Christopher Cudworth is a strategic and conceptual thinker with award-winning writing, design, photography, illustration, and videography skills. HIs applies these skills to generate proven results in marketing, communications, advertising, public relations, and business development. His work in sales and new business development includes client recovery initiatives, customer loyalty programs, and inbound and outbound marketing and promotions across multiples channels.
Chris has also grown social media reach and response for organizations by producing a broad spectrum of content. His ability to conceive and generate content ranging from long-form copy to punchy videos and PPC campaigns has been applied in both agency and client-side environments. His experience includes roles as creative director, marketing manager, and communications leader.
A proven innovator with heart and insight, Chris has conceived and built marketing programs such as the Daily Herald Big Ticket Reading Project, a summer incentive program that he grew from 35 public libraries and 50K kids to 175 public libraries and 375,000 kids. He directly secured sponsors such as Panera Bread, Jiffy Lube, Culver’s as commercial sponsors and recruited 27 leading cultural and entertainment partners such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Children’s Museum, Kane County Cougars, and many others. The program drove up summertime reading program completion by 75% during its seven-year run from 2001-2008.
He also developed a collaborative marketing program called the West Suburban Theater Connection to enable leading theaters to reach new patrons. Formerly competitive theaters such as Paramount Arts Center, The Mac, Metropolis, and others worked together to promote their shows through an integrated marketing program Chris developed using print, digital, email, POS, and web channels with sponsorship from a leading suburban bank to drive it all. The program generated increased ticket sales for even the smallest theaters.
Chris is an avid naturalist and artist, having sold more than 3000 of his paintings. As a muralist and public artist, he has created popular imagery for restaurants, banks, medical offices, and schools.
He is also a competitive multisport athlete and frequent age-group podium finisher in Sprint, Olympic, and Half-Ironman distance triathlons.
He is the author of two published books: The Genesis Fix: A Repair Manual for Faith in the Modern Age and The Right Kind of Pride: Character, Caregiving, and Community, a memoir of cancer survivorship with his late wife. His new books are titled Honest-To-Goodness: Helping Christianity Find Its True Place in the World, and Nature Is Our Country Club.
He can be reached at 630.621.8520 or cudworthfix@gmail.com
