John Watson

Experience

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  Hudson Valley Renegades

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Marketing Intern
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  Bowie Baysox

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Marketing Intern

  • Designed and implemented between-inning entertainment.• Helped with the day-to-day duties of the General Manager to help drive season ticket purchases.

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  Precision Sports Entertainment

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Marketing and Sales Intern

  • Aligned interdepartmental objectives through effective communication with the CEO, Sales, and Marketing teams.• Designed, developed, and executed promotional activities.• Implemented strategies to promote client events via press releases, social media, and pitching local press.

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  Unum

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2015

  • Served as lead marketer for the highest producing teams in the 2014 Unum office of the year. • Earned Aspire award for outstanding performance and character.• Cultivated and maintained positive relationships with brokers, new prospects, and existing customers to consistently grow network and client base.• Developed and helped deliver tailored benefit solutions for public and private clients with up to 2,000 employees across a variety of industries, ensuring all specifications and requirements were fulfilled.• Identified and successfully leveraged cross-sell opportunities for the New Jersey office by utilizing expertise in customized Salesforce reporting. • Assisted employers in building out Open Enrollment strategy and helped to write and develop employee-facing benefits education materials.• Consistently helped teams meet and exceeded sales goals and budgets. Show less

  • Marketing Consultant

    Jan 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Sales Coordinator

    Jun 2011 - Jan 2013
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  Willis Towers Watson

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2019

  • Manage comprehensive implementation of marketing solutions for Benefits Outsourcing and Marketplace solutions. • Build and maintain cross-functional business relationships with internal marketers and stakeholders across multiple corporate segments, including Human Capital and Benefits, as well as Benefits Delivery and Administration. • Oversee monthly evaluation of budget, coordination with finance and marketing departments to ensure accuracy, and transfer of expenses as needed.• Schedule, organize, and manage speaking opportunities at conferences such as SHRM, The Conference Board, and HR Tech for company leaders, ensuring cohesive brand messaging through event strategies, content creation, and material generation.• Championed the Conference Board’s Willis Towers Watson-sponsored Preconference Workshop event, logistically coordinating and executing convention for 250 attendees in two locations in 2019.• Independently plan and execute on development, rollout, and promotion the annual Employee and Employer Survey Report since 2016 to efficiently gather and compile valuable insight from participants on the platform. • Piloted the implementation of a third-party software, Seismic, to save company approximately three thousand hours per year by automating the creation of an Open Enrollment Recap and streamlining the overall renewals process.• Led the research, analysis, writing, and promotion efforts for the Private Exchange Research Council’s second white paper, “Understanding the Influence of Decision Support on Employee Benefit Selections.” Show less

  • Marketing Manager, Benefits Delivery & Administration

    Mar 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Associate Marketing Manager (Liazon)

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2017
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  Centivo

  Nov 2019 - now

  Senior Manager - Product/Customer Experience

  Centivo is an innovative health plan for self-funded employers on a mission to bring affordable, high-quality healthcare to the millions of working Americans who struggle to pay their medical bills. Anchored around a primary care based ACO model, Centivo saves employers an average of 15-30% on total cost of care compared to traditional insurance carriers. Employees also realize significant savings through our free primary care (including virtual), predictable copay and no-deductible benefit plan design. Centivo works with employers ranging in size from 51 employees to Fortune 500 companies. Show less

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  Alport Syndrome Foundation

  Feb 2023 - now

  Emerging Leadership Council