Jim

Madsen

An accomplished marketing executive with 20+ years in marketing, communications and advertising. Experienced with both B2B and B2C campaigns and strategies. Strong background in brand management, experience with personnel management and implementation of strategies and tactical marketing plans.

Marketing & Communications Executive

Executive Summary

Strategy & Planning

As senior marketing team member, created strategic roadmap for sales and marketing in multiple industry segments. Past campaigns generated $16MM in sales and $53MM in open opportunities. Also lead management team planning efforts to identify new objectives, market opportunities and goals. As a result, increased overall annual revenue by 64% from 2003 to 2006. (Click Here for more marketing highlights.)

Cox Media is the advertising sales division of Cox Communications Inc., the third largest cable entertainment and broadband services provider in the country.

Select Marketing Highlights

"Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink."

Leo Burnett

 

Portfolio

Harte-Hanks is a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company that provides insight-driven direct multichannel marketing solutions.

Created strategy and messaging analysis for Cox Media products and external clients. Trained several other Cox Media markets on brand development, strategy and planning. Successfully managed the on-air transition of Gateway’s corporate brand identity. Managed and implemented MidAmerican energy subsidiary brand transition. (Click Here for more marketing highlights.)

Brand Management

Product Marketing

Created and implemented marketing strategy and communications plan for several products and services launched regionally or nationally. Increased revenue of one specific product by 400% from July, 2003 to May, 2006. Marketing communication included direct mail, print, television, events and development of website & portal. Successfully managed cross-functional teams (marketing, sales, IT, sales support & production) to implement specific corporate objectives. (Click Here for more marketing highlights.)

Here you’ll find samples of my marketing communications work that highlight everything from simple postcards and brochures up to :30 second national TV commercials. (Click Here for a complete list of portfolio samples)

Gateway Computers became a well-known brand in 1991 when it started shipping its computer hardware in cow-spotted boxes.

MidAmerican Energy Company is the largest utility in Iowa and provide service to more than 725,000 electric customers and more than 707,000 natural gas customers.

Product

Marketing