Who is Hieu?
 
 

Musician turned Brand Marketer (researcher, strategist & copywriter)

 
 
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I was a musician in my past life. I performed live music, wrote songs, recorded records, and collaborated with a handful of talented and amazing people. Throughout my journey in music, I was always the person who led the marketing activities for my acts. I managed my projects’ social media accounts, worked with designers to create posters and ads, wrote copy on the ads and posters, and became the marketing strategist and copywriter for my acts. And I loved it! Being the individual who studied people in order to craft the best message to use when marketing my projects led me to pursue a career in advertising.

Now I’m a data-driven, creatively-focused brand marketer who specializes in consumer research, brand and creative strategy, and creative copywriting. As a brand marketer, I conduct thorough, in-depth research to uncover cultural and human insights and write for brands to help them authentically connect to their consumers as people.


Brands I’ve Worked On:


Education

Master of Science degree in Advertising/Branding from Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Concentration in Marketing and a Communication Studies Minor from Longwood University


Certifications


Professional Experience

Strategic Planner (& Copywriter) @ Sensis Agency

2020 - Present (Started in Accounts)

Cross-cultural integrated advertising agency

Junior Brand Strategist @ Savv Media

2018 - 2019

Brand activation and engagement agency powered by comic media

Brand Marketing Intern @ Advanced Patient Advocacy

2017 -2018

Patient advocacy organization that provides a comprehensive suite of enrollment services to healthcare organizations

Market Research Analyst @ Hall & Partners (Omnicom)

2019 - 2020

Omnicom’s brand and consumer research agency

Summer Strategy Associate @ We Are Unlimited/DDB (Omnicom)

2018

Omnicom’s full-service advertising agency dedicated to serving McDonald’s


Freelance Experience

Brand Strategy Consultant @ Me, Myself, & I Comics

2020

A media company focused on comic books with the purpose of tackling mental health

Brand Strategy Consultant @ OccasionGenius

2017 - 2018

Start-up technology company focused on event services

Brand Strategy Consultant @ Capital One

2017

Financial Institution

 

Volunteer Experience

Sponsorship Chair @ Advertising Club of Richmond

2024 - Present

Working to better the creative community in our region.

Director of Marketing @ The Big Event at Longwood University

2015 - 2016

The Big Event is an annual community service project open to participation for students at Longwood University.

VP of Marketing @ Longwood University’s Lancer Productions

2013 - 2016

Longwood University’s Student Programing Board


Expertise

Hard Skills:

  • Copywriting

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Keynote

  • Pages

  • MRI-Simmons

  • Claritas’ Geoscape Intelligence System

  • Survey Monkey

  • Sprout Social

  • Brandwatch

  • Google Analytics

  • HTML

  • CSS

  • Javascript (basic knowledge)

Soft Skills:

  • Brand Building

  • Brand & Creative Strategy

  • Marketing Strategy

  • Brand Positioning

  • Consumer Research

  • Creative Briefs

  • Brand Management

  • Behavioral Science

  • Client Management

  • Presentation & Design

  • Cross-functional Collaboration


Interests

Music

History

News & Current Affairs

Gaming