VICE PRESIDENT | DIRECTOR/GREY II (Travel Marketing & Small Business Group)
Grey Advertising • Chicago, IL
1981 to 1987

In charge of division which specialized in retail and wholesale travel, financial services, business-to-business and small business accounts. Supervised team of eight persons in account management, creative and media.

• Built division to represent one-third of Chicago office billings
• Accounts won and supervised: American Express, Carlson Companies, Littelfuse, Cunard Cruise Lines, Apple Vacations, Curtiss Candies, regional Taco Bell, Hitachi (America), Aston Hotels & Resorts, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, NBC O&O television stations, Huffy Bicycles, Linn Waldock Futures Brokerage, others
• Created strategic alliance combining resources of American Airlines, Aston Hotels & Resorts and Condo Resorts International to create “Condo in Paradise,” a wholesale program so successful it became American’s AAloha Condo program for Hawaii vacations.
• Consumer and industrial campaigns won more than a dozen awards for advertising excellence