James Clarke

James Clarke

Dallas, Texas, United States
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I work with brands to cultivate meaningful and impactful consumer connections through…

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    PepsiCo

    Dallas, Texas, United States

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    Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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    Toronto, Canada Area

Education

  • Wilfrid Laurier University Graphic

    Wilfrid Laurier University

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    Activities and Societies: Student Exchange at the University of Western Sydney

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    Global Marketing Management, Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Business-to-Business Marketing, Marketing Management, Services Marketing, High-Tech / Digital Marketing.

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  • FLVR Food Entertainment Brand

    Accelerated by the pandemic and sustained through this current era of high inflation, significant shifts have happended in relation to Americans' eating habits and their relationship with food. 66% of consumers reported cooking and eating far more meals at home and 56% of Gen Z and Millennials said they were bored with the recipes they know and were looking for achievable inspiration to break the monotony of daily meal prep. Concurrent to these trends, we observed a noticeable (and organic)…

    Accelerated by the pandemic and sustained through this current era of high inflation, significant shifts have happended in relation to Americans' eating habits and their relationship with food. 66% of consumers reported cooking and eating far more meals at home and 56% of Gen Z and Millennials said they were bored with the recipes they know and were looking for achievable inspiration to break the monotony of daily meal prep. Concurrent to these trends, we observed a noticeable (and organic) surge in interest among consumers using our snacks as ingredients in their cooking (74% of DORITOS buyers reported having used the brand as an ingredient).

    Happening in parallel PepsiCo Foods US (PFUS) was embarking on a multi-year organizational transformation to evolve from a “Snack Company” into a “Food Company” focusing on both snacks and meals. We quickly realized our first step on this journey was to build “Real Food” credentials for our existing brands knowing the long-lead time associated with breakthrough innovation or mergers and acquisitions (M&A). So, we set out to accelerate progress by leaning into the aforementioned consumer trends and marketing our existing portfolio of snacks in a distinctly new way; encouraging usage of our products as ingredients/enhancers in meal prep versus past singular focus on the snacking occasion alone.

    Our objective was clear: Grow PFUS brand association to meals / recipes and help re-spark Americans’ joy of food to rally a community of interest around our brands.

    Enter FLVR! This internally conceived and produced evergreen food entertainment marketing program delivers consumers the recipes that trend, from the creators they love. Its brand identity is rooted in Gen Z culture, adopting a clean, minimalist design with bold and vibrant colors that reflect energy, excitement, and positivity to resonate with their dynamic nature.

Honors & Awards

  • General Websites-Food & Beverage, SILVER

    W3 Awards

    Food & Beverage
    Sites marketing food and drink items including candy, fresh and frozen food, perishable and canned goods, soft drinks, juices, and water. Also works providing recipes, recommendations, or instruction on food and beverage related topics.

  • Social Content & Marketing-Food & Beverage, GOLD

    W3 Awards

    Food & Beverage Category
    Award for Social Content devoted to the culinary arts, including reviews, recipes, how-to's, and general production information.

  • 2023 ANA In-House Excellence Awards Category Grand Prize Winner Experiential (In-Person and Virtual) - The Real Housewives of LAY'S

    Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

    The ANA In-House Excellence Awards showcase the incredible creativity and innovation of in-house marketing teams across multiple categories. It is designed to feature the most creative, strategic, and growth-driving marketing and advertising.

  • 2x GOLD & Audience Honoree - LAY'S Big Brother

    Shorty Awards

    The Shorty Awards winners and honorees, including Finalists, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Honorees; are chosen by the Real Time Academy. The decision is made based on three main criteria: creativity, strategy, and engagement. Check out the judging section to learn more about the criteria.

  • GOLD, BRONZE & Audience Honoree - DORITOS Flamin' Hot or Not Sweepstakes

    Shorty Awards

    The Shorty Awards winners and honorees, including Finalists, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Honorees; are chosen by the Real Time Academy. The decision is made based on three main criteria: creativity, strategy, and engagement. Check out the judging section to learn more about the criteria.

  • Webby Awards Nominee: Social - Food & Drink

    Webby Awards

    flvr in the Social - Food & Drink category: Official Listing

    With nearly 14,000 entries from over 70 countries, the 27th Annual Webby Awards was a groundbreaking year. As a Nominee your works were chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences as the top 5 in their category, in the world, and in the top 10% of all work entered. That is a remarkable feat!

