Acento AdvertisingPartner, Chief Integration Officer
Mar. 2000 - Nov. 2018Los Angeles• Oversaw all media strategy development and implementation.
• Targeted both offline and online consumers by designing multi-pronged and comprehensive marketing strategies.
• Coordinated the launch of media campaigns with marketing, communications, and sales departments.
• Hired and managed external Buying Services for workload overflow (Digital, Outdoor, Print).
• Implemented media processes and analytics to maximize campaign performance while maintaining agency efficiency.
• Researched and implemented technology to plan, buy, track and report on all media campaigns.
• Conducted in-depth target audience and segmentation research to uncover priority targets’ volume, Media consumption habits and content affinity.
• Analyzed campaign response (Sales, Store traffic, Calls, transactions, website traffic) using a variety of attribution tools and techniques to track KPIs.
• Determined the optimal media channel mix and the resources to be allocated to each.
• Supervised all buying strategies/tactics.
• Drafted post-event evaluations, compiled results and recommended optimizations for future campaigns.
• Managed over 16 employees in the Media, Traffic and IT departments.
• Managed Network Upfront and local negotiations to obtain the most competitive rates.
• Established departmental policies, yearly objectives and areas of opportunity.
• Analyzed business developments and monitored market/industry trends.
• Cultivated and managed relationships with key clients, vendors and community partners.
• Leveraged professional relationships to develop new business opportunities.