aimClear,
an internationally recognized online marketing agency, added four talented professionals to its powerhouse roster of holistic search
and social media marketers. Kara Thornton and Ryan McGrath joined the St. Paul
office, located on Mears Park in the Lowertown neighborhood of St. Paul. The Duluth office, situated at the crossroads of the city andthe Lake Superior shoreline,also
grew with the addition of Quentin Oliver and Mike Marshall.
“Our rapid growth has been fueled by a number of client
successes,” said Marty Weintraub, CEO of aimClear. “We’re thrilled to add these
talented professionals so we can continue to meet the ever-increasing digital
needs of our current and future clients.”
Kara Thornton, a respected Twin Cities interactive marketing
executive, was named Strategic Business Officer. Thornton’s
business-to-business (B2B) expertise will serve the agency well as she takes
responsibility for managingits growing roster of international,
enterprise-levelclients. She brings over 25 years of marketing experience to
her role,with the past 14 years focused on interactive marketing in the business-to-consumer
(B2C) and B2B space. Thornton joins aimClear from St. Paul-based 3M, where she
was responsible for driving the blueprint for deployment of international
digital teams, training marketing teams on interactive marketing best
practices, leveraging social media brand reputation in local languages and
championing the internal International Collaboration Community site.
Analytics heavyweight Mike Marshall
joins the Duluth team from Houston, Texas. He brings a decade of account
management and technical experience to his new role as Account Manager at
aimClear. With a deep online marketing background and degree in economics from
Texas A&M University, Marshall has utilized his analytical skills to become
a strategic thinker and expert in Google AdWords optimization, website
conversion tracking and social media marketing. Marshall joins aimClear from
ClickPath, an online-to-offline ad-tracking company based in Houston.
Public relations and marketing
strategist Ryan McGrath brings four years of experience developing and
executing integrated marketing communications campaigns in the public and private
sector to his role as Associate Account Manager at aimClear.He has worked with
clients ranging from Fortune 500 to 1000, and B2B to B2C organizations in the
manufacturing, healthcare, consumer goods and technology industries. Prior to
aimClear, McGrath worked for a leading Minneapolis-based public relations and
marketing agency in the manufacturing and technology practice. In his new role,
He will help fuse traditional and online public relations with online
marketing.
Quentin Oliver, a multi-disciplinary graphic
designer known for his eye-catching print and web design, brings his unique
talents to meet the creative needs of clients in his role as Graphic Designer. Oliver
has extensive experience helping small-to-medium sized businesses boost brand
awareness with new visual identities and developing more user-friendly layouts
for organizations’ online visitors.Prior to aimClear, Oliver served as a freelance graphic
designer through his business, Uniq Designs.
