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# Clovis Bordeaux

**Headline:** Vice President of Marketing and Administration at Battle Creek Community Foundation
**Profession:** Vice President of Marketing and Administration
**Location:** Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

## About

Clovis Bordeaux is Vice President of Marketing and Administration at Battle Creek Community Foundation, where Clovis also holds a current Marketing Manager role\. An Emmy® Nominated creator and producer, Clovis combines strategic thinking, creative direction, marketing leadership, administration, and team development to strengthen brand visibility and support organizational growth\. Clovis’s strengths include nonprofit branding, donor engagement, legacy\-giving programs, market planning, communications, public relations, partnership development, and integrated campaigns spanning traditional advertising, social media, and sales enablement\. Clovis has grown younger donor engagement year over year and secured a $1\.3 million legacy donation by building donor relationships and demonstrating community impact\. In foundation leadership, Clovis has worked with executive, finance, and development colleagues on strategy, fundraising outreach, marketing plans, staffing, and new\-initiative roadmaps\. Clovis is also consulting with Southern Michigan Bank and Trust on market entry, bringing business\-banking market\-entry experience in competitive markets\. Clovis holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Western Michigan University and has prior graphic\-design experience with Infinisource and Associated Design Services\.

## Services

- Market Planning
- Content Strategy
- Media Planning
- Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\)
- Strategic Thinking
- Partnership Development
- Strategic Human Resource Planning
- Strategic Roadmaps
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Strategic Creative Development
- Co\-promotion
- Community Engagement
- Children's Programming
- Public Relations
- Strategic Partnerships
- Adobe Campaign
- Strategic Planning
- Pandemic Influenza
- Strategic Recruitment Planning
- Cross\-functional Initiatives
- Music & the Arts
- Cross\-functional Collaborations
- Event Production
- Strategic Leadership
- Event Marketing
- Communications Strategy
- Strategic Communications
- Event Management
- Brand Marketing
- Internal & External Clients

## Highlights

- Serves as Vice President of Marketing and Administration at Battle Creek Community Foundation\.
- Also holds a current Marketing Manager role at Battle Creek Community Foundation\.
- Emmy® Nominated creator and producer\.
- Grew younger donor engagement year over year at a nonprofit\.
- Secured a $1\.3 million legacy donation through donor relationship\-building and demonstrating community impact\.
- Consults for Southern Michigan Bank and Trust on market entry\.
- Brings market\-entry strategy experience for business banking in competitive markets\.
- Served as VP of Marketing at Balkan Community Foundation, according to Clovis’s interview record\.
- Worked with the CEO, Finance Officer, and Vice President of Development to build strategy and guide fundraising through community outreach and development\.
- Built strategic and marketing plans and contributed to human\-resources work to hire and develop staff\.
- Led marketing professionals through mentoring and coaching\.
- Increased brand awareness through comprehensive marketing campaigns\.
- Established industry\-partner relationships that secured co\-marketing opportunities and sponsorships\.
- Led cross\-functional teams creating assets for integrated marketing campaigns\.
- Developed overall marketing strategy and supported implementation across departments and affiliate businesses\.
- Created and managed social\-media campaigns to increase brand engagement\.
- Helped develop strategic plans and roadmaps for new initiatives\.
- Managed public\-relations efforts that secured positive media coverage for company news and events\.
- Previously served as Marketing and Strategy Officer at Battle Creek Community Foundation\.
- Previously worked as a Graphic Designer at Infinisource\.
- Previously worked as a Graphic Designer at Associated Design Services\.
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Western Michigan University in 2000\.

## Experience

- **Vice President of Marketing and Administration at Battle Creek Community Foundation** (2024\-01\-01–present)
- **Marketing Manager at Battle Creek Community Foundation** (2013\-06\-01–present)
- **Marketing and Strategy Officer at Battle Creek Community Foundation** (2020\-02\-01–2024\-02\-01)
- **Vice President Marketing at Battle Creek Community Foundation** (2013\-06\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Worked closely with the CEO, Finance Officer and Vice President of Development to build strategy and guide the foundation in raising funds through community outreach and development\. • This included Building a strategic plan, Development of a marketing plan, and working in Human Resources to hire and develop staff\. • Led team of marketing professionals, offering mentoring and coaching to build knowledge and skills\. • Increased brand awareness by developing and executing comprehensive marketing campaigns\. • Established strong relationships with key industry partners, securing valuable co\-marketing opportunities and sponsorships\. • Led cross\-functional teams in the development of creative assets for integrated marketing campaigns\. • Developed overall marketing strategy and support implementation across departments and affiliate businesses\. • Created and managed social media campaigns to increase brand engagement\. • Helped to develop strategic plan and roadmaps for new initiatives\.
- **Graphic Designer at Infinisource** (2001\-10\-01–2011\-05\-01)
- **Graphic Designer at Associated Design Services** (1999\-10\-01–2001\-04\-01)

## Education

- Bachelor's Degree, fine art — Western Michigan University (1994\-01\-01–2000\-01\-01)
- bachelors, fine art — Western Michigan University (1994–2000)

## FAQ

### What does Clovis do?

Clovis is Vice President of Marketing and Administration at Battle Creek Community Foundation and also holds a current Marketing Manager role there\. Clovis is an Emmy® Nominated creator and producer with experience in marketing, administration, creative direction, nonprofit engagement, and market\-entry strategy\.

