Global Director of Interactive - Alberto-Culver. Survived Dotcom 1.0 crash. Making the world safe for Dotcom 2.0.
Greater Chicago Area
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- Global Director of Interactive at Alberto Culver
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- SVP Director of Interactive at Draftfcb / FCB
- VP, Director of Creative Services at Four Points Digital / marchFIRST
- Online Marketing Specialist at Motorola
- Website Developer at Digital Interface
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Warwick
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Stephen Strong’s Summary
Stephen remembers when GIFs started animating, when AOL's browser wouldn't read <tables>, when Netscape updates were an event, and waiting 15 minutes to download a Quicktime video about an exploding whale.
He officially held the title "Webmaster" when it wasn't embarrassing.
He also remembers startups paying him in VC bucks to create prototype demos, so they could go back and get more VC funding. Which led to more demos. And being somewhat satisfied when they all went out of business, even though he was also unemployed as a result.
He has over 14 years of interactive marketing experience explaining that, yes, all the banners will animate; that, no, you can't make something "go" viral; and that social media is a movement, not a channel.
But at least those exploding whale videos download a hell of a lot faster now. Unless it's on your cellphone...
Stephen Strong’s Specialties:
http://platformsoptional.blogspot.com
Stephen Strong’s Experience
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Global Director of Interactive
Alberto Culver
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
October 2008 — Present (3 months)
Global things. On the Internet.
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SVP Director of Interactive
Draftfcb / FCB
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ipg; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2001 — October 2008 (7 years 6 months)
DraftFCB is one of the world’s largest marketing services agencies and is part of the Interpublic (IPG) agency network. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of Draft and FCB. The Chicago office is the largest agency in Chicago with over 1,100 employees.
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VP, Director of Creative Services
Four Points Digital / marchFIRST
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1998 — January 2001 (3 years 1 month)
marchFIRST was a technology and interactive marketing services firm. It was formed in a merger between Whittman-Hart, USWeb, and Four Points Digital in March 2000. Chicago was the largest marketing office in marchFIRST with over 200 professionals and $38 million in revenue for 2000.
Four Points Digital was an independent interactive marketing agency. In only 3 years, Four Points grew into one of the largest and most-respected interactive agencies in Chicago. -
Online Marketing Specialist
Motorola
(Public Company; Consumer Electronics industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Radio Products Group – International organization specializing in two-way radio communication for consumer and business-to-business markets.
Wireless Data Group – R&D unit specializing in emerging wireless technologies including wireless web browsing, home networking, and PDA development. -
Website Developer
Digital Interface
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Web site developer, focusing on retail sites and America’s Choice Mall (largest SOHO community at the time).
Stephen Strong’s Education
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA, English, Advertising minor, 1988 — 1992
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University of Warwick
Study Abroad, English, Marketing, 1990 — 1991
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