About
Bob McNeil Jr is an expert in strategies for different markets and has worked in many fields for a long time. Over the years, he has come up with new marketing ideas that have changed how marketing communications are done. McNeil came from a poor background, but he has helped many underrepresented groups and served on both for-profit and non-profit boards of directors.
Roles and Responsibilities
McNeil is the Chairman Emeritus of IMAGES, a national marketing company that he started in his dorm room at Georgia Institute of Technology over 30 years ago and was bought by Dentsu Aegis. This full-service agency helps businesses and government agencies with advertising, experiential branding, market research, and public relations, among other things. He has always worked to help young people because he thinks they are the key to our future.
McNeil has worked with many brands, including Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Disney, Mattel, McDonald's, Nickelodeon, Synchrony, Target, Walmart, and Wells Fargo. Since working with him, all of these companies have grown steadily, and they have used his service for different marketing channels over the years.
He has had a lot of success because he was taught from a young age to work hard and because he surrounds himself with smart, creative team players. McNeil's career and his desire to help the community have been shaped by this philosophy. Bob started his first business before he even graduated from high school.
Education
Bob McNeil Jr grew up on the south side of Chicago, where gang wars and civil injustices against black people were common. Many of his peers got caught up in this way of life and found it hard to get away from it. McNeil's parents paid much attention to his education and religion growing up. This gave him a strong moral background that helped him avoid these bad influences and become a strong person with moral convictions.
McNeil opened a small lawn care business after moving to Atlanta, Georgia, to attend a Catholic college prep school. At age 12, he was learning how important it was to be self-sufficient and how important it was to be involved in the community. While he was a student at Georgia Tech, he started another business in his dorm room. Eventually, he hired more than 50 people to help him serve clients all over the country. This business helped him move from learning about marketing to using what he had learned in the real world. Bob got an Executive MBA from Georgia State University and finished the National Minority Development Council Advanced Management Program at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He also got an Advanced MBE from the Tuck School of Business, which gave him the theoretical and educational groundwork for his career.
Bob McNeil Jr's background has helped him grow his business and help his community in many ways. For example, he has been asked to speak at several colleges. He has also started an internship program to help underrepresented college students get real-world experience in the advertising industry. Many young African-American and Hispanic people have found jobs through this program that they might not have known about otherwise.
Honours and Accomplishments
McNeil has also won several awards and honours for his work and has been praised by many groups. The American Marketing Association named his company's Multicultural Marketing Agency of the Year twice. He was also the youngest to win the Moss Kendrick Award from the National Association of Market Developers.
Black Enterprise Magazine has also put Bob on its Top 100 Marketer List for over ten years. This magazine awards marketing experts like McNeil who have done well in the Marketing and Advertising community. For several years, his company was also on a list of the top 100 Black-owned businesses in the US (BE100). Being in it for ten years is a big deal; he is one of the marketers who has won the most awards in the magazine's history.
Bob McNeil Jr also won the Young Advertising Professional Award from the National Association of Market Developers, the Advertising Executive of the Year award from Target Marketing News, and the Outstanding Black Alumni Honoree award from the Georgia Institute of Technology. This praise helped him get to the top of his field and will help people remember him for a long time.
Volunteer Work and Hobbies
Like many other successful businesspeople, McNeil gives back to his community to help it grow. After coming from a hard and challenging background, he thinks he should do what he can to help others succeed. He is known to work directly with groups like AID Atlanta, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Big Brothers Big Sisters, among others.
McNeil cares a lot about working with young people. He works with the Boys and Girls Clubs and tries to get more people to go to school in his community. He thinks it's important to show how education can change people's lives and make them better. He has given the American Red Cross more than 100 pints of blood.
Bob McNeil Jr is also a dedicated member of the Friendship Baptist Church, where he has been serving for more than 40 years. He works for the National Conference for Community and Justice and the American Institute for Managing Diversity. He has also served on the Carter Center Presidential Museum Board of Councilors, the Maris School, and the Freedom Center, among many others.
Roles and Responsibilities
McNeil is the Chairman Emeritus of IMAGES, a national marketing company that he started in his dorm room at Georgia Institute of Technology over 30 years ago and was bought by Dentsu Aegis. This full-service agency helps businesses and government agencies with advertising, experiential branding, market research, and public relations, among other things. He has always worked to help young people because he thinks they are the key to our future.
McNeil has worked with many brands, including Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Disney, Mattel, McDonald's, Nickelodeon, Synchrony, Target, Walmart, and Wells Fargo. Since working with him, all of these companies have grown steadily, and they have used his service for different marketing channels over the years.
He has had a lot of success because he was taught from a young age to work hard and because he surrounds himself with smart, creative team players. McNeil's career and his desire to help the community have been shaped by this philosophy. Bob started his first business before he even graduated from high school.
Education
Bob McNeil Jr grew up on the south side of Chicago, where gang wars and civil injustices against black people were common. Many of his peers got caught up in this way of life and found it hard to get away from it. McNeil's parents paid much attention to his education and religion growing up. This gave him a strong moral background that helped him avoid these bad influences and become a strong person with moral convictions.
McNeil opened a small lawn care business after moving to Atlanta, Georgia, to attend a Catholic college prep school. At age 12, he was learning how important it was to be self-sufficient and how important it was to be involved in the community. While he was a student at Georgia Tech, he started another business in his dorm room. Eventually, he hired more than 50 people to help him serve clients all over the country. This business helped him move from learning about marketing to using what he had learned in the real world. Bob got an Executive MBA from Georgia State University and finished the National Minority Development Council Advanced Management Program at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He also got an Advanced MBE from the Tuck School of Business, which gave him the theoretical and educational groundwork for his career.
Bob McNeil Jr's background has helped him grow his business and help his community in many ways. For example, he has been asked to speak at several colleges. He has also started an internship program to help underrepresented college students get real-world experience in the advertising industry. Many young African-American and Hispanic people have found jobs through this program that they might not have known about otherwise.
Honours and Accomplishments
McNeil has also won several awards and honours for his work and has been praised by many groups. The American Marketing Association named his company's Multicultural Marketing Agency of the Year twice. He was also the youngest to win the Moss Kendrick Award from the National Association of Market Developers.
Black Enterprise Magazine has also put Bob on its Top 100 Marketer List for over ten years. This magazine awards marketing experts like McNeil who have done well in the Marketing and Advertising community. For several years, his company was also on a list of the top 100 Black-owned businesses in the US (BE100). Being in it for ten years is a big deal; he is one of the marketers who has won the most awards in the magazine's history.
Bob McNeil Jr also won the Young Advertising Professional Award from the National Association of Market Developers, the Advertising Executive of the Year award from Target Marketing News, and the Outstanding Black Alumni Honoree award from the Georgia Institute of Technology. This praise helped him get to the top of his field and will help people remember him for a long time.
Volunteer Work and Hobbies
Like many other successful businesspeople, McNeil gives back to his community to help it grow. After coming from a hard and challenging background, he thinks he should do what he can to help others succeed. He is known to work directly with groups like AID Atlanta, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Big Brothers Big Sisters, among others.
McNeil cares a lot about working with young people. He works with the Boys and Girls Clubs and tries to get more people to go to school in his community. He thinks it's important to show how education can change people's lives and make them better. He has given the American Red Cross more than 100 pints of blood.
Bob McNeil Jr is also a dedicated member of the Friendship Baptist Church, where he has been serving for more than 40 years. He works for the National Conference for Community and Justice and the American Institute for Managing Diversity. He has also served on the Carter Center Presidential Museum Board of Councilors, the Maris School, and the Freedom Center, among many others.