  • In-House Brand Team of the Year

    The Drum Awards - Social Media

    Most brands struggle and ultimately fail in their quest to achieve iconicity. By contrast, Frito-Lay has established an entire portfolio of iconic brands by taking a “social-first” approach to brand building. Our roster of brands including LAY’S®, DORITOS®, RUFFLES®, FRITOS®, SMARTFOOD® and TOSTITOS® (to name but a few) are representative of this success and are among America's best-loved and most talked about consumer products. In addition to being fan favorites here in America, they are also…

    Most brands struggle and ultimately fail in their quest to achieve iconicity. By contrast, Frito-Lay has established an entire portfolio of iconic brands by taking a “social-first” approach to brand building. Our roster of brands including LAY’S®, DORITOS®, RUFFLES®, FRITOS®, SMARTFOOD® and TOSTITOS® (to name but a few) are representative of this success and are among America's best-loved and most talked about consumer products. In addition to being fan favorites here in America, they are also catalysts and contributors to culture and consumer conversation the world over. Our in-house Team of Social Media Specialists has been a key driver of Frito-Lay’s continued success, helping embed our brands in popular culture and scale person to person conversation across a variety of social channels. Our dedicated team of full-time Social Media Strategists and Community Managers single-handedly lead the strategy and execution across our Frito-Lay brands, having delivered millions of organic impressions and consumer engagements YTD. By in-housing and centralizing organic social media activity we have streamlined ways of working and generated significant cost savings vs. external agency benchmarks. This approach has also enabled us to move faster and with greater agility, capitalizing on moments of cultural salience as they unfold in real time. Despite industry rumors to the contrary, the Frito-Lay D3 In-House Social Team has proven brands can (still) achieve Organic Social Media success, delivering distinct benefits back to the business in compliment to one's Paid Social Media Investments. https://www.socialbuzzawards.com/live/en/page/nominations

  • Highest Subscriber Growth

    Content Marketing Awards

    WINNER
    How PepsiCo Tasty Rewards Grew to 15.3MM Members – PepsiCo

  • 2022 Clio Music Bronze

    Clio Awards

    https://clios.com/music/winner/use-of-music-in-sonic-branding/doritos/the-chip-hop-anti-logo-117703

  • Lay's Vodka - Bronze Distinction in PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CONVERGENCE + Audience Honor in PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CONVERGENCE

    The Shorty Awards

    https://shortyawards.com/14th/lays-vodka

  • Honoree: Best Overall Social Presence - Brand

    The Webby Awards

    Best use of social media that contributes to a brand's overall social presence and makes that brand stand out online: https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/social/features/best-overall-social-presence-brand?years=0&sort=0

  • REGGIE AWARDS: GOLD - Entertainment or Sports Marketing and/or Sponsorship

    ANA REGGIE AWARDS

    https://www.ana.net/miccontent/show/id/cs-2022-04-reggie-frito-lay-super-bowl-279411198

    Campaign Summary
    Frito Lay's "Count Down to Crunchtime" was a national, all-ages campaign aimed at light to medium salty snackers who are also avid NFL fans. They gather for playoff games and the Super Bowl is their ultimate annual gathering.

    For the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 2021, chips and dips were no longer an afterthought. Frito-Lay were top-of-mind and in the huddle (or basket) for…

    https://www.ana.net/miccontent/show/id/cs-2022-04-reggie-frito-lay-super-bowl-279411198

    Campaign Summary
    Frito Lay's "Count Down to Crunchtime" was a national, all-ages campaign aimed at light to medium salty snackers who are also avid NFL fans. They gather for playoff games and the Super Bowl is their ultimate annual gathering.

    For the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 2021, chips and dips were no longer an afterthought. Frito-Lay were top-of-mind and in the huddle (or basket) for shoppers on a week-to-week basis leading up to the ultimate showdown. Expanding the sales frenzy to start earlier in the postseason, Frito-Lay drove incremental sales for its brands and grew the category. And by surrounding NFL fans and salty snackers with its campaign in crucial moments of impact, Frito-Lay garnered high engagement and relevancy, undeniably linking Frito-Lay brands to the occasion as an essential when it came to Crunchtime!

