Jonathan Shapiro - Principal / RTime Media & Promotions :

Over the course of his 20-year advertising/marketing career, Jonathan Shapiro has been on all sides of the desk. After working as a media buyer/planner at Leo Burnett Advertising - Chicago on accounts such as M&M Mars and Procter & Gamble, he went to work for a mid-sized Chicago advertising agency, Stern Walters Partners as an Account Executive and Account Supervisor. It is at Stern Walters where he learned the art of Account Management and the power of a creative idea. After a stint in Brand Management with Alberto-Culver, Shapiro joined Cox Broadcasting - Chicago's WCKG Radio/105.9FM as Retail Marketing Director responsible for generating new business revenue through development and execution of sponsorable events, and retail promotions. The entrepreneurial spirit came calling and in 1996, Shapiro founded Creative Promotional Partnerships, Inc. (CPP), a Chicago based advertising/marketing Agency. CPP specializes in media planning and buying, promotional program development, event promoting and sponsorship sales. In 2006, CPP increased its marketing capabilities with the purchase of a direct mail business, a franchise within the Money Mailer system. In 2007, RTime Media and Promotions, Inc. was started to better represent Shapiro's and CPP's media buying/planning and related promotional capabilities and to address increasing requests and demands from Clients for media buying/planning services.