Carol S. Niemi, PhD
Professional Experience
Independent Marketing Services:
Owner
Atlanta, 1994-present
Columnist
Worth Knowing for the Reporter Newspapers
May 2019-August 2023
Columnist
The Chamber Report for the Dunwoody Crier
Atlanta, December 2014-March 2015
Features Writer
Dunwoody Crier
Atlanta, Dec. 2009-May 2019
Full-Time:
Associative Creative Director
TuckerWayne/WestWayne (Now 22 Squared)
Atlanta, 1993-1994
Vice-President/Creative Director
Sawyer Riley Compton (Now Brunner)
Atlanta, 1986-1993
Education
MA and PhD, English, University of Georgia
BA, French and English, Florida State University
Certificate, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Inbound University (HubSpot)
Honors
Georgia Press Association 2022 winner for “Serious Column”
One of “Ten Women to Watch,” Atlanta Business Chronicle
One of Atlanta’s top three creative directors, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Winner of local, regional and national awards for advertising and marketing creativity and effectiveness:
National EFFIE (American Marketing Association)
Show South
ACE (New York)
American Advertising Federation ADDY
NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association)
National Pro-Comm (Business Marketing Association)
AMY (American Marketing Association, Atlanta)
O&R (American Business Press)
