by LISA CAPOBIANCO The Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce is on the hunt for a full-time branding and market development manager in Bristol. During a special meeting held last month, the City Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement between the City of Bristol and the chamber for marketing and branding services. For those services, a branding manager will be hired. The manager, however, will be considered a chamber employee . In this arrangement between the chamber and the city, the cost for the services will be $120,000 per year. The chamber and the city will contribute $60,000 each toward this $120,000. The branding manager, when hired, will report to Jim Albert, president of the chamber. The new staffer will help coordinate marketing, image and economic development on behalf of the chamber and the city. Besides developing and implementing a marketing strategy to identify and reach target audiences, and creating various print and multimedia products such as social media messaging and newsletters, the branding manager also will build and coordinate chamber and community outreach events and produce business development programs and materials. Albert said he feels excited to move forward with a process that has been in development for the [...]
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