Resume

Kevin DeLury

Keeping your project out of V13 since 2006.
Winston-Salem, NC · Remote · kjdelury@gmail.com
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01Experience

TruStage
Creative Execution Lead
2023 — Present
Remote

Creative execution inside a regulated insurance-industry compliance environment.

  • I own creative execution across my portfolio: I write and defend the briefs, decide what reaches the team, and partner with Legal and Compliance before anything ships.
  • I run structured A/B testing across direct mail and email against a 6–7% significance threshold. Best 2025 result: +12.55% lift on a CTA optimization test.
  • I write the briefs behind thought leadership and executive communications for C-suite stakeholders, then guide the writers who execute them.
  • I manage external creative agency partners against brand, quality, and compliance standards, and escalate when output falls short.
Midan Marketing
Associate Creative Director (2019–2023)
Senior Copywriter · Copywriter
2014 — 2023
Chicago, IL · Mooresville, NC · Remote

A decade with Tyson Fresh Meats and its brand portfolio, on a Fortune 100 account. Rose from Copywriter to Associate Creative Director.

  • Created the corporate brand identity for Tyson Fresh Meats. Nearly a dozen brands with no architecture connecting them. I built the umbrella that organized it, and it ran across every communication for six years.
  • Played a key role in the Midan Marketing website redesign.
  • Led creative on Tyson Fresh Meats, an account recognized with five Davey Awards in 2023.
  • Named and developed the Crafted Creations brand. Work across the Tyson portfolio won three First Place and two Merit awards at the 2016 National Agri-Marketing Association awards.
  • Led a creative team of four while staying hands-on in concepting and writing.
  • Wrote and produced “Lead With Heart,” a B2B campaign that drew more than 174,000 viewers to Tyson's campaign video.
  • Produced and edited an internal Tyson podcast featuring the company president, a future CEO, and animal welfare scientist Temple Grandin.
  • Concepted and wrote the advertising for Châtel Farms, a ground-up brand build for FPL Food. Originated the line behind Birchwood Foods’ campaign.
  • Led art and copy on Walmart retail media campaigns measured by third-party sales-lift study: +10.6% lift, $5.32:1 ROAS.
  • Directed long-form video and built the brand's presence on the trade-show floor and the plant floor.
Office Designs
Lead Copywriter
2012 — 2014
Chicago, IL

Content and copy across a B2B e-commerce platform selling commercial-grade office furniture and mid-century modern pieces.

  • Owned brand voice and copy for all marketing collateral across seven sales channels, spanning an inventory of thousands of SKUs.
  • Developed expertise in writing copy that has to perform commercially while staying technically accurate across a deep manufacturer catalog.
crowdSPRING
Marketplace Operations
2009 — 2012
Chicago, IL

Started as the only person standing between unhappy buyers and burned creatives. Left having built the system that did it at scale.

  • Built the platform's first documented fraud-response protocol, addressing design theft, buyer fraud, and identity fraud across a marketplace that grew to 220,000+ creatives in 195 countries.
  • Co-authored the platform's foundational FAQ and launched a 200+ article help center, replacing one-off email triage with a self-service system that cut dispute resolution time from days to hours.
  • Hired, led, and coached the support team that took the function over as it scaled, working from documented standards I'd written.
Mess Marketing
Manager / Editor
2006 — 2008
Chicago, IL

Editor of Camel’s national independent-music platform, a program running under federal advertising restrictions where every piece cleared legal and public relations review before publication.

  • Responsible for all editorial content on the program’s website. Set the topics, decided which features ran, and executed final proof with the site director before anything reached the client.
  • Ran a contracted network of freelance writers and photographers across five markets on a monthly production cycle with signed agreements and a fixed client approval gate.
  • Wrote the booklet inside a compilation CD mailed to 540,000 people. Client research measured 71% recall of the mailing and more than 80% recall of the booklet. A third of recipients said the piece improved their opinion of the brand.
  • Wrote Camel’s centerfold ad for Rolling Stone’s 100th anniversary issue.
  • Program email opened 15.6% more often than the brand’s own benchmark for event email. Sign-up rate ran 51% against 36% for the client’s standard events.
  • Served as the program’s single point of contact across the agency, the client, and five market managers. Owned the master event calendar and the status reporting that fed it.
  • Also worked on AirRaid, a 24/7 streaming music platform built four years before Twitch: editorial production, broadcast operations, and on-air talent.
Other Jobs I've Had
Janitor · Nightclub Security · Warehouse Picker · Doorman · Bus Boy · Smoothie Maker

02Awards

Davey Awards
2023

Gold — Website redesign, Midan Marketing  ·  Silver — B2B campaign, Birchwood Foods

National Agri-Marketing Association
2016

First Place — Corporate Identity  ·  First Place — Consumer Advertising Campaign  ·  First Place — Advertising Campaign Element  ·  Merit — Website  ·  Merit — Social Media Campaign

03Education

Appalachian State University
Major: Journalism & Public Relations
2001 — 2005

04Capabilities

Creative Leadership

  • Brand identity and architecture
  • Naming
  • Campaign concepting
  • Copywriting across channels — email, direct mail, print, radio, long-form, short-form
  • Editorial program design
  • Video direction & production
  • Podcast production
  • Trade show & environmental design

Operations

  • Brief authoring
  • A/B testing and creative optimization
  • External agency management
  • SOP & process documentation
  • Compliance review workflows
  • Cross-functional project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Evidence & documentation systems

Tools & Platforms

  • Workfront, Workamajig
  • Adobe Creative Suite, Figma
  • Zendesk, Desk.com
  • Django CMS, eZ Publish
  • Microsoft 365, Google Workspace

If you're hiring for a role that needs someone who can build the brand, run the process, and walk the work through legal — let's talk.

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