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Digital Marketing
Social Media
SEO
PPC
Display
Website Design and Optimization
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Marketing
Design
Market Research
Social Listening
Analytics and Reporting
Media Buying - Inbound and Outbound
Brochures and Printed Collateral
Tourism Marketing
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Strategy and Implementation
B2B and B2C
Management and Employee Retention programs
Pop Up Shop and Temporary Leasing
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OUR WORK
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ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Chief Elevator at Elevate Branding and Marketing, Ann Ackerman has been responsible for launching several of the world's most successful outlet centers, including Fashion Outlets of Chicago. In her more than twenty-five years' experience helping retail succeed, Ackerman has deployed unparalleled expertise in architecting successful B2B and B2C marketing strategies. Her tactics and methods have not only resulted in a long history of outlet centers, power centers, and super-regional malls, achieving optimal NOI but have helped to revolutionize shopping center marketing in the United States. Through her leadership at Elevate, Ackerman is currently pioneering the transformation of American shopping toward the customer-focused and experiential.
Before launching Elevate Branding and Marketing, Ms. Ackerman served as Vice President of Marketing for AWENEXT, marketing outlet centers in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Before joining the firm, Ackerman served as Vice President, Outlet Marketing for Macerich, where she managed Macerich's outlet portfolio and worked to develop projects in San Francisco and Philadelphia.
During her decade-plus tenure as Vice President and Director of Marketing at AWE Talisman, Ms. Ackerman leveraged her extensive background in tourism and marketing in the successful redevelopment and rebranding of Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, Fashion Outlets Las Vegas, and Fashion Outlets Santa Fe. Ms. Ackerman also previously served as Regional Vice President of Marketing for outlet industry pioneer Prime Retail, where she marketed a broad array of outlet centers/properties, including many of the most successful outlet centers in the United States.
Winner of national and international awards for marketing and tourism excellence, including over a dozen ICSC Maxi awards, Ms. Ackerman also serves as an ICSC Maxi Judge, ORCA committee member, and often acts as a roundtable leader and panelist at major ICSC events. She was inducted into the Outlet Hall of Fame in New York City in 2019. In 2022, Ann received the Certified Digital Marketing Professional accreditation from the Digital Marketing Insitute and the American Marketing Association.
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