AMI MANNING: Global Branding Strategist / Marketing / Licensing in houston, TX
AMI MANNING
Global Branding Strategist / Marketing / Licensing
houston | United States
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Interests
Doing a little better today than i did yesterday;
cycling;
smiling :)
laughing;
red wine;
my dog riley;
painting;
running on the beach;
sunsets;
ltd one day at a time...
Work experience
VOLITION ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Global Branding Strategist / Marketing / Licensing | 07/2006 - Current
Volition is a Global Branding, Marketing/Management firm in Los Angeles, California. Volition's branding arm of the business constructs strategic marketing campaigns, branding initiatives--and also manages licensing, and global product development. We also engage in direct response, live shopping, product development and retail distribution, domestically and internationally.
Paris Hilton Entertainment
Vice President & Artist Management | 01/2008 - 01/2010
Contract VP position and Talent Management with Paris Hilton Entertainment putting brand positioning strategies into place, developing a cohesive branding guide and setting up systems for more effective international licensee brand management. Produced three shows for MTV, Paris Hilton's My BFF in Dubai, LA and UK. Orchestrated Fragrance marketing matrix and product rollout globally.
RedVector.com Inc
Director of Marketing | 01/2005 - 01/2006
Lead Generation, Paid Search, Online Marketing, Tradeshows, Executive Marketing Management strategy
Bisk Education
Sr Manager of Paid Search Marketing | 01/2004 - 01/2005
Managed paid search and oversaw SEO practices for large universities online degree programs. Managed large budgets and daily monitoring, working within team of lead generation media buyers.
HSN
Sr Manager of Partnership Marketing | 01/2001 - 01/2004
Started with HSN as a client writing commercials and workign with creative group. Hired F/T as a Content Producer for online marketing in HSN.com assisting with paid search and content. Moved into Partnership Marketing handling partnerships outside of the core business model to add over $3M EBITA
alternative marketing inc.
Owner | 01/1998 - 01/2001
Marketing and Promotions company in California, moved it in the last year of operation to Florida. Focused on entertainment clients such as MCI's1-800-COLLECT, product placement in film and Television for products like Nantucket Nectars, Milk, Kelloggs, HSN, Wolfgang Puck, etc.
Polar Electro Oy
US Director of Marketing | 01/1997 - 01/1998
Managed this brand and team of athletes in the United States to build this brand to over 90% market share in less than one year via extensive travel, tradeshow and retail promotions, cross marketing and development of fitness intellectual property programs across the nation, and globally.
STEP
Director of Promotions | 01/1992 - 01/1996
Started here as graphic designer, then moved into Director of Promotions. Managed THE STEP aerobics phenomenon via extensive fitness tradeshow circuit in the United States and abroad via promotions, retail cross marketing, IP development, and licensing deals with both NIKE and REEBOK for further product development