Brian Snider President and Chief Creative Officer
Brian S. Snider is President and Chief Creative Officer of The GRI Marketing Group, a 25 year old full-service marketing communications agency based in Trumbull, CT.
In his 25 years of running GRI, Mr. Snider has been personally involved with hundreds of campaigns for both b-to-b and b-to-c. He has spoken at several industry functions including the DMA's 87th annual Exhibition copywriting and strategy roundtables. And, he is a 2007 Silver Apple award recipient -- recognized by the Direct Marketing Club of New York for over 25 years of distinguished service to the industry.
Prior to GRI, he held Sales Executive positions at Western Union and Electronic Mail Corp. of America. At Western Union, he was responsible for sales of electronic document messaging and data services to Telcomm and IT executives. A top producer among over 500 Western Union national field sales pros, he accumulated over 20 sales awards from local to regional to national. He was part of a national task force that was instrumental in creating "high-level" sales tactics and strategies. After Western Union, he had a one year stint at Electronic Mail Corp. of America in sales then left to form GRI.
He is a past president of the Direct Marketing Club of New York and served on their executive committee for six years. Brian supports The Special Olympics of CT, Make a Wish Foundation, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Leukemia Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Bridgeport Rescue Mission.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Science with honors in Business Administration from Northeastern University.