
Nicholas J. Fanelli
Marketing Professional, Journalist, and Photographer
Full Resume
Below you will find my full resume going back to my journalism experience in high school. For a PDF or Word Doc version, please contact me.
Work experience
Gallagher Re - Marketing Manager
February 2025 - February 2026
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Developed B2B marketing campaign strategies & corresponding collateral, including emails, reports/whitepapers, brochures/flyers, social posts and more, for the global Life, Accident & Health, and the Parametric, Public Sector & Climate Resilience teams and in coordination with in-house graphic designs, marketing automation and web teams
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Managed an internal, bi-weekly email newsletter sent to approx. 3,500 global colleagues
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Coordinated collateral, on-site branding and more for internal/external global events, including Monte Carlo RVS, ReFocus, the Global Conference of Actuaries, Gallagher Re-hosted webinars/roundtables and more
Smithbucklin - Sales Marketing Manager
February 2023 – October 2024
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Developed B2B email marketing campaigns on behalf of clients, including the American Hospital Association, the PLASTICS Industry Association, the National Council of the Social Studies, and more totaling $7.46M+ in 2024 exhibit/sponsorship revenue & $330,990+ in 2024 year-round advertising
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Actively maintained 5 client websites totaling 36,464 visitors by Q4 2024
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Contributed to overall sales marketing strategies for client events & year-round advertising
Endurance Warranty - Content Marketing Specialist
May 2021 – January 2023
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Developed monthly content calendars & B2C campaigns utilizing SEO strategies for 30+ blogs, totaling 179,536 visitors & 1,622 leads in 2022 over 314 posts
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Managed a team of 6 copywriters & oversaw the complete editorial process, including identifying topics based on SEO best practices, crafting assignment outlines, copy editing, sourcing/developing creative materials/images & scheduling final posts
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Oversaw awards workstream, including helping Endurance win over 7 individual, team & overall business awards in 2022, including the Stevie® Awards, Crain’s Fast 50 & more
Rand McNally - Digital Marketing Specialist
March 2021 – April 2021
Chicago, IL
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Developed and created weekly B2C social media content for over 6 accounts, as well as for campaigns such as the ‘Spring Trucking Sale’, National Park Week, and the 2022 Road Atlas
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Generated B2C blog content utilizing SEO strategies that reached over 200+ pageviews per day
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Helped maintain the company's eCommerce website by updating product pages, monitoring inventory levels, implementing 301 redirects, and creating promotional discounts
CuraLinc Healthcare - Marketing & Communications Associate
September 2019 – January 2021
Chicago, IL
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Contributed B2B creative strategies and problem-solving skills to help build awareness and engagement of CuraLinc’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness programs to over 1.5 million individuals across 1,750+ clients
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Produced introductory marketing collateral for CuraLinc’s global clients in 40+ countries and over 30 languages
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Helped establish a daily COVID-19 marketing strategy that kept all clients informed through email blasts, social media, webinars, tip sheets, and website updates
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Generated emergency response emails for immediate client use following natural disasters or other emergencies such as hurricane preparedness, shootings, wildfires, and more
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Created ongoing marketing and promotional materials to meet client needs for daily and weekly collateral, such as articles, flyers, wallet cards, tip sheets, posters, email campaigns, and web content
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Implemented client-specific marketing campaigns utilizing Constant Contact, print distribution, and social media platforms
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Researched and curated content that enhanced CuraLinc’s 10 social media accounts in addition to managing the company’s wellness blog
Discover Global Network - Global Marketing Support Specialist
April 2019 – July 2019
Riverwoods, IL
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Created, customized, and updated PPT presentations for client-facing and internal teams that interact with acquirers, merchants, and issuers
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Maintained accurate sales support collateral and presentations
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Liaised with agencies on the enhancement of marketing materials including presentations, sales materials, and other forms as needed
MAT Holdings, Inc. - Marketing & Product Development Coordinator
August 2016 - November 2018
Long Grove, IL
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Designed, maintained, and distributed a monthly B2B sell sheet that helped sell over $5 million worth of excess or obsolete inventory
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Actively maintained product retail comparison summaries utilized in the sales process
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Worked with the graphics department to create or update materials for new and existing products, labels, catalogs, sell sheets & various sales brochures
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Maintained a B2C product E-commerce marketing copy for over 250+ products
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Worked in eCommerce CMS systems to onboard, update, and maintain products
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Coordinated trade-show set-up & takedown
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Other tasks included, but were not limited to, creating a monthly sales sheet, creating divisional purchase orders, monthly product review summaries/customer service campaigns, product audits, designing & maintained a product sample booklet, maintaining a division-wide project tracker, creating factory first article instructions & more
Skills
Familiar with Programs such as:
Photoshop
InDesign
HubSpot
MailChimp
Monday.com
Google Analytics
Photo Mechanic
Audacity
Soundslides
Final Cut Pro
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Power Point
Microsoft Excel
SAP
Constant Contact
Hootsuite
Outlook
Tableau
BigCommerce
Salesforce
Certifications
Resumes
For a Word Document or PDF version of my professional resume, please contact me.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Journalism experience
The Daily Iowan, an independent student newspaper - Staff Photographer
May 2012-June 2013
Iowa City, IA
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Photographed events ranging from breaking news to University sports
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Used Photo Mechanic to sort, caption, and attribute photos for publication
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Used Photoshop and Soundslides to caption and create slideshows to be published on the newspaper’s website
The Charger, student paper of Buffalo Grove High School - Chief-Photo-Editor & Journalist
September 2007 - May 2010
Buffalo Grove, IL
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Photographed on average 90% of all photos used in each issue
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Edited all images used in each issue using Photoshop
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Designed various page layouts using InDesign
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Wrote 2 or more articles per issue from news to sports
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Held duties usually assigned to Editor-In-Chief, such as copy editing
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Acted as Editor-In-Chief of The Charger's 'Senior Issue' publication for the 2009-2010 graduating class
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Longest tenured member of staff during the 2009-2010 school year with 8 semesters of journalism classes
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Contributed and shot photographs for the yearbook
Education
College - University of Iowa
August 2010 - May 2014
Iowa City, IA
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Bachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism & Mass Communications
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Bachelor of Arts (BA), Sport Studies
High School - Buffalo Grove High School
September 2006 - May 2010
Buffalo Grove, IL
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Graduated in the top half of graduating class as well as a member of the Academic Honor Roll
Awards, Achievements & Skills
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Blue Ribbon recipient in photography for the Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association (NISPA) competition, 2010
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Member of the University of Iowa's Deans List (Fall semester, 2011)
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Google Analytics Certified (December 2, 2022 - December 2, 2022)
