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Marketwave

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Creating Waves of Opportunity

In 1998, with an entrepreneurial drive and a vision for ushering in a new wave of purpose-driven business practices, Tina established Marketwave, a brand communications and strategic marketing agency. From there she attracted an award-winning team of creative collaborators, expert marketers and strategic communicators who wanted to be part of a new way of working.

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After working for nearly a decade for other marketing and PR firms in the ‘90s, Marketwave founder and CEO, Tina Young, knew that the status quo of workplace culture was broken.

The very people who put in all the hours and effort to be productive, innovative and dedicated to high performance were also getting burned out, feeling underappreciated, and in search of meaning in their work – beyond just a paycheck.

When Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, famously said the way to be successful in business is to “move fast and break things” what Tina observed early in her career is that what we were breaking were people – and it was not sustainable.

The intersection of purpose and profit

At the time, there wasn’t a name for this new business framework focused on purpose and building better cultures, but it was formalized in 2010 as the book Conscious Capitalism, by Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey and academic, Raj Sisodia sparked a movement that entrepreneurs, business leaders and even Wall Street and Fortune 500 CEOs began to consider. Now thousands of companies like Marketwave are pursuing the intersection of purpose and profit with outsized outcomes over traditional shareholder-first focused capitalism.

Bottom line results? Increased profit, better employee retention, more innovation and sustainable cultures that attract the best of the best.

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Launched Marketwave
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Printed 1st business cards at Kinko’s
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Signed 1st commercial lease on Preston Rd. in North Dallas
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1st clients were tech focused
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Boom & bust of .com era
1998-2002

Marketwave’s early years

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Landed Oncor, now a 20+ year relationship with the state’s largest electric utility
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Named Agency of Record (AOR) for Pizza Hut National PR
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Began 12-year relationship with Baylor Healthcare (later Baylor Scott and White Health)
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Handled PR for Pizza Hut Super Bowl Ad with Jessica Simpson
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Hit first $1 million in revenue
2003-2007

We diversify our client roster

Ranked on Inc. 5000 list 3 times
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Handled 3-year Smart Meter campaign forOncor to nearly 10 million customers
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Won competitive bid for AOR for MADD
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Began working with Habitat for Humanity
Named to SMU Cox School of Business Dallas100 list of fastest growing companies
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Tina Young joined ConveneCEO Peer Group
2008-2012

Winning Awards, Adding Nonprofits

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Founding corporate member of the Dallas Chapter of Conscious Capitalism
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Hired by Toshiba for multi-year energy research study
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Named AOR for ORIX USA
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Handled talent acquisition, recruitment marketing for Spirit Realty’s HQ move to Dallas
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Named DFFW AMA Marketer of the Year
2013-2017

Helped Start Dallas Conscious Capitalism Chapter

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Hired by Sempra to create Texas campaign
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Sempra TX campaign won MarCom Platinum
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Marketwave moves headquarters to Plano
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Tina was Board Chair of North Dallas Chamber of Commerce (2021)
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Hired by Endeavor Energy for employer brand and employee experience work
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Celebrating 25 yrs of purpose-driven branding
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Hired by McKesson for employee experience work
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Expanding in West TX thanks to great client referrals
2018-2025

Cheers to 25 years!

Meet Our Team

From the moment you meet us, you’ll sense our enthusiasm and love for not only what we do – but why we do it. People are attracted to our team because of the values we live by and the purpose and meaning they find in our work each day. When we’re creating connections that truly move people, we have connected on a relevant, memorable and lasting level that builds strong brands and stellar reputations.