Chris Ilcin grew up in Cleveland before launching his Midwest circle tour – College at Kansas State (with a Fine Arts degree and time as a college radio DJ), Chicago and Minneapolis working for a record label, and finally back home. He’s been involved in marketing, on the agency and client side for more than 20 years, mainly in manufacturing and nonprofits. Chris joined GGC in 2021 as a Marketing Manager, serving as an advocate for his clients internally and a voice for our amazingly creative team externally.
Chris lives in Euclid with his wife Julie and daughter Zuzanne in an almost century home a half block from Lake Erie. As an OG Nerd, his favorite social media follow is Felicia Day, and interweb wormhole is Nerdist. Please feel free to ask him about music, pizza, craft brewing, or useless trivia.
His favorite thing about marketing? That it’s a mix of science and magic. You can (and should) get all the data you can before and after any marketing effort, but the analysis of that data, and finding the right mix of messaging, images and channel to use, is where the “fun” is.
Favorite quote - “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi