Brett Smith

Marketing Manager

An experienced professional with a unique background both in academia and marketing, Brett oversees the marketing and communication activities for CMG Partners. He is an accomplished copywriter, designer and PR practitioner and occasionally lends his unique perspective to many of our clients’ most important initiatives.

Before joining CMG Partners, Brett was working to complete his doctorate in Mass Communication as a Roy H. Park PhD fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus in strategic communication. His previous professional experience includes marketing positions with the ALS Association, Capital Bank, Refinery, Atotech USA and Idea Factory. He has also taught advertising creative and copywriting courses at both the University of North Carolina and the University of Illinois.

Brett earned a BA in Communications from Penn State University and an MS in Advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Books of inspiration:

• Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Advertising - Luke Sullivan
• Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Words to live by:

• "Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life."
  - Linus Pauling
  

Outside of CMG Partners:

• Enjoys life with wife Jackie, son Evan, and dog Chafie
• Diehard Nittany Lion fan
• Likes to get in over his head with household projects (and find his own way out)