Creative consultants with skills in documentary narrative/story development, research, branding and producing.

GMP's subsidiary FoxHog Productions LLC is currently producing a new documentary, Barney's Wall, a filmic homage to Grove Press publisher/First Amendment advocate Barney Rosset and an exploration of the chilling effect of censorship on artistic creativity.

GMP's Communication and Strategic Marketing Division offers blue-chip businesses, luxury goods companies and non-profit organizations broad experience in brand identity and positioning, naming, strategy development, positioning, and communications.

Creative Director, Strategic Consultant
Gotham Meehan Partners
New York City
1992 – Present

Documentary content development (research, narrative structure, editing)
Ghostwriting/manuscript editing
Luxury goods strategic positioning/identity/communications
Non-profits strategic positioning/identity/communications/fundraising

Senior Vice President
Siegel+Gale
New York City

Senior executive of major international strategic design firm: directed positioning and communications and design strategy for corporate and non-profit clients including Bank One, CS First Boston, The Associated Group (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana), Paramax (Unisys Defense Systems), The Wyatt Company, The Boston Consulting Group, American Medical Association, US Trust, NYNEX, Carnegie Mellon University, IMD Business School (Switzerland), and Girls Inc.

Director of Advertising: headed development and management of positioning and strategy for firm's advertising accounts including Chubb, Wilmington Trust, Paramax (Unisys Defense Systems) and Acordia Insurance Companies (Blue Cross Blue Sheild).

Vice President
Steuben Glass
New York City

Vice President of Corning, Inc.'s luxury crystal division, Steuben Glass: developed and implemented new identity and communications strategy and platform, repositioning corporate and product image through advertising, product presentation, direct mail, special events, exhibitions and public relations.

Senior Vice President, Management Supervisor
Ogilvy & Mather Partners
New York City

Senior executive: managed, developed and implemented strategic positioning, advertising and marketing platforms for luxury goods clients Steuben Glass and Guerlain Inc. (introduced new fragranceJardins des Bagatelles, repositioned Shalimar), and for American Express Bank.

Documentary Producer, Writer
Gotham Productions
New York City

Documentary writer, The Last Kings of Thule: retained by Antenne 2 (French television) to restructure ten-part television series on the Arctic and the Inuit culture for American public television, based on the work of arctic explorer and ethnologist Jean Malaurie, author of the internationally award-winning classic book, Les Derniers Rois de Thulé.

Vice President, Account Supervisor
Young & Rubicam
New York City

Senior executive of major global advertising agency: developed and implemented advertising and marketing campaigns for clients General Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Warner Lambert, Frito-Lay and Holiday Inns.

For the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) established the Loaned Executive Assistance Program (L.E.A.P.) sponsoring yearly internships in Washington, D.C. for mid-level advertising executives, who with staffs of federal agencies (FTC/FDA/FCC) and congressional committees worked to develop effective regulations concerning the advertising community and its clients.

Affiliations

Board of Directors, The Paris Review 
Foundation Board, Lapham's Quarterly
Trustee Emeritus, Checkerboard Film Foundation
Advisory Board, Open Road Integrated Media
Trustee Emeritus, The Rensselaerville Institute
Member, Century Association

Education