marketing
creative strategy
executive communications
I make complicated things clear, compelling, and sellable.
Strategy that holds up.
Stories that move people.
Programs that actually get done.​
mabco 6724 Cedar #1 Westmont IL 60559 312-493-5661
SERVICES
Whether you need a strategic partner for a long-term engagement or senior expertise for a specific program, I bring the full range — from brand strategy to production, from executive communications to high-volume campaign execution. I've been doing this across retail, B2B, technology, food service, and consumer brands for more than two decades. The list below is what I do. The client grid is proof.
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Everything I do is AI-augmented — which means faster research, sharper copy, smarter iteration, and more time spent on the thinking that actually requires a human. The work still sounds like you. It just gets there faster.
B2B & B2C ADVERTISING & MARKETING
ONLINE, EMAIL
& DIRECT MAIL MARKETING
DIRECT MAIL & MARKETING
INTEGRATED MARKETING PROGRAMS
AI IMPLEMENTATION
GIFT CARD PROGRAMS
PROMOTION & STORE MARKETING
LOYALTY PROGRAMS
MOBILE MARKETING & UX
CONTENT & SOCIAL MARKETING
PRIVATE BRAND
STRATEGY & MARKETING
EVENT & TRADE SHOW MARKETING
My passion is work that performs — across every channel it touches. The projects below represent a cross-section of 25+ years of integrated campaigns, content programs, brand launches, loyalty programs, digital and social work, and executive communications for some of the world's best-known brands. Every one of them was built to move a number, not just win an award.
WHAT WE KNOW
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Integration isn’t easy. It’s essential.
Coordinating message, channels, timelines, budgets, and agendas to a common purpose requires someone who never loses sight of the big picture while managing hundreds of moving parts. That's not a skill you develop in a meeting. It's one you develop over a career.
Senior thinking shouldn't come with agency overhead.
When you bring me in, you get a strategist who has done this at BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann Erickson, and Lowe Lintas — and who has spent 25 years applying that experience directly to client problems, without the layers, the markups, or the account team telephone game.
I won’t waste your time.
When speed to market matters, you need someone lean, experienced, and ready to move. I ramp up, write clean, and deliver work that doesn't need three rounds of fixes to be right.
Unset goals are unmet goals.
I believe in the power of the brand and the rigor of measurement. Every engagement starts with clarity about what success looks like — and ends with results you can point to.
Woman-owned. WBENC certified. AI-forward.
I'm obsessed with ideas that move the needle — and I use every tool available to get there faster, including
AI tools I work with daily to sharpen strategy, accelerate execution, and keep improving how the work gets done.
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SELECTED
CLIENTS
I'm proud of every brand on this page — and prouder still of how long most of these relationships have lasted. I don't measure success in awards, though I've won some. I measure it in whether your bottom line moved, your story got clearer, and you called me again. Most of these clients did. Decades, not years.
LET'S
TALK
Whether you're looking for a strategic partner, a senior collaborator, or simply want to explore what's possible — I'd love to hear from you.
Mary Bahr
6724 Cedar #1
Westmont, IL 60559