Costa Mesa California-based Creative Agency Hires Industry Veteran to Spearhead its Rapid Expansion with New Strategic Role
COSTA MESA, Calif., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- STARCH Creative, a leading independent and award-winning creative agency, and Purpose Supply Co., a custom fabrication shop, today announced that Greg Tung has joined its ranks as Vice President of Sales and Business Development, reporting directly to Brandon Ball, CEO. In this newly formed role, Greg will work closely with both companies' leadership teams and prospective clients to focus on driving growth for the company in the US. Greg brings decades of proven experience in business development, consultative sales, and thought leadership.
Previous to taking this position, Greg was Vice President of Sales at Funko, the leading pop culture lifestyle brand. In that role, he launched Funko Apparel, a new business division that includes apparel, accessories and home goods. Under his watch, Funko apparel saw double digit growth year over year. Prior to Funko, Greg held sales management roles at Vans and adidas, selling footwear, apparel and accessories into national lifestyle retail chains. In these roles, he grew sales by identifying new business opportunities and successfully launching retail programs supported by innovative marketing strategies. Throughout his career, he has built meaningful relationships with retail partners across multiple sales channels, including Journeys, Pacific Sunwear, GameStop, Target and Walmart. Greg received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
"It has been a lot of fun watching Brandon and the Starch Creative and Purpose Supply teams create fresh and memorable marketing vehicles for a truly impressive roster of clients," said Tung. "I look forward to bringing my decades long experience of building retail programs to the mix and offering a unique service to brands that are looking for a world class creative team that is also steeped in the world of retail." Tung continued, "we want to be more than just a creative agency - we want to be business partners."
"From the first time I met Greg, I was impressed by his strategic insights into sales trends and his ability to find synergies in deal structures," said Brandon Ball, CEO, STARCH. "I am genuinely excited about the vision Greg will bring to STARCH and its clients, and I am looking forward to working with him to meet the demands of a changing industry and fulfilling the needs of our clients and partners."
ABOUT STARCH CREATIVE
Founded in 2015 by CEO Brandon Ball, STARCH Creative is an award-winning independent agency with offices in Costa Mesa, CA, and Portland, OR. Represented by some of the most talented minds in the design industry, STARCH supports the world's best brands with forward thinking, service-centric solutions across retail, experiential and brand creative including Fortune 500 and 100 companies like adidas, Vans, Burton, The North Face, Coca-Cola, Meta and many others. For more information, please visit http://www.starchcreative.com and follow @starchcreative on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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