Laurie A Stearn

Vice President, Agency Relations and Membership, Central Region at 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies)

Greater Chicago Area

Marketing and Advertising

4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) - Greater Chicago Area since Oct 2009
Vice President, Agency Relations and Membership, Central Region
Stearn Solutions - Chicago Jan 2007 - Oct 2009
Principal/Consultant
Element 79 Partners - Greater Chicago Area Jun 2005 - Oct 2006
Senior Vice President, Management Director
Indiana University Kelley Graduate School of Business - Bloomington, Indiana Area Jun 2003 - Jun 2005
Senior Associate Director; Co- Director - Consumer Marketing Academy; and Marketing Instructor
Element 79 Partners - Greater Chicago Area Feb 2002 - Jun 2003
Senior Vice President, Director of Intellectual Capital

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business 1987 - 1989
MBA, Marketing Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1979 - 1983
B.S. Business Administration, Marketing and Management Chicago Architecture Foundation
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement of Lancaster
Manheim Township High School

Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Project Management
Integrated Marketing
Customer Insight
CRM
Digital Strategy
Creative Direction
Brand Management
Interactive Marketing
Advertising
Direct Marketing
Creative Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Email Marketing
Online Advertising
Social Media
E-commerce
Strategy
Strategic Partnerships
Marketing
Interactive Advertising
Direct Mail
Leadership
Marketing Communications
Brand Development
Content Strategy
Mobile Marketing

travel--domestic and international. popular culture, scuba diving, working out, reading, current events, swimming, movies, theater, architecture, art

Gold Effie Award---Travel Category (1998) and Quick Service Restaurant Category (1995); Silver Effie Award --Travel Category (1997), Panelist- "Rock Your Marketing" Event for Chicago Marketing Professionals, Speaker (Customer Relationship Management for Healthcare) Illinois Hospital Association Conference

Spanish
Mandarin Chinese

Gold Effie Award
New York Chapter of American Marketing Association
Part of team (and Effie application preparer) winning Gold Effie Award for Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary Campaign --"Remember The Magic" -- in the Travel and Destinations Category.
Gold Effie Award
New York Chapter of American Marketing Association
Part of team (and Effie application preparer) winning Gold Effie Award for McDonald's "McWorld" tween branding and promotion campaign -- in the Quick Service Restaurant Category.
Silver Effie Award
New York Chapter of American Marketing Association
Part of team (and Effie Award application preparer) winning Silver Effie Award for Walt Disney World "Make the Dream Come True" Campaign -- in the Travel and Destination Category.
Most Wins Ever by Students in Junior Achievement Area in National Competition
Junior Achievement, Inc (as part of National Junior Achievers Conference)
From 1983 - 1987, served as lead advisor to student teams in preparing for and winning an unprecedented number (25) of national competitions and national officer positions at the National Junior Achievers Conference. Achievement never equaled or exceeded since then.
Readers Digest Speakers Corps
Junior Achievement, Inc.
Earned spot as one of 15 Junior Achievement national award winners and national officers in highly competitive selection process to represent the organization at national corporate, association, and civic speaking events.
Top Consumer Marketing MBA Program
Wall Street Journal
As Co-Director of Kelley School at Indiana University MBA Consumer Marketing Academy, the Senior Associate Director of the Graduate Career Services Office (and career advisor to all marketing MBAs), and an adjunct professor of advertising/sales promotion, helped play key role in Kelley receiving recognition as top consumer marketing MBA program in the 2004 Wall Street Journal Top MBA program survey.