Marketing Agency Focused on Building Brands & Impacting Lives_
As strategic thinkers and creators of smart marketing solutions, we solve complex marketing problems to help build stronger, more profitable brands for our clients. Our purpose is centered around doing meaningful work for clients who positively impact people’s lives in significant ways. It’s why we specialize in healthcare marketing along with higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, financial and manufacturing marketing. As a comprehensive-service marketing agency, we offer both traditional and digital marketing services allowing us to build integrated campaigns to strengthen brands and motivate audiences to act. It’s how we move the needle for our clients. And it’s what makes us the top advertising and fundraising marketing agency in the Midwest and beyond. We are AMPers and we are energized to do meaningful work for you.
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Responsive Marketing
Smart Creative
Our Culture
What is An AMPERAGE?
Healthcare
WE DIAGNOSE, TREAT AND PRESCRIBE, TOO
You’re three steps from a healthy marketing presence
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Nonprofit
NONPROFITS DO NEED MARKETING
Three key factors to marketing mission-driven organizations
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AMPERAGE Marketing & Fundraising is a full-service marketing agency with a team of 40 sharp, savvy marketing professionals with diverse backgrounds, a collectively impressive skill set and a fondness for sticky notes. As a top ad agency serving clients across the country from our offices in Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, IA and Wausau WI, we focus on building strategic marketing plans to help clients succeed.
President & CEO
Bryan Earnest
Special Projects Consultant
Mark Mathis
Director of Accounting
Molly Schmehl
Director of Marketing
Rachael Holland, MBA
Senior Account Manager
Ruby Hibben
Art Director
Sammy Gipper
Senior Art Director
Shad Opper
Media Buyer
Terri Parsons
Traffic Manager
Kaitlyn Trent
Marketing & Research Strategist
Robin Frost
Web Developer
Kurt Zenisek
Accounting Specialist
Monica Pierce
Account Manager
Nick Harvey
Bookkeeper/Office Coordinator
Terry Hall
Project Coordinator
Anna Herrig
Video Editor
Olivia Moretz
Media Specialist
Vanessa Kolb
Media Buyer
Toni Harding
Account Executive
Kelsi Harms
Account Manager
Megan Stull
SEO Marketing Manager
Chris Liedtke
Digital Media Specialist
Kim Johnson
Senior Account Manager
Stephanie Bresnahan
Vice President of Strategy
Erin Bishop
Senior Art Director
Tiffini Kieler
Account Coordinator
Amy Frolik
Vice President of Content
Annette Schulte
Media Director
Denise Hesser
Vice President of Operations
Brian Foelske
Video Producer
Monte Bowden
Senior Writer
Graham Van Dixhorn
Director of Fundraising
Jennifer Rubel
Interactive Manager
Kaitlyn Wolf
Senior Project Manager
Kris Wieland
Video Editor
Michael Smith
People & Culture Manager
Mickey Waschkat
Fundraising Adviser
Melissa Pence, CFRE
Video Producer
Bob Waters
Director of Public Relations
Sarah Larson
"I’ve worked with AMPERAGE on two different sites for two wildly different markets, and there’s a reason I keep coming back. Beyond solid web development work, they’re simply easy and enjoyable to work with. They take on the hard parts, and that empowers me to do the rest of my job better."
“AMPERAGE produced an outstanding video for us, on-time, on-budget and so on-point that our video was not only heavily viewed, it was heavily shared.”
“Working with AMPERAGE on our capital campaign was a collaborative, team process. We believe that AMPERAGE was able to increase our successful campaign with their shared expertise and past experience through the planning, implementation and completion of our project.”
“AMPERAGE eased the project along with their professional counsel and expertise. A capital campaign takes 100 percent dedicated time and effort and AMPERAGE helped us direct a campaign that was strong and effective. They gave us amazing results that will benefit our community for many years to come.”
“GreenState has been partnering with AMPERAGE for over five years. They help implement our statewide online and offline media campaigns. As trends change and opportunities present themselves, AMPERAGE serves as a valued strategic partner in recognizing and assessing new variables, in turn, providing guidance to optimize our investment.”
I would recommend AMPERAGE for any marketing project, large or small. AMPERAGE has certainly helped us move the needle and I truly believe they will do the same for your organization.
“We’ve seen steady month-to-month growth in key in-store metrics. It is evident that the combination of our online and offline campaign are working together to Move the Needle.”
“Our organization was going through a leadership transition and determined that we needed to refocus and rebrand. AMPERAGE partnered with us and helped us assess our status and capabilities to move forward. Our new name and message has been positively received and welcomed both within our organization and throughout the community. We could not have executed this organizational change alone.”
“We have worked with AMPERAGE for many years on major service-line initiatives that include research, marketing plan development, creative execution and media placement. From planning to implementation, AMPERAGE collaborates seamlessly with both our internal marketing team and Memorial Healthcare System’s strategic partners. The AMPERAGE team has a unique understanding of our market, our brand and our goals.”
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