Who we are
Meet Our Team
Charlie Despain Ray, President
Charlie has over 15 years experience as a marketing strategist, product development manager, and interactive consultant. He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and has helped such brands as United HealthCare, headhunter.net (careerbuilder.com), Bailey, Banks & Biddle, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the National Restaurant Association with strategic marketing and advertising.
In addition to helping brands through smart advertising campaigns, he provides educational training to publishers through presentations on the digital spectrum and how to provide true ROI to their advertisers and agency clients. He is a frequent public speaker at advertising industry events and business conferences.
Charlie started Broad Street Interactive, Inc. in 2007. He was awarded an “Austin Big Wig” award by the Austin Ad Federation in 2010 and nominated for two awards by the group in 2011. He serves on the board of the Austin Ad Federation and the Austin Interactive Marketing Association. He also lends his time and talents to provide digital advertising services to non profit organizations in Austin and Charleston and is a frequent guest lecturer at the College of Charleston’s advertising and communications classes.
Read Charlie’s blog about interactive marketing and what we’re up to around here. You can also follow Charlie on Twitter @BroadST_ATX.
The Team
We are a group of professionals passionate about digital strategies and execution. We don’t have brightly colored walls and zip around our office on skateboards and we don’t wear skinny jeans. Well, that one time when we were seduced by Austin’s hipster scene for a week doesn’t count.
We are business people that understand spending your money means you want results and we aren’t too busy facebooking and tweeting to do real work that generates new customers, lifts your brand or generates new leads for our clients. We don’t spend our time coming up with fun new buzz words to confuse you in meetings about how digital is so complicated you could not possibly understand it, especially if you old.
Contact us!
Phone: 512.275.6227 | Email: media@broadstreetinteractive.com
