RESULTS
Creating and Delivering Exceptional Marketing Outcomes.™
Outsized successes in both corporate and non-profit organizations. Key skills:
• Marketing Strategy • New Customer Acquisition
• Brand Share Growth • Integrated Communications
• Team Building and
Mentoring
• Analytics & Modeling for
Audience Segmentation
• New Product
Development
• Budget & Profit-Loss
Statement Optimization
• Social Media
Synthesis
• Key Partner Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Inventor & Partner, SureSwitch-Dependalite LLC, 2021-Present
• Invented a battery-saving switch technology and received a patent from the US Patent Trademark Office (USPTO).
• Manage a diverse team of business, engineering and public service associates attempting to monetize the invention.
• Includes regular presentations to senior-level and venture capital investors.
Marketing Director, Client Acquisition, KeyBank, 2/2019 to Present
KeyBank is a mid-sized, full-service consumer and commercial bank in Cleveland, Ohio. I direct and enhance KeyBank’s #1 new customer acquisition direct marketing programs.
• Responsible to direct the new client acquisition program.
• Made aggressive marketing program enhancements that grew new customers by 41% year-over-year.
• Acquired more than 50,000 new customers in 2019 and 2020, both all-time records.
• Leverage SAS analytics software and seven response, balance-build and LTV models to acquire “the best customer at the best price.”
• 2019 customers will generate a Lifetime Value of $22.4 million.
• Create all-new testing concepts to drive continuous improvement in marketing results.
• Manage and optimize $9.6 million marketing budget.
• Ensure band equity is aligned and maximized in all communications. 216-***-****
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Robert Pavlik
Marketing Sales Brand Growth Innovator Agent for Better Client & Member Acquisition
EDUCATION
Master of Business
Administration
John Carroll University
Bachelor of Science, cum laude
Marketing and Public Relations
Youngstown State University
Varsity swim team
VOLUNTEER + DONOR
Big Brothers Big Sisters
2021 to Present
College Now Greater Cleveland
2016-2021
Hire Heroes USA
2020 to Present
Feed My Starving Children
2020
YSU Pete’s Pride
2015 to Present
Habitat for Humanity
2018-2019
Board, Eliza Bryant Village
2005-2017
United Way Funding Committee
University Settlement
Ohio Reads Tutor
Meals on Wheels America
BRAND SAMPLING
• Adeptly navigate circuitous routes of collaboration, legal, compliance and senior management.
Director of Sales, Quez Media Marketing, 2/2014 to 1/2019 Quez Media is an integrated marketing agency near Cleveland, Ohio. Responsible for sales and marketing planning for small to mid-size clients in the manufacturing, non-profit and startup sectors.
• Increased non-profit client’s annual revenue by 50% over five years, from $14 million to $21 million.
• Rebranded organization, increasing initial consumer recall by 68%.
• Custom-built CRM database, reducing non-standardized addresses from 1.35 million to 450,000 targetable, deliverable names; Saving
$1 million+ in marketing expense.
• Extensive marketing research experience to pinpoint customer preferences and effective messaging directives.
• Grew paid membership from 42,400 to 54,712 (29%) over three years.
• Increased first-year member retention from 62% to 89%, increasing membership revenue by $620,000 annually.
Sales and Marketing Director, Brand Partnerships, Bank of America + MBNA Corporation, 2001 to 2013
Bank of America is the 2nd largest US bank by assets. MBNA was a boutique integrated marketing company specializing in branded
“affinity” products with 4,000 partners.
Key responsibilities included all aspects of the client lifecycle: Selling, negotiating, marketing, market research, product development, advertising, client retention and profit goals.
• Negotiated, directed and marketed brands with key college and university partners in the Big 10, Big 12, Big East and MAC Conferences. Also brands such as the PGA Tour, LPGA, the NHL, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks and Golf Digest
• Mentored, developed and promoted a team of regional account executives.
• Won 14 of 15 Request for Proposals (RFP) on high-stakes client acquisition and retention deals (93%!).
• 3X National Sales Award Winner.
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