Kevin Christophersen:  

Life Kevin Christophersen, M.A., is a full time tenure track faculty at Columbia College Chicago. He began his career in advertising when he landed a part-time job as a receptionist at Leo Burnett as a means to pay for college. He spent his lunch hours networking, working on various projects, and learning as much as he could about the advertising world. After graduating from Columbia with a BA in Marketing Communication, he was promoted to Media Traffic Coordinator at Burnett where he worked on Ameritech, All State, Dairy, Keebler, Kellogg, McDonald's, Oldsmobile, Philip Morris, Procter and Gamble, and other national consumer and business-to-business clients/brands. Later, he obtained positions in client service at various other agencies and supervised/ facilitated all aspects of strategic communication for the following clients: Abbott Labs, Boise Cascade, Liberty Federal Bank, Pet Ag, Bobs Candy, F&F Foods, Sorbee, Scala Beef, and Zenith among others. He was successful in the advertising industry but felt he wanted more. He wanted to give back and provide students with the knowledge he had obtained to help them succee...Expand for more