    Fusing the torment and anticipation of the sport with the sense of urgency to buy chips, Frito-Lay leveraged powerful NFL equity and legendary players and coaches at its disposal to drive breakthrough, credibility, and relevance with fans and salty snackers — ultimately establishing Frito-Lay chips and dips as crucial to postseason occasions.

  • Digital - Consumer Products - Food & Beverage - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association

    Awarded for Quaker "Parents' Report Card" OLV Campaign.

  • Direct Engagement (Direct 1:1 & Loyalty) - Consumer Products - Food & Beverage - SILVER

    Canadian Marketing Association

    Awarded for Quaker "Parents' Report Card" OLV Campaign.

  • Best in Augmented/Virtual Reality - BRONZE

    Marketing Magazine

    Awarded for "Doritos Inferno" 360 video featuring footage captured Inside of a real-life active volcano.

    A marketing execution utilizing augmented or virtual reality technology, including headsets, apps, mobile executions, etc.

  • Summit Creative Award; Consumer Website - BRONZE

    Summit International Awards

    Awarded for "Tasty Rewards" mobile responsive website design - www.tastyrewards.ca.

    Small and medium-size agencies worldwide produce a great deal of outstanding advertising, yet creative competitions are dominated by large advertising agencies, large clients and large budgets.

    Since 1994, the Summit Creative Award has enabled creative firms to receive the recognition they have long deserved. This international advertising competition offers participants a unique opportunity to…

    Awarded for "Tasty Rewards" mobile responsive website design - www.tastyrewards.ca.

    Small and medium-size agencies worldwide produce a great deal of outstanding advertising, yet creative competitions are dominated by large advertising agencies, large clients and large budgets.

    Since 1994, the Summit Creative Award has enabled creative firms to receive the recognition they have long deserved. This international advertising competition offers participants a unique opportunity to showcase their talents alongside similarly positioned agencies, and to have their work judged by experts in the advertising field. Our exclusive award-selection process means winners have earned the right to broadcast their achievements far and wide.

    Companies and individuals from more than 50 countries and across five continents have participated in this prestigious 23-year competition - the first and best of its kind.

    Learn More: http://summitawards.com/summit-creative-award/sca-about

  • Distinction Award - Food and Beverage for Websites

    Communicator Awards

    Awarded for work on Tasty Rewards, PepsiCo Foods Canada next gen CRM Loyalty and Rewards program: www.tastyrewards.ca

    The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

    The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the…

    Awarded for work on Tasty Rewards, PepsiCo Foods Canada next gen CRM Loyalty and Rewards program: www.tastyrewards.ca

    The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

    The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. AIVA members include executives from organizations such as Airtype Studio, Big Spaceship, Conde Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, Lockheed Martin, MTV Networks, Pitney Bowes, rabble+rouser, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Time, Inc, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo! To learn more about the AIVA please visit www.aiva.org.

  • Consumer Products: Food & Beverage (Community Engagement) - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association

    Awarded for "Doritos Roses" Campaign.

  • Consumer Products: Food & Beverage (Experiential and Innovative Media) - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association

    Awarded for "Doritos Roses" campaign.

  • Consumer Products: Food & Beverage (Integrated) - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association

    Awarded for "Doritos Roses" campaign.

  • Digital Online Campaign “Doritos Ketchup Roses” - SILVER

    Marketing Magazine

    Any campaign conducted entirely in online media. The entry must have three or more online elements for the same concept. May include a film plus a microsite, display advertising, email or email campaign. Entrants must submit an overview of the campaign describing its various elements and its intent.

  • Digital Online Campaign "Doritos Ketchup Roses" - GOLD

    Canadian Marketing Association

  • Digital Online Campaign "Lay's DUAF - Tastes of Canada Phase #1" - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association

  • Honoree - Quaker: The Recital

    Webby Awards

    Selected as an honoree in the Online Film & Video, Viral and Advertising & Media, Online Commercials categories.

  • Direct Engagement, Kraft what's cooking - BRONZE

    Canadian Marketing Association (CMA)

    Demonstrated excellence in Direct Consumer Engagement by leveraging technology combined with behavioural and demographic first party data to increase audience engagement in email, increasing click-through rates and web referral traffic driven back to Kraftcanada.com.

