"...Stuart started with Office Depot when we had 3 stores and helped the Company grow into the world’s largest office products retailer. His "Taking Care of Business" campaign helped us build category ownership."
-Gary Foss
Former EVP of Merchandising & Marketing, Office Depot
"...Stuart’s radio campaign helped us launch into the competitive New York market... sales exceeded our projections by 30%!"
-Kelly Conway
Former VP-Marketing, The Sports Authority
"...breakthrough thinking! Stu helped us recognize that we were not just in the healthcare business, but in the retail business. His slogan GET treated BETTER helped define our brand."
-Roymi V. Membiela
VP-Marketing Outpatient Services, Baptist Health South Florida
"Working with Stuart is a creative and energizing experience. His ability to think across multiple channels and deliver award-winning work is something he excels at."
-Jillian Krueger Printz
Special Asst. to the President for Public Relations, Broward College
"No real estate project we’ve ever launched has come close to this kind of cross-channel integration... from web to guerilla marketing, Stuart’s “Live Zensationally” campaign helped create a unique brand promise for Satori’s luxury apartments."
-Cathy Cabell
Sr. VP of Operations, The Altman Companies
"Stuart understood the Midwest-woman’s connection with home and family, an emotional connection totally untapped by other creative people we’ve worked with before."
-Paul White
Former President, ShopKo
"When the financial markets collapsed in 2008-2009, Stuart’s ads helped leverage our core identity as a trusted local bank...he met our goal of engaging customers and helped re-establish our brand personality of customer-centric service."
-Sara Dewberry
Sr. VP-Marketing, Bank of Florida
"I would recommend Stuart to anyone looking to energize a brand with fresh ideas and vitality, or to launch a product from zero to hero in no time."
-Markus Glueck
President, WMF Americas, Inc.
"Stuart’s work clearly stands the test of time. We have used his slogan and jingle for more than 15 years, and I doubt we’ll ever abandon it."
-Gero Estevez
President, Headquarter Toyota
"Great creative talent comes in many forms. The wonderfully written and produced radio or TV spot. The striking print ad or the engaging website. However, it’s even more rare to find that talent infused with deep strategic thinking and concept development, a keen business sense and the ability to challenge and inspire others to do more and better than perhaps they have ever done before. It’s rare to find such grounded practicality and such burning passion for the work in one package. For all these reasons and more it was a pleasure and a privilege to work with Stu at Zimmerman."
-Marc Rappin
Sr. VP-Group Management Director at Wunderman
"...what Stu does is look and listen like nobody else."
-Donn Flipse
Owner, Field of Flowers
"Stuart saw something in us, and in our target customers, that nobody else did. With few media dollars, we saw a 11% lift in same-store sales in 2 months!"
-John Offerdahl
Offerdahl’s Cafe Grills
"Going from the 32nd largest imported beer brand to the 4th largest in just 8 months was a remarkable success story of which we owe a debt of gratitude to Stuart’s strategic thinking and creativity."
-Nelson Bauza
VP- U.S. Sales, Polar Beer
"Stuart had the guts to stand up to convention and show us how to do it smarter and better. His "There Ought To Be A Law" TV spots were like nothing that had ever been done before in the personal injury category!"
-Howard Gross
Gross & Telisman, P.A.
"Top notch... our franchiser group used Stuart to help us with branding and positioning."
-Jessica Streiner
Principal, European Wax Center
"...totally turned the assisted living category upside down and gave us the insight to speak to caregivers, not just residents."
-Barry Ger
VP-Marketing & Sales, The Sterling Aventura
"Smart writing, talented, wonderful intuition."
-Sharon Gelfano
Former Creative Services Manager, JM Family Enterprises
"Stuart is responsive, creative, and always comes up with interesting solutions to difficult problems. He is a marketing and advertising genius and a lot of fun to work with, too."
-Chris Madsen
President, Mad4Marketing
"Stuart brings out the best in the people he works with. I would know, I’m one of them. More than once, he’s pushed me to take a good idea and make it great. He’s committed, passionate and above all, supremely strategic. You could look at a thousand creative copywriters and never come across a guy with Stu’s blend of talents."
-Ed Ethridge
Ethridge Productions