Jim Pittman - Associate

Since 1986, Mr. Pittman has developed integrated marketing communications strategies that have: served as a catalyst for growth and financial turnarounds, built membership, launched products and services, re-positioned brands, shifted market share, escalated revenue and controlled cost for several $100 million to $500 million-plus public, private and not-for-profit companies. Employers and clients have included: full-service managed care plans, Medicare Advantage administrators, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health care systems.

During his 8 years of managed care marketing experience, Mr. Pittman launched Louisiana's first and now largest Medicare health plan (over 50,000 members statewide). Most recently, Mr. Pittman's direct response marketing strategies contributed significantly to 30% net growth for the Louisiana's 2^nd largest Medicare Advantage competitor (now over 40,000 active members).  

Mr. Pittman is skilled in all areas of marketing management, including: strategic planning, branding, direct response marketing, and creating results-driven advertising campaigns. He has also coached, generated thousands of leads and provided customer relationship marketing (CRM) solutions for sales teams located in multiple states.

His personal mission is to conceive and implement integrated marketing communications strategies that enable progressive organizations to exceed business goals while maximizing ROI.

Mr. Pittman received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications from the University of New Orleans.