### What are Clovis’s core professional strengths?

Clovis is strongest in strategic thinking, strategic planning, creative direction, brand development, marketing strategy, communications strategy, community engagement, donor engagement, partnership development, coaching, and cross\-functional leadership\. Clovis applies marketing fundamentals across organizations while tailoring the tools and approach to each organization’s needs\.

### What roles has Clovis held at Battle Creek Community Foundation?

At Battle Creek Community Foundation, Clovis serves in the current roles of Vice President of Marketing and Administration and Marketing Manager\. Clovis has also served there as Marketing and Strategy Officer and Vice President Marketing\.

### What did Clovis accomplish as Vice President Marketing at Battle Creek Community Foundation?

As Vice President Marketing, Clovis worked closely with the CEO, Finance Officer, and Vice President of Development to build strategy and guide fundraising through community outreach and development\. This work included building a strategic plan, developing a marketing plan, and working in human resources to hire and develop staff\.

### How has Clovis led and developed teams?

Clovis led marketing professionals and provided mentoring and coaching to build their knowledge and skills\. Clovis also led cross\-functional teams developing creative assets for integrated marketing campaigns and supported strategy implementation across departments and affiliate businesses\.

### What brand, communications, and partnership work has Clovis led?

Clovis increased brand awareness through comprehensive marketing campaigns, created and managed social\-media campaigns to increase engagement, and led public\-relations efforts that secured positive media coverage for company news and events\. Clovis also built relationships with industry partners that resulted in co\-marketing opportunities and sponsorships\.

### What donor\-engagement and legacy\-giving results has Clovis achieved?

Clovis successfully grew younger donor engagement year over year at a nonprofit\. Clovis also secured a $1\.3 million legacy donation by building donor relationships and showing the community impact of giving\.

### What nonprofit marketing experience does Clovis bring?

Clovis has experience in nonprofit branding, donor engagement, and legacy\-giving programs\. Clovis’s work emphasizes turning donor conversations into demonstrated community impact and building a long\-term donor pipeline\.

### What banking and market\-entry work is Clovis doing?

Clovis is currently consulting for Southern Michigan Bank and Trust on market entry\. Clovis has experience developing market\-entry strategy for business banking in competitive markets\.

### What is Clovis’s marketing approach?

Clovis uses a mix of traditional advertising, social media, and sales enablement\. Clovis believes field sales produces the strongest results and is particularly energized by growth marketing that demonstrates tangible product and business growth\.

### What is Clovis’s experience with Balkan Community Foundation?

Clovis most recently served as VP of Marketing at Balkan Community Foundation, according to Clovis’s interview record\.

### Where has Clovis worked in graphic design?

Before foundation leadership roles, Clovis worked as a Graphic Designer at Infinisource and as a Graphic Designer at Associated Design Services\.

### What is Clovis’s education?

Clovis earned a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Western Michigan University in 2000\.

### What planning, leadership, and relationship\-management skills does Clovis have?

Clovis’s planning and leadership skills include market planning, media planning, content strategy, customer relationship management, strategic thinking, strategic human\-resource planning, strategic roadmaps, strategic planning, strategic leadership, strategic recruitment planning, marketing management, marketing budget management, coaching and mentoring, cross\-functional initiatives, cross\-functional collaborations, internal and external client work, and partnership development\.

### What marketing, communications, and event skills does Clovis have?

Clovis’s marketing and communications capabilities include marketing strategy, digital marketing, brand marketing, branding, brand awareness, brand strengthening, brand development, branding and identity, corporate branding, corporate identity, marketing communications, communications strategy, strategic communications, public relations, advertising, SEO, social media marketing, social networking, social media, email marketing, copywriting, writing, newsletters, brochures, collateral, catalogs, flyers, invitations, banners, business cards, trade shows, event marketing, event management, event production, community engagement, co\-promotion, strategic partnerships, and children’s programming\.

### What creative, design, and digital\-production skills does Clovis have?

Clovis has creative and design expertise in graphic design, graphics, creative strategy, strategic creative development, creative direction, layout, typography, vector illustration, magazine design, digital photography, web design, website development, web development, front\-end development, HTML, CSS, jQuery, ActionScript, WordPress, Google Analytics, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, FlashMX, InDesign, and QuarkXPress\.

### What additional areas of experience does Clovis list?

Clovis also lists experience related to music and the arts, pandemic influenza, engaging speaking, communication, marketing, and Adobe Campaign\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/clovisbordeaux76

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