Ray Artigue is the founder of Artigue Advisors, a marketing consulting firm that he founded in 2016.
Prior to starting this firm, Artigue served for four years as Executive Director of the MBA Sports Business Program at Arizona State University, where as a Professor of Practice, he also developed and taught numerous graduate-level courses.
For 15 seasons, Artigue served as Senior Vice President of Marketing Communications for the NBA Phoenix Suns. While there, he was credited with developing many “best practices” throughout the league and often was a trainer/consultant to various NBA franchises.
Artigue owned and operated Evans/Artigue Public Relations, a full service PR firm he founded in 1987. This “Top Five” firm was recognized by the local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (P.R.S.A.) for their award-winning work for such clients as VISA International, Citibank (Citicorp), The Pointe Hilton Resorts and the Phoenix Suns.
Artigue is an accredited member of P.R.S.A. as well as a member of its prestigious Counselors Academy. He is a 1991 recipient of P.R.S.A.’s PERCY Award, nominated and given by professional peers to that practitioner who demonstrates excellence in their professional, personal and civic endeavors.
Artigue is a 1976 graduate of Arizona State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 1994, he received the Hall of Fame Award from the ASU College of Public Programs and in 1997, he received the Hall of Fame Award from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
He has taught numerous public relations classes in the Cronkite School and has co-authored a college textbook, Public Relations Campaigns and Tactics. Artigue is recognized in the 1990 edition of Who’s Who in Public Relations. The Phoenix Advertising Club named him “Ad Person of the Year” in 1994 and he is a frequent lecturer on the topics of marketing, brand management and crisis communications planning.
Arigue and his wife, Martha have two grown children, Jessica and Joseph, and live in Scottsdale, Ariz. His hobbies include working out, writing books and building birdhouses.
