Curriculum Vitae
ROBERT F. BOBOWSKI
Grimes, IA 50111
515-***-**** / cell 515-***-**** / ************@***.***
Scholarship to Northwestern University; Scholarship to Chicago Art
Institute
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.; Catalog Advertising Creative Division Staff Member
FULTON MORRISSEY ADVERTISING, Chicago; Marketing Account Manager
Clients: Goodyear Chemical Division; Bell & Howell; Old Republic
Insurance
McCANN-ERICKSON, Chicago; Direct Marketing Account Executive
Clients: Encyclopaedia Britannica; World of Beauty Club; Coca-Cola
USA
J. WALTER THOMPSON, Chicago; Vice President, Manager Direct Response
Division
Clients: U.S. Marines; Ford Motor Co.; Burger King Corp.; World Book
Insurance
N. W. AYER, Chicago; Manager Direct Response Unit/Gold Mailbox Creative
Award
Clients: John Deere Lawn Eqpt. & Insurance; U.S. Army; Smithsonian
Book Club; AT&T
ROGERS MERCHANDISING, Chicago, Sales Promotion Company; Executive Vice
President
MAXIMAIL, INC., Chicago, President, Owner/Direct Marketing Awards for
Whirlpool program
Clients: Citibank; Lincoln-Mercury; Oldsmobile; Allstate Insurance;
BeneficiaL Ins. Grp.;
Chet Huntley's Big Sky Resort; American Central Real Estate (5 in
Carolinas, Florida); Sapphire Valley Developments (No. Carolina); (8)
Branigar Real Estate Developments
DIRECT MARKETING CONSULTANTS, Des Moines; Principal
Clients: American Republic Ins.; Aviva Insurance; Buick Automotive;
Hubbell Homes; Regency Development; Jerry's Homes; Meridian Homes;
Kimberley Development
Other Business Activities:
- Teacher of Telemarketing Sales, Both Basic and Advanced Courses, to
Major Business Teams
- Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Association of Direct Marketing
- Member Board of Directors, Premium Industry Club, Chicago
- Winner of Tempo Creative Award, Chicago Association of Direct Marketing
- Winner of President's Creative Award, Promotion Marketing Association
- Programs and career featured in articles in Ad Age, Target Marketing,
Catalog Success Mag.
- Monographs Contributor to Direct Marketing Association Members Manual on
Direct Response
- Founder, Intl. ECHO Awards Competition for the Direct Marketing
Association, New York
- HEDM Emeritus Professor of Direct Marketing; ten years at Chicago's
Roosevelt U., pro bono
- Direct Response Lecturer at numerous universities (Notre Dame, ISU, Wis.
State U., etc.)
- Toastmaster at Celebrity Roast of Ted Turner in Chicago, with President
Gerald Ford
- Guest Lecturer at Drake University in Des Moines, on Direct Marketing
Industry Technologies
- Principal, Copy Shop Boys; creative concept/copy development services
- Host Speaker, PACAI (Professional Advertising Copy Analysis Institute),
Des Moines, IA
Personal:
Married; wife, Dorothy
Previously resident of Chicago, Illinois
08-01-11
(I work well with all types of people; am a quick study; and have a high
energy level.)