Wendy LALLI
Senior Copywriter/Marketing Strategist
Summary
Award-winning writer skilled in creating innovative integrated marketing campaigns – print, broadcast, PR and digital communications – for consumer and business-to-business products and services. Worked on national accounts for major ad agencies in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Won 20 awards in three years. Has run her own company, Wendy Lalli, Ltd. since 1997, serving corporations, entrepreneurial businesses, and agencies. Strong experience with financial, professional services, and healthcare clients.
Recent Work History
Principal, Wendy Lalli, Ltd. 1997 – Present
Develops marketing, public relations, interactive, and internal communications for financial institutions, corporations, entrepreneurial businesses and non-profits. Projects include: Print and broadcast ads, direct response packages, collateral, videos, trade show displays, POS/POP, Web copy content, bill boards, online and print articles and columns for newspapers, newsletters, and trade journals, and more. Strong presentation skills. Excellent mentor. Relevant accomplishments below:
Developing marketing strategies and materials
Clients include MindSourceSolutions.com, a web site serving
alternative medical providers such as hypnotists, nutritionists and neurofeedback specialists.
Wrote articles
Sites include whatcollegeforgot.com, a column for biospace.com (C:\Users\Wendy\Desktop\Inside RecruiterDiversity.mht), and features for cookwork.com.
Created copy content for Business Sites
Sites
include tcboost.com (health and fitness facility
TC Boost), www.praetorianadvisors.com (financial consultants—Praetorian Advisors), and snyderinsurance.com (insurance—Snyder Insurance and Financial Services).
MidAmerica Bank
Concepted and wrote all types of corporate and marketing communications including direct mail packages for checking and savings accounts, promotions for commercial bank products, and two quarterly employee magazines.Also edited and rewrote copy content for Web site.
Chicago Theological Seminary
Collaborated with the President and Chairman of the Board on public relations and marketing strategies to publicize the institution’s 150th anniversary. Created ads, newsletters, marketing materials, and e-mail messages for alumni, students, and donors.
The Derson Group
Oversaw creation of all marketing materials for this boutique outplacement firm from brand development to trade show displays. Wrote 26 online articles on job search for the firm’s clients that were later published in the “Working” section of the Chicago Tribune.
Wm. Wrigley Jr. and Company
Interviewed C-level executives at the company for a series of articles on “Living Our Values” for the company’s intranet newsletter. These pieces were later used in Wrigley’s successful application to the 2007 list of Fortune Magazine’s “Best Companies to Work For.”
Senior Copywriter
2008 – 2009
Hamilton Communications
Chicago, IL
Concepted and wrote marketing pieces, Web copy, and promotions for Baxter, Bard, and other pharma clients. Proposed a “make your own video adventure” activity for Baxter’s Advate booth at the National Hemophilia Association. The most popular attraction at the conference, it reflected the product’s claim that on Advate people with hemophilia could still enjoy active lives.
Copy Supervisor
2006 – 2007
UMarketing LLC (previously Lanyap, Inc.)
Lombard, IL
Created a new brand positioning for UMarketing LLC, a newly formed integrated marketing agency specializing in customer-centric strategies. Proposed the company’s new name, concepted all of its business-to-business collateral, co-designed the agency’s Web site, and wrote the site’s original copy content.
Associate Creative Director
1996 – 1997
Blau/Direct Edge (now part of Euro RSCG)
Chicago, IL
Created direct response packages for Sears Credit Card, SunTrust Bank, Capital One, and more.
Turned a “down-and-dirty” cautionary statement insert for high-risk Sears credit card users into a customer service newsletter on how to use credit wisely. This one-time piece was so well received by Sears customers it became a quarterly enclosure in billing statements for years.
Senior Writer/Assistant Vice-President
1989 – 1996
MBNA America (now part of Bank of America)
Wilmington, DE
Concepted hundreds of direct mail campaigns for dozens of different affinity card programs. Most of these packages exceeded response goals and many were unbeatable controls for several years. Introduced the use
of video and broadcast spots to market products, enhance internal communications, and recruit new talent. Proposed, established, and led the department’s first Quality Assurance team to ensure all internal and external communications were in compliance with regulatory and brand guidelines.
Education
Copywriting—School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BA, English—Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Awards
John Caples International Awards
The Advertising Club of Delaware
First State Awards
Art Directors Club of Philadelphia
National Business Marketing Association
Professional Associations
Professional Women’s Club of Chicago—Communications Committee
Business Marketing Association
WIT—Chicago Chapter
