NEW YORK, July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flashtalking, the leading global independent platform for ad management, data activation and unified insights, announces the debut of its new consulting services arm led by John Mruz. Under Mruz’s strategic guidance, the group will support Flashtalking clients navigating the programmatic landscape, with recommended approaches, solutions selection guidance and proprietary tactics, including those for specific verticals such as Auto, CPG, Travel and Hospitality, and Telcom.

“As clients take more of their programmatic in house, they need help developing and implementing their personalization and data-driven messaging strategies,” said Mruz. “Our consulting team, in collaboration with Sales and Account Management teams worldwide, will assist brand marketers and consulting companies to craft these strategies, as well as build the required organizational capabilities to execute successfully. I am excited to lead Flashtalking’s efforts to help our clients address these challenges.”

Background and Future Plans In the 2Q18, the consulting team assisted clients with developing personalization business cases, (i.e. return on ad spend, operational efficiencies, time to market), and debuted a Strategic Planning workshop, a half-day structured working session that brings together key stakeholders across marketing, creative, media, and analytics to develop data-driven messaging strategies.  The team has also published a series of vertical market playbooks (“accelerators”) that share best practices across Auto and CPG, with Travel and Telcom accelerators planned for later this summer.

In the second half of the year, the consulting team expects to introduce additional services, including a formal client education and training curriculum, process re-engineering workshops, data integration services, agile methodologies for creative development, and a suite of analytics support services. 

“As our clients continue to look to Flashtalking to help them deliver on the ‘better creative’ imperative, we are thrilled to have talent like John on board,” said Flashtalking CEO John Nardone. “John brings over 20 years of data-driven marketing experience to our mission. He learned the foundations of strategy consulting at Andersen Business Consulting and, through his experiences at [x+1] and Rocket Fuel, understands first-hand the complex challenges that the Ad Age 500 encounter when pursuing digital transformation. He and his team lend in-depth knowledge across all of our target verticals, and we could not ask for a better team to help our clients meet the better creative imperative.”

About Flashtalking Flashtalking is a data-driven ad management and analytics technology company, we use data to personalize advertising in real-time, independently analyze its effectiveness and enable optimization that drives better engagement and return on spend for sophisticated global brands.

Our platform leads the market with innovative products and services to ensure creative relevance and actionable insights across channels and formats, powered by unique cookie-less tracking, data orchestration and algorithmic attribution.

We support clients at the crossroads where data, personalized creative and unbiased measurement intersect with expertise, service and a deep partner ecosystem to drive successful digital marketing.

Born in the UK, established worldwide, Flashtalking spans the globe with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Leeds, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Sydney. For more information visit www.flashtalking.com .

Contact: Kendall Allen WIT Strategy For Flashtalking kallen@witstrategy.com