My name is Luke Vander Linden
d/b/a Vanderall Communications
My name is Luke Vander Linden
d/b/a Vanderall Communications
d/b/a Vanderall Communications
d/b/a Vanderall Communications
I’ve had the great fortune to work for a number of diverse organizations. Some small and scrappy. Some big and influential. But each and every one was a great learning experience.
Here are the select organizations where I've had the greatest impact and where I've learned the most:
I’ve spent most of my career working with membership organizations and nonprofits. But to motivate someone to make a purchase or to join an organization - to transact in any way - is the intersection between reaching the right people with the right message and the right offer. Timing helps too. This can be done tactically as a one-off campaign or strategically as a year-long or multi-year plan.
I’ve had the opportunity to work on aspects of many many direct marketing packages over the past two and a half decades. In recent years, I’ve been able to design full campaigns on my own - from concept, writing and design to data to printing and production and finally to reporting and results. More samples will be added as I figure out where I put them.
A brand is not just a logo or design elements. Rather, it is the thoughts and emotions evoked when the organization or person is mentioned. It is how an entity is perceived by both stakeholders and the public at large. I’ve worked with established brands that needed a bit of clarification in their execution and I’ve gotten the opportunity to develop new branding from scratch.
I don’t consider myself an overly “technical” person - I think a basic knowledge of tools is important for everyone these days. Yet somehow I’ve often been asked - and I deliver - on creating websites. I must say, having a marketer do something technical - like a website - is much better than asking a technical person do a marketing task. The sites I’ve made clearly articulate the purpose they serve - instead of just featuring the latest bells and whistles.
I’m not all work and no play. Or all work and no additional work after hours. I’ve had other jobs and experiences than those listed above. I’ve done a lot of volunteering and served on boards.
THE HUNDRED YEAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
Executive Director / Secretary
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
THE GEORGE H. HEYMAN, JR. PROGRAM FOR PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDRAISING
Adjunct Instructor, Direct Response Fundraising
Membership & Marketing Committee
THE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON CLUB OF NEW YORK
Board Member & Past President
Communications Advisory Board
Recreation & Parks Advisory Board
WESTCHESTER LIBRARY SYSTEM | BEDFORD HILLS FREE LIBRARY
Board of Trustees
Member, Lions Club of Bedford Hills
(now part of Convio which is part of Blackbaud)
Senior Account Manager, Client Services
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
FRED ASTAIRE DANCE STUDIO | DICK CHAPLIN COTILLIONS
Ballroom Dance Instructor
A MAN AND HIS TOOLS
Recent software and platforms I have used include:
Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
Citrix/OpenVoice/ GoToMeeting/GoToWebinar
I highly recommend Creative Market for fonts, graphics, templates and more!
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Media Studies
Magna cum Laude
Spring 1996 Voyage
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF BROADCASTING
Montreux, Switzerland
Marketing Strategy Certificate