Kevin McTigue is a Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management teaching multiple classes for the MBA, Global EMBA,  and executive education programs. His career spans more than twenty-five years in teaching, consulting, brand management, and advertising.

Kevin is currently the academic director for Kellogg’s Chief Digital Officer program and co-director of Kellogg’s Advertising and Marketing Communication Strategy program. He co-authored The Creative Brief Blueprint, contributed to Kellogg on Branding and Kellogg on Marketing.  He conducts executive training and consulting for a variety of firms on the topics of marketing and advertising strategy.  

Before his full-time appointment at Kellogg, Kevin led a strategy consulting practice for global digital agency SapientRazorfish.  Prior to consulting, he spent seven years in brand management with Tyson Foods leading businesses including Jimmy Dean, Ball Park, and Hillshire Farm. Early in his career, Kevin spent significant time working in digital and traditional advertising. 

 

• MBA, 2005, Marketing, Business Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• B.S., 1996, Miami University

• Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management

• Group Vice-President Strategy & Consulting, SapientRazorfish 2013-2018, 1-present
• Director of Marketing, Sara Lee/Hillshire Brands, 2007-2013
• Account Supervisor, BBDO, 2005-2007
• Account Supervisor, J. Walter Thompson, 2002-2005
• Senior Account Executive, marchFIRST, 2000-2005
• Account Supervisor, Austin Knight Advertising, 1997-2000
• Assistant Merchant, Abercrombie and Fitch, 1996-1997

• Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, 2022-2023
• The J. Keith Murnighan Outstanding Professor Award, Executive MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management
• The J. Keith Murnighan Outstanding Professor Award, Executive MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management, 2021-2022
• Faculty Impact Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2020-2021
• Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, 2019-2020
• Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, 2017-2018

Marketing Fundamentals, Advertising, Digital Communications, Brand Management

Consumer Marketing Strategy

Learn how to win in today’s hypercompetitive marketplace by gaining and translating insights about consumers’ goals, beliefs and behaviors into an effective marketing strategy. Go home equipped to segment, reach and convert customers more effectively.

Strategic Marketing Communications

Discover how to create effective, strategy-driven marketing campaigns that move customers and consumers in today’s ever evolving digital landscape. Utilizing tools such as insight, positioning and creative brief work, along with new tactical approaches across the communication spectrum, you’ll learn to ask the right questions, and explore frameworks and examples applicable to developing both B2C and B2B marketing communications plans.

Marketing Management (MKTGX-430-0)
Marketing Management addresses the importance of companies being market-driven and customer-focused and presents current theories and practices of marketing management.

Field Study (MKTG-498-5)
Field Study

Field Study (MKTG-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member.

Advertising Strategy (MKTG-454-0)
Companies spend $560 billion on advertising worldwide and a great deal of it is wasted. This class is designed to teach students to be stronger critical thinkers with an emphasis on developing more effective advertising across traditional and digital channels. Created for client-side managers tasked with advertising responsibilities as well as general managers overseeing communications, the class tackles both advertising strategy and execution. In a rapidly evolving marketing ecosystem, it's never been more important to have a strategic lens. This course emphasizes the development of the central nucleus of any advertising strategy- the creative brief- to manage and guide relationship with your creative partners. The first half focuses on general advertising strategy - creating meaningful goals; selecting an attractive target for advertising, uncovering actionable insights, and developing an effective brand position. The remainder of the course examines the strategic planning of the tactical execution- understanding media, evaluating creative, and measuring effectiveness. The emphasis of the class is on practical application. As such, the courses analyzes advertising challenges through real-life examples. Students review cases weekly, complete several case assignments, tackle a current company's situation in a group assignment, and complete a take home final comprised of mini-cases.

MBAi Marketing Management (MKTG-435-0)


Marketing Management (MKTG-430-0)
This course takes an analytical approach to the study of marketing problems of business firms and other types of organizations. Attention focuses on the influence of the marketplace and the marketing environment on marketing decision making; the determination of the organization's products, prices, channels and communication strategies; and the organization's system for planning and controlling its marketing effort.