Paul Palmer Jr. II
- Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Campus: Bloomington
Biography
Paul is a leader in multicultural marketing, licensing/partnership development and guerilla/non-traditional marketing. He has 20
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Paul is a leader in multicultural marketing, licensing/partnership development and guerilla/non-traditional marketing. He has 20 years of business and management experience at leading companies including; P&G, Hasbro Toys and American Greetings. Paul has been featured in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Indianapolis Star, The Tavis Smiley Show, Radio One, and numerous other media outlets. Most recently, Paul served as the Director, Ethnic Marketing and Diversity at American Greetings in Cleveland, OH, leading a corporate initiative to drive multicultural marketing and diversity for Sales and Marketing. Prior to that role, he served as the Director, Alternative Cards, leading product and marketing teams for targeted/niche card programs; including Funny, African-American, Jewish, Hispanic, Religious and Trend. He was instrumental in developing the highly successful partnership with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, the Grand Winner of the 2007 American Greetings Chairman’s Awards for Innovation. At Hasbro, Paul served for 5 years as the Sr. Brand Manager for the Star Wars toy line, during Star Wars Episode’s I and II. In his role, Paul led the marketing and product plans, while managing key licensor relationships with Lucasfilm, Walt Disney and Cartoon Network. His team was a Winner of a 2002 Toy of the Year for the Star Wars Interactive R2D2.
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Areas of Expertise
Multi-cultural and Targeted Marketing (specializing in kids, tweens and college students), Effective Use of Advertising and non-traditional media, New Business Development (including New Products Innovation and Alternative Sales Channels), Business Case for Diversity, Licensing & Strategic Partnerships
Academic Degrees
- MBA, Indiana University, 1996
- BSME, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1989
Professional Experience
- Member, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Board of Trustees
- Principal Consultant, Kaleidoscope Marketing Solutions
- Director of Ethnic Marketing and Diversity Lead, American Greetings Company
- Director of Marketing, American Greetings Company
- New Channels and New Business Development, Hasbro Toys
- Sr. Brand Manager Star Wars Toys, Hasbro Toys
- Brand Management, The Procter & Gamble Company
- Sales and Applications Engineer, Firestone Industrial Products
- Engineer, Vitro Corporation a Division of Tracor
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- Grand Winner of the 2007 American Greetings Chairman’s Award for Innovation
- Finalist, 2007 American Greetings Chairman’s Award for New Process Improvement
- Indianapolis Star; Doer’s Profile, Interesting Hoosiers Doing Cool Things, October 2006
- Winner of Toy Wishes Magazine’s 2002 Toy of the Year for the Star Wars Interactive R2D2
- Fellow, Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
Edited on December 14, 2021
