Alan Chalfin
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www.alancadvertising.com
Group Copy Supervisor / Healthcare
Leader of Creative Staff, great at new business/connecting with client:
I have led and inspired creative staffs. I can fine tune creative
strategies to make them executable. I know how to befriend and sell to
clients and how to cultivate their trust.
Created both global and national pharma ad campaigns:
. Micardis (anti-hypertensive): Came up with Global strategy that
separated the product from other me too antihypertensive.
. Merck Vaccines: Supervised National campaign for MMR against chicken
pox. Ad budget tripled in 2 years.
. Rimonobant (Acomplia-appetite suppressant): a global account from
Sanofi. Created obese icons of various nations (IE: Fat Statue of
Liberty) to emphasis the need to start doing something about weight
problems that exists globally.
. Ditropan XL (anticholinergenic): My work won the business, by
emphasizing the dosing advantage over Detrol LA.
10 years on the pharma ad business:
I've worked on many different categories, from oral contraception,
cholesterol, cardiovascular, Hep-C, diet drugs, respiratory, vaccines,
and osteoporosis to feline disease. 90% of the work went direct to
doctors.
The other pharma companies and brands I worked on:
BMS (Pravachol, Pravaguard, Tequin, Plavix, Vanceril), Wyeth
(Bazedoxifine), Barr Labs (Provigil, Enjuvia ), Genentech (Rituxan),
Ferring (Eufflexa), Astrazeneca (Exanta and Toprol XL), Other Drugs:
Seasonale, Flutiform, Allegro, Adderall, Claritin, Levitra, Relpax,
Paxil, Effexor, and Exubera.
Successful interactive projects:
Oceana - Deflux: Therapeutic device for incontinence in young girls.
http://deflux.com/
Incontinent information website -
http://iideagroup.com/demo/bcs/index.php#
Christian Healthcare Center-re-wrote & branded site to add new life to
the assisted living complex.
http://www.christianhealthcare.org/index.html
Vee Technologies- wrote the USA website for this large outsourcing
Indian company.
BlockDeCorso.com- I re-wrote & designed the agency's website (the hits
on the site has increased by 40%). http://www.blockdecorso.com/
Banner ads- For Exubera, Motorola, and The History Channel.
Creative Awards: One Show Silver, Andy, AD Club, and Pharma.
Career Overview:
.ALAN C ADVERTISING: Worked on Oceana-Solesta (website for Fecal
Incontinence), Deflux-therapeutic device for bladder incontinence in young
girls. Supervised campaign a TV campaign for LasikPlus Centers: TV and
print-direct response. Wrote in depth website and dozens of marketing
materials for Vee Technologies a large Indian Outsourcing Company.
.BLOCK & DECORSO: Group Supervisor: Supervised campaign for Christian
Healthcare Center, designed new website. Direct Marketing of 3 hospitals
merging into one: Atlantic Healthcare System.
.JUMP START ADVERTISING: Consulted at Centron (Rituxan-RA); at GSW on Merck
(Vaqta & RotoTeq vaccines). Worked on Seasonable (oral contraception) at
Pace; and at Torre Lazar on Plavix (anticoagulant). Worked on Relax, Pail
and at McCann.
.ADIENT (WPP): Group Supervisor: In charge of staffing up group and
launching Exacta. Worked on Toprol XL. I pitched & won Provigil and Enjuvia
(Barr Labs).
.EURO RSCG LIFE CHELSEA (Havas): Group Supervisor: - Headed up a group on
Ditropan XL Merck Vaccines, and Rimonobant. Worked on Pravachol,
Pravaguard, Tequin, Plavix, Vanceril and Vanlev.
.Consumer Experience:
. Lowe & Partners
. BBDO
. Levine Huntley Schmidt & Partners
. JWT
EDUCATION: Pratt Institute-Majored in Advertising-Degree: BA