Resume

Kevin DeLury

Winston-Salem, NC · Remote · kjdelury@gmail.com
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01Experience

TruStage
Creative Execution Lead
2024 — Present
Remote

Lead creative execution on Auto & Home email and direct mail acquisition projects, plus secondary coverage of Lending products, inside a regulated insurance-industry compliance environment.

  • Work with writers and designers across every project — authoring briefs, marking up compliance feedback, and translating requestor feedback into creative direction.
  • All stakeholder feedback channels through me to the creative team. I make the rulings on what does and doesn't reach them.
  • Run end-to-end project execution from brief intake through final delivery for high-volume A&H email and DM campaigns under tight SLA windows.
  • Author and refine briefs that survive multi-round compliance review, with no rework triggered downstream.
  • Contribute to SOPs and process documentation for the Brand & Creative team.
Midan Marketing
Associate Creative Director (2019–2023)
Senior Copywriter · Copywriter
2014 — 2023
Chicago, IL · Mooresville, NC · Remote

Built and led creative for Tyson Fresh Meats and its brand portfolio across a decade. Rose from Copywriter to Associate Creative Director.

  • Co-authored corporate identity for Tyson Fresh Meats. It ran for six years before consolidation, with environmental signage that reached the plant floor.
  • Led campaigns across the full brand portfolio under that identity.
  • Created, produced, and edited an internal Tyson podcast featuring C-suite guests and industry thought leaders.
  • Directed and produced long-form video.
  • Trade conference presence and plant-floor environmental signage.
Office Designs
Copywriter
2012 — 2014
Chicago, IL

Content and copy across a B2B e-commerce platform selling commercial-grade office furniture and mid-century modern pieces from Herman Miller, Steel Case, and others.

  • Product copy, brand voice, editorial content, and email marketing for 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
Director of Operations
(promoted from Customer Service Associate)
2009 — 2012
Chicago, IL

Joined as the entire customer service team of one. Left as Director of Operations.

  • Built the platform's first documented fraud-response protocol — addressing design theft, buyer fraud, and identity fraud across a marketplace of 74,000+ creatives.
  • Authored 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 and trained the three-person customer service team that replaced me, working from documented standards I'd written.
Mess Marketing
Assistant Manager
(promoted from Project Manager)
2006 — 2008
Chicago, IL

Cross-functional execution at a small Chicago agency on two major programs: The FARM (R.J. Reynolds / Camel) and AirRaid (24/7 indie music platform).

  • The FARM: Project-managed federal-compliance creative for Camel's national independent-music marketing program. SXSW showcase operations, CD compilation series, internal client newsletter, executive sizzle reels. Every piece cleared MSA compliance review.
  • AirRaid: Editorial production, broadcast operations, on-air talent management, and live-broadcast-with-chat coordination on a 24/7 streaming music platform built four years before Twitch.
  • Wrote long-form features, album reviews, and live show coverage under my own byline across both platforms.
Other Jobs I've Had
Janitor · Nightclub Security · Warehouse Picker · Doorman · Bus Boy · Smoothie Maker

02Education

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

03Capabilities

Creative Leadership

  • Brand identity
  • 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
  • SOP & process documentation
  • Compliance review workflows
  • Cross-functional project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Evidence & documentation systems
  • Zero ego

Tools & Platforms

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

If you're hiring for a creative-operations role that needs someone who can write the brief, run the process, and walk the work through legal — let's talk.

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