Jim!

An accomplished strategic leader and coach who guides strong, growing teams that deliver results.

A strategic, creative and personable manager with highly skilled coaching and branding abilities. Extensive experience developing and implementing strategic and innovative plans. Exceptional communication and organization skills to drive relationships and projects to achieve continued results. An active leader of operations, budgets and promotion building a positive culture of strategic thinking, data-driven, innovative brands.

Brand Direction

Over 20 years leading brands to success

Talent Coaching

Building Individual brands to cut through and be remembered

Strategic Direction

 Research, media analysis, planning and execution

Media 2.0

A never ending student of the Art and Science of Persuasion

Experience

Passionate about solving problems with clarity, simplicity and honesty.

Skills

80%
Brand Management+20 years Experience
90%
Creative Director+ 9 years Experience
90%
Producer- 6 years Experience
90%
Music Director- 10 years Experience

Vice President Local Media Harvard Media

Spearheaded the strategic development, enhancement, implementation, and execution of programming brand strategies both on-air and online for Harvard Music and Enterprise Brands.

Harvard Media

Program Director FM96, 1031 Fresh Radio

FM96 become one of the rare Rock Stations to achieve number one 12+ share.  Created and launched the first Fresh brand in Canada. Fresh achieved number one in Cume.

Corus

Creative Director 102.1 the Edge, Q107, AM640

Oversaw strategic organizational planning, direction and execution of every aspect of the Commercial Creative Process and External Branding Campaigns. Collaborated, wrote and produced campaigns that achieved recognition from the Crystal Awards, Radio and Production Awards and the New York Festival.

Creative Director 102.1 the Edge, Q107, Am640

Program Director 939 The River, 89X, AM580

Oversaw musical and strategic organizational planning, direction and execution of every aspect of the brand, on air, online and onsite.

Bell Media

Program Director Y108

Oversaw musical and strategic organizational planning, direction and execution of every aspect of the brand, on air, online and onsite.

Corus

The Children’s Fund,  Senior Voting Member                                

As an active participant in the Children’s Fund we were able to raise and distribute more than a quarter million dollars to Children’s Charities in the Hamilton Burlington area over 6 years. The Children’s Fund has distributed more than five million dollars over its history in Southern Ontario.

The Children's Fund

Program Director 953 Fresh Radio

Ensured all contributing partners and elements of programming were targeting the correct audience with compelling content.

Corus

Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Instructor, Radio Programming 1  Students compare and contrast the different on-air styles and formats that characterize private and public radio program design. Students also become acquainted with the role of Programmers who determine the sound of radio by collaborating and creating their own radio station in order to satisfy market conditions.

Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario

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