizations such as Search Engine Strategies and American Business Media.

Upon moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was elected to the board of the Ann Arbor Ad Club, a regional chapter of the American Advertising Federation. In 2009, he was elected President of the Ann Arbor Ad Club. He is also on the board of 313 Digital, a 750-member professional organization for interactive marketers in Michigan.

Previously, he served two years on the executive board of the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association. CIMA is one of the nation's largest and oldest professional organizations for interactive marketers.

Chad Wiebesick’s Specialties:

Web 2.0, Social Media, Search, Interactive Marketing and Media, Digital Technologies, Strategic Planning, Public Speaking

Client Experience:
● Automotive: Buick, Cadillac, GMC, HUMMER, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn

● B-to-B: Aon, CareerBuilder, Dairy Management Inc., Diebold, eBay Business, Grainger

● Consumer: Classmates.com, Walsh College

● High Tech: Hostway, Tellabs

● Manufacturing: Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Underwriters Technologies

● Travel: Grand Hotel

Additional Information

Chad Wiebesick’s Interests:

Advertising and marketing, new technology, business, politics, mountain biking, skiing, golfing, fishing, hiking, martial arts, gourmet cooking, playing video games, throwing boomerangs, flying kites, playing scrabble

Chad Wiebesick’s Honors:

● Speaker at University of Michigan's School of Information about social media - February, 2009

● Moderator at Refresh Detroit, "Social Media Panel Discussion" at Washtenaw Community College - January, 2009

● Panelist at Ann Arbor SPARK, "Marketing Roundtable - Town Hall" - January, 2009

● Panelist at Ann Arbor SPARK, "Internet Search Trends: Video! Image! Local! Mobile!" - November, 2008

● Elected board member of the Ann Arbor Ad Club - 2008

● Published an interactive marketing article in Website Magazine - August, 2008

● Panelist at American Business Media "B-to-B Marketing Day", Chicago - 2006

● Finalist in Media Magazine's nationwide "Creative Media Awards" competition - 2006

● Elected two consecutive years as an Executive Board Member to the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association - 2005 and 2006

● Panelist at Search Engine Strategies Fall Conference & Expo, Chicago - 2005

● Awarded national "Rising Media Star" status by OMMA Magazine - 2004