Stephen Bess

Experience

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  Detroit Tigers

  Jul 1999 - Mar 2004

  Professional Athlete

  Pitched and thrived as team's closer in high pressure situations when the game was on the line.

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  Think Omnimedia

  May 2002 - Dec 2005

  Editor

  Worked in both Copy Editing and Editor positions, with management of four out of office contributors. Researched and wrote product reviews, interviews and company profiles at approximately 20-pages of original editorial content per month. Maintained high-level communication and customer satisfaction with advertising clients and readership. Assisted graphic artist team with article layout and design and collaborated with editorial staff to create each month's print and online content.

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  Hi Torque Publishing

  Dec 2005 - Nov 2010

  Executive Editor

  Title's head editor for print, web and social media content. New advertising and current advertiser relationship management. Brand development, content strategy and assigning editor for contributors and senior staff editors. Readership maintenance and growth strategic planning and retention.

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  Air Age Media

  Nov 2010 - Aug 2013

  Executive Editor

  Brand development and content strategy planning for digital, print, social media and app-based content that reaches several hundred thousand viewers per month. Team builder and assigning editor for senior editors and contributors. Editorial-side management of current and future advertiser relationships.

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  Scorpion Internet Marketing

  Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  Marketing Manager, Franchise

  Managed client roster of 100-150+ local franchisee home services business owners, through strategic campaign analysis, Google Ad Words, GCS/GA, social media, and content marketing.

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  Scorpion

  Jan 2022 - now

  Manage and lead a team of 10+ in strategic management of national franchisor and 2,000+ franchisee-owned local digital marketing campaigns. Digital strategy including SEM, SEO, content marketing, and general business strategy. Led a team of growth consultants to increase adoption of paid advertising/marketing within our franchisee client base. Increased investment in advertising by $3M in ARR in less than 12-months.

  • Vice President of Franchise Marketing

    Jul 2016 - now

  • Vice President of Strategic Growth

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023