    Effective Niche Targeting to Deliver Personalized Content

    Recipients were targeted with emails triggered based on observable past behaviours.
    Example: Thanksgiving Emails
    What: A series of emails featuring…

    Demonstrated excellence in Direct Consumer Engagement by leveraging technology combined with behavioural and demographic first party data to increase audience engagement in email, increasing click-through rates and web referral traffic driven back to Kraftcanada.com.

    Effective Niche Targeting to Deliver Personalized Content

    Recipients were targeted with emails triggered based on observable past behaviours.
    Example: Thanksgiving Emails
    What: A series of emails featuring turkey-related content.
    How: Consumers who demonstrate affinity for turkey-related content were retargeted based on defined engagement behaviours. This niche group was sent incremental content based on their profiles and how they interacted with the first email.

    Real-Time Context

    We know from insights that cultural events inspire action – with real-time events driving the most engagement.

    Example: Event-Triggered Weather Emails
    What: Real-time emails deployed based on actual local weather conditions.
    How: We leveraged the aforementioned insight combined with the latest digital technology to deploy weather-themed, geo-targeted recipe emails that were triggered to deploy in real-time according to local conditions. These emails provided consumers with timely recipe content specific to local weather; cold/snowy/rainy. A custom-developed email deployment API was prepared to auto-deploy geo-targeted emails in real time.

  • Winner Virool Zero Gravity Contest

    Virool Inc.

    Kicking off last year at Advertising Week NYC, the Race to Zero Gravity Contest invited video marketers to submit their best branded videos for a shot at winning a weightless experience with their entire team. Competing with more than 250 teams from across the world, Quaker Canada was selected as the winner of the contest by an esteemed panel of judges including notable industry leaders and celebrities: Troy Carter, Ricky Van Veen, Casey Neistat, Chingy, Mari Kim Novak and Jack Myers. Next…

    Kicking off last year at Advertising Week NYC, the Race to Zero Gravity Contest invited video marketers to submit their best branded videos for a shot at winning a weightless experience with their entire team. Competing with more than 250 teams from across the world, Quaker Canada was selected as the winner of the contest by an esteemed panel of judges including notable industry leaders and celebrities: Troy Carter, Ricky Van Veen, Casey Neistat, Chingy, Mari Kim Novak and Jack Myers. Next month, the entire team will experience weightlessness aboard Zero Gravity Corporation's aircraft, G-FORCE ONE, the same aircraft that NASA uses.

  • Best E-newsletter "Kraft Canada - Recipes by Email" - GOLD

    Content Marketing Institute

    Recognized excellence in delivering email subscribers compelling content via the email channel.

  • Highest Subscriber Growth "Kraft Canada Pinterest" - Finalist

    Content Marketing Institute

    Shortlisted as one of four finalists for this award, based on the industry-leading rate of organic follower acquisition to the Kraft what's cooking Pinterest community.

  • Events, Seasonal and Short-Term Campaign - SILVER

    CASSIES

    Awarded for top preforming creative, media and business results for Change Your Life with Bacon
    http://cassies.ca/entry/viewcase/17971

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Organizations

  • International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)

    Member + Award Judge

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    The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences was founded in 1998 to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media. In the model of the film, television, and the recording industries, the purposes of The Academy are: -To recognize and acknowledge excellence in interactive content across emerging technologies. -To connect a diverse group of luminaries to facilitate growth and development in the digital arts and…

    The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences was founded in 1998 to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media. In the model of the film, television, and the recording industries, the purposes of The Academy are: -To recognize and acknowledge excellence in interactive content across emerging technologies. -To connect a diverse group of luminaries to facilitate growth and development in the digital arts and sciences. -To educate industry professionals and the public-at-large about what is relevant, making technology accessible and integrating it into the general culture. You can find a complete list of IADAS members at www.iadas.net

  • Association of National Advertisers

    REGGIE Awards Judge

    - Present

    Industry leaders who are Director/VP level or higher have the opportunity to become a REGGIE judge. Judges will give their expert feedback on the most innovative, impactful and disruptive marketing campaigns of the year. REGGIE Award judges are chosen based on their experience and expertise level. Entries are sent through two rounds of judging, as well as the Super REGGIE round for Gold winners in order to achieve the most accurate scores.

  • Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

    LGBTQ+ Forum

    - Present

    The LGBTQ+ Forum exists to educate marketers on best practices for inclusion of LGBTQ+ in advertising, provide support for LGBTQ+ marketers, and drive more meaningful community-brand connections. As more brands embrace targeted advertising to the LGBTQ+ community and feature community members in their advertising, it is more important than ever that the industry learn how to meaningfully engage the LGBTQ+ community and their purchasing power.

  • Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

    Digital & Social Committee Member

    - Present

    The Digital & Social Committee is for members who lead digital, social, and/or mobile marketing and/or initiatives at their organizations. We will drive industry thought leadership, share best practices and expertise, and facilitate discussion and topics to inform better decision making about such topics as social media, content marketing, and native advertising. The committee will provide a forum for members to elevate themselves and their respective organizations via interaction with their…

    The Digital & Social Committee is for members who lead digital, social, and/or mobile marketing and/or initiatives at their organizations. We will drive industry thought leadership, share best practices and expertise, and facilitate discussion and topics to inform better decision making about such topics as social media, content marketing, and native advertising. The committee will provide a forum for members to elevate themselves and their respective organizations via interaction with their peers as well as an outside perspective from invited guests.

  • Mobile Marketing Association

    Member

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    The MMA provides trusted resources, timely and accurate information, access to best-practices and research, and a global network of leaders. Only the MMA is positioned to put all the key players in the room – virtual or physical – with the goal of…accelerating the transformation and innovation of marketing through mobile, driving business growth with closer and stronger consumer engagement.

  • AIPIA - Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association

    Member

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    AIPIA is a worldwide association promoting high tech packaging solutions. AIPIA's mission is to decimate supply chain costs, reduce waste and increase its members' profitability by the implementation of high tech solutions in packaging.

  • Reggie Awards

    Award Judge

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    Since 1983, the REGGIE Awards have been the premier industry awards program recognizing the best brand activation marketing campaigns activated by brands and agencies. The name – REGGIE – was originally chosen because it symbolizes results by "making the cash register ring" with consumers. The Super REGGIE recognizes the highest level of achievement and is awarded to the "best-in-class" from the Gold category winners. It is the most honored award in the Brand Activation industry, recognized as…

    Since 1983, the REGGIE Awards have been the premier industry awards program recognizing the best brand activation marketing campaigns activated by brands and agencies. The name – REGGIE – was originally chosen because it symbolizes results by "making the cash register ring" with consumers. The Super REGGIE recognizes the highest level of achievement and is awarded to the "best-in-class" from the Gold category winners. It is the most honored award in the Brand Activation industry, recognized as the crème de la crème in the marketing world. Judges of the REGGIE Awards are chosen based on their experience and expertise level. Each judge will review a minimum of 10 entries and each entry will be seen by at least 8 different judges. Entries are sent through three rounds of judging in order to achieve the most accurate scores.

  • The Advertising Club of Toronto

    Member

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    The Advertising Club of Toronto provides a platform for thought leadership, bringing together intriguing speakers and delegates to learn, share insights, and build a better advertising and marketing community.

  • Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA)

    Digital Marketing Committee Member

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    The ACA’s Digital Marketing Committee helps members gain a greater understanding of how existing and emerging technologies and media can be used and managed to enhance effective marketing communications. The committee also serves as the voice of the marketer in the development of industry policy and guidelines pertaining to new media.Areas of enquiry include privacy issues, technology, cost control, measurement, research, regulation, standards and guidelines.

  • IAB Canada

    Marketer Council Member

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    The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada) is the national voice and thought leader of the Canadian interactive marketing and advertising industry. We are the only trade association exclusively dedicated to the development and promotion of the digital marketing and advertising sector in Canada. As a not-for-profit association, IAB Canada represents over 250 of Canada’s most well-known and respected advertisers, ad agencies, media companies, service providers, educational…

    The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada) is the national voice and thought leader of the Canadian interactive marketing and advertising industry. We are the only trade association exclusively dedicated to the development and promotion of the digital marketing and advertising sector in Canada. As a not-for-profit association, IAB Canada represents over 250 of Canada’s most well-known and respected advertisers, ad agencies, media companies, service providers, educational institutions and government associations. Our members represent a diverse range of stakeholders in the rapidly growing Canadian digital marketing and advertising sector, and include numerous small and medium sized enterprises.

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