CREATIVE EXECUTIVE

Chad Stum Agency (CSA)

Bloomington, IN

2020-Present

Founder & President

• Founded and lead a certified Veteran-Owned marketing and creative agency, with accountability for strategy, budgeting, staffing, vendors, resource allocation, client relationships, and profitable delivery.
• Partner directly with CEOs, senior marketing leaders, business owners, and institutional decision-makers to turn loosely defined challenges into clear strategies and work clients can act on.
• Built CSA into an approved vendor for Indiana University and Purdue University; won six-figure engagements and developed long-term relationships across complex, decentralized organizations.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and partner networks across higher education, healthcare, nonprofit, consumer, construction, and commercial work while balancing scope, capacity, quality, and timelines.

Spectrio

Tampa, FL (Remote)

2022-2025

Director of Creative

• Co-led an organization of 100 professionals through three leaders across design, video, writing, animation, production, and client delivery disciplines.
• Managed multi-million-dollar budgets and enterprise resource planning supporting more than 160,000 client locations worldwide and thousands of projects annually.
• Partnered with executive leadership, sales, account, operations, product, and marketing teams on staffing, capacity, performance, financial objectives, and change initiatives.
• Established KPIs, reporting structures, service standards, and leadership-development practices that improved visibility, accountability, workflow consistency, and scalability.

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

2017-2022

Head of Creative Production

• Directed enterprise creative production, marketing execution, and institutional storytelling across Indiana University's nine-campus system.
• Led multidisciplinary producers, editors, cinematographers, designers, and external partners across commercial campaigns, documentaries, brand films, and enrollment initiatives.
• Partnered with university executives, deans, communications leaders, and departments to translate complex institutional priorities into authentic stories and executable creative plans.
• Built repeatable production and review processes that improved collaboration, service delivery, brand consistency, and execution across a decentralized organization.

Original Six Media

Chicago, IL

2012-2017

Founder & Executive Creative Director

• Founded and led an award-winning Chicago agency delivering national advertising, branded content, commercial production, and integrated campaigns.
• Set creative vision while managing budgets, staffing, vendors, freelance talent, schedules, client relationships, and delivery from concept through completion.
• Worked with national brands and cultural organizations including AIG, USA Hockey, USA Rugby, World Kitchen, Newell Brands, The Fader, Rolling Stone, and VICE.

Suite Partners

Chicago, IL

2010-2012

Production Arts Supervisor / Creative Director

• Joined Suite Partners during its startup phase, helping establish creative culture, grow the team, and produce work for national consumer brands.
• Led multidisciplinary teams across advertising, digital, video, branded content, and integrated marketing while partnering directly with founder and CEO Barry Krause.