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JR BADIAN

TEAM LEADER

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ABOUT JR

JR Badian is an award-winning marketing leader who focuses on his team member’s working styles and group dynamics. This discipline enables teams to better execute marketing strategies for acquisition and sales growth.

His brand & performance marketing strategies have been published in the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) magazine and he has shared his philosophies speaking at industry events for Reuters, ANA, and SXSW.

JR and his team won three distinguished awards in financial services including a Cannes Lion for digital design, two Gold Clios for brand work with Justin Timberlake, and seven Gold Midas awards for his "Appropriate Time Marketing" strategy with Gwen Stefani and the GRAMMYs.

JR joined a great club when he was listed in the Out100, a Whos Who of industry leaders.

JR is a data driven marketer by trade. He started his career on Wall Street as an assistant portfolio manager for Neuberger and Berman and then joined the strategic planning group at Rupert Murdch’s News Corporation. He went on to found one of the first venture funded performance marketing agencies, BrandAid, which become a publicly traded entity.

His industry experience has been centered on consumer goods and financial services.

ACCOLADES:

  • 2022: NYX Grand Winner award, Performance Unlimited, K&N

  • 2022: Hermes Creative Platinum award for packaging, K&N rebrand

  • 2022: GDUSA American Packaging Design award winner, K&N rebrand

  • 2021: AutoZone Content partner of the year, K&N

  • 2020: Howard Stern “Best Damn Pillow”, Pillow Guy

  • 2017: ANA, Grand Prize Winner and Best in Show, Multicultural, MasterCard

  • 2016: Cannes Lions for Digital Design, MasterCard

  • 2016: AdAge Best B2B Campaign, MasterCard

  • 2016: Sports Clio: Hats off to Tom Watson, MasterCard

  • 2016: 12 Midas Awards (7 Gold, 5 Silver) Best in Financial Advertising, MasterCard

  • 2016: Webby Award for Affluent Travel Campaign, MasterCard

  • 2016: #1 Ranked Advertiser (2 years in a row) Midas Brand Report, MasterCard

  • 2015: 2 Gold Clios: Justin Timberlake MasterCard Exclusive Campaigns

  • 2014: 5 Midas Awards (2 Gold, 3 Silver) Best in Financial Advertising, MasterCard

  • 2015: Innovation Enterprise: Best Social Media Campaign #PricelessSurprises, MasterCard

  • 2014: Digiday: Best use of Youtube, twitter, Pinterest. MasterCard

  • 2014: Silver Clio: Priceless Golf, MasterCard

  • 2013: Gold Midas Award, SU2C, MasterCard

Dont be shy. Say hi! jrbadian1@me.com