Katy Romer

Katy Romer

Independent Brand, Marketing & Design Consultant

Minneapolis, MN
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Summary

Now, more than ever, BRANDS have the powerful ability to act-out meaningful and differentiated stories, evoke emotion, generate business and societal value, change perception, motivate behavior, and even flip the cultural script.

As an independent consultant, I take pride in helping organizations deliberately craft and cultivate brands in service of business impact and thrive on sparking deeply emotive connections between brands and people.

Fueled by 15 years of experience building, activating, stewarding and revitalizing brands of all shapes and sizes across categories within the CPG and Retail industries, I bring an abundance mindset, multi-disciplinary skillset and unique approach to the table that artfully blends together the rational and emotional aspects of branding – rigor + creativity, analytics + intuition, logic + magic.

Experience

2019 Sep - Present
Owner + Independent Consultant
Katy Romer Consulting, LLC / St. Paul, MN
2019 Mar - 2019 Sep
Director of Brand Management - Learning & Operations
Target Corporation / Minneapolis, MN
2018 Oct - 2019 Mar
Sr Marketing Manager, Owned Brands - Brand + Category Marketing
Target Corporation / Minneapolis, MN
2017 Oct - 2018 Oct
Sr Marketing Manager, Owned Brands - Packaging
Target Corporation / Minneapolis, MN
2012 Dec - 2017 Oct
Brand Design Principal
3M / St. Paul, MN
2012 May - 2012 Dec
Sr Shopper Marketing Planner
General Mills / Minneapolis, MN
2008 Jul - 2012 May
Sr Integrated Marketing Communications Planner
General Mills
2006 May - 2008 Mar
Brand Designer
3M / St. Paul, MN
2004 Jun - 2006 May
Graphic Designer Roles
Various Boutique Design Agencies / Minneapolis, MN

Education

2011 - 2014
University of Minnesota
Masters in Strategic Communications / Brand Strategy, Communications Planning, Research & Insights
1998 - 2003
Bemidji State University
Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design / Graphic Design, Identity Design, Multimedia Design

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