Anne Marie Benard Email Address

Senior Marketing Director Community and Care Delivery Sites

Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company.

Anne Marie found her passion for marketing early on. As a student-athlete at St. Cloud State University, academic tutor and athletic department promotions assistant–she was a leader on campus-one worth recognizing with the President’s Achievement Award. Graduating summa cum laude helped land her a San Francisco-based internship with international public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard, where she supported the Yahoo! account. After a stint with a local advertising firm in Minneapolis executing events and public relations campaigns, Target Corporation recruited her as a Business Analyst–assisting Buyers in the trend research, analysis and supply chain management for consumer products. Later, she was promoted to Target’s marketing team–executing campaigns for community relations, human resources and other corporate functional groups. Here she helped lead internal and external teams through campaign strategy and execution. Above and beyond in her home state of Minnesota–Anne Marie led church youth group, tutored students, coordinated weddings, volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House and planned extra-curricular activities for Target team members.She moved to Texas when Houston-based Reliant Energy offered her a sponsorship marketing and promotions role. The opportunity found her negotiating sponsorship contracts, designing activation and marketing campaigns around these agreements and leading internal and external teams to maximize these marketing investments. She also became a vocal partner within the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo sponsor network – leading initial efforts for the yearly Random Acts of Kindness program. Now serving as Director of Marketing Services for Cox Media Group Houston, she utilizes strong client-side marketing experience to enhance the connection with clients. Anne Marie also presides over the local Marketing Creative and Fulfillment team, responsible for ensuring campaign development and fulfillment.