George Couris

About George Couris

Pepper Group is a finely tuned team of seasoned marketing professionals skilled in applying communications, design, video and web technology to help companies achieve their goals. The company brings 29 years of experience in delivering creative, effective marketing solutions to clients in a variety of industries. Pepper Group was listed as an company and has been honored as one of Chicago\'s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For for 10 years in a row. Specialties: As a full service marketing agency, Pepper Group partners with clients as an extension of their marketing department providing marketing strategy, marketing planning and marketing execution services. Frequent engagements include product/service launches, new market expansion, rebranding and lead generation. B2B Marketing, Online Marketing, Direct Marketing, Content Marketing, Marketing Automation, Video, 3D, Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Web Development, Design, Mobile, Branding.

Experience

1. Team Mentor

   The Junto Institute

   Jan 2012 — Present

   Share experiences and provide new insights and perspectives to entrepreneurial organizations that are part of the Junto Institute accelerator program.The Junto Institute is where startup leaders grow faster than their companies are growing. Through a nine-month apprenticeship program that taps into the wisdom of seasoned entrepreneurs and CEOs, company founders become stronger leaders, more emotionally intelligent, and better decision-makers. Their companies also do well: the average annual revenue growth of Junto companies is 108% after enrolling and graduating.

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  MBA, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy

  1998 — 2000

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BS, Business Administration, Marketing

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Management
• Market Research
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Sales
• Online Advertising
• Online Marketing
• Marketing Research
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Lead Generation
• Marketing
• Ppc
• B2b
• Direct Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Brand Development
• Segmentation
• Product Marketing
• Social Networking
• Digital Strategy
• Marketing Communications
• Direct Mail
• Start-Ups
• Business Planning
• Leadership
• Web Development
• SEO
• Entrepreneurship
• Video
• Account Management
• B2b Marketing
• New Business Development
• Marketing Management
• Email Marketing
• Mobile Marketing
• Social Media
• Brand Management