Leading the Team
A founding partner of Blue Plate Media Services, and a kid at heart, David has stewarded the growth of brands in North America and around the globe. With over 30 years of experience in advertising and branding across a range of industries, with a focus on toys and games, play, learning, entertainment, apparel and luxury living, David unleashes a level of passion, media moxie, entrepreneurial spirt and a fresh, creative approach to marketing. Recipient of New York’s Entrepreneur of the Year, David has dedicated his career to educating and helping emerging, mid-tier and mature companies impact the market through smart thinking and a “collaborative” approach to brand building.
Denise Vannucci, Group Director
A founding partner of Blue Plate Media Services, Denise is the voice of reason. She oversees all teams ensuring screens are working in tandem, including TV, OTT, Digital, Mobile and Social. Working with emerging, mid-tier and global accounts, Denise works to ensure that the right media mix is employed for your brand challenge. She oversees standards and practices and creative campaign executions for the BPMS roster and often educates the industry about smart and effective media tactics.
Across her 30-year career, Denise held leading positions at Macmillan Publishing and Weiss Watson (BBDO/Omnicom) and founded Yellow Advertising & Design, where she worked across a multitude of accounts, ranging in industry from toys and textiles to consumer package goods to luxury travel. Denise has a BFA from New York School of Visual Arts.
Tim Jones, Media Director
Tim manages the Blue Plate Media team and is responsible for research and media plan development and implementation. A 29-year veteran, Tim oversees consumer media for toys and games, kids and family, cpg, and a wide range of exciting accounts. He has worked across categories, including Procter & Gamble’s Food and Beverage portfolio (Folgers, Duncan, Sunny D and Hawaiian Punch), Toys R Us, Dr. Pepper/Seven-up, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut accounts, and more than 100 kid, mom and family brands during his tenure at BPMS . He has developed integrated plans across all traditional and digital media forms for leading brands in Luxury (Debeers, Faber Castell), Technology (AT&T Wireless), Retail (IKEA, TRU) and Travel (Caneel Bay Resort, Continental, SAS Airlines). Prior to BPMS, Tim worked at N.W. Ayer & Partners and MEC Global.