{"id":994,"date":"2019-03-11T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/nar-adds-two-vps-to-its-integrated-marketing-team\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:13:10","slug":"nar-adds-two-vps-to-its-integrated-marketing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/nar-adds-two-vps-to-its-integrated-marketing-team\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR Adds Two VPs to its Integrated Marketing Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NAR Adds Two VPs to its Integrated Marketing Team<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Association of Realtors<\/a> announced two new additions to a newly integrated marketing communications team to increase member engagement and satisfaction and <a href=\"real-trending-episode-37\/\">enhance relationships<\/a> with consumers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mantill Williams was named NAR&#8217;s vice president of PR and communication strategy, and Susan Welter was named NAR&#8217;s vice president of creative and <a href=\"stay-top-of-mind-with-this-content-strategy\/\">content strategy<\/a>. Both report to Victoria Gillespie, NAR chief marketing and communications officer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/NAR-Marketing.jpg\" alt=\"NAR marketing\" width=\"446\" height=\"300\"> Mantill Williams (Left), Susan Welter (Right)\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Mantill and Susan bring more than 40 years&#8217; combined experience developing and executing major marketing and communications campaigns both within the real estate industry and for other professional associations,&#8221; said Bob Goldberg, CEO of NAR. &#8220;They will elevate member communications and help us tell more creative and compelling stories about Realtors\u00ae and property owners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With more than 20 years of public and media relations outreach, speechwriting and advocacy communications experience, Williams will develop strategic <a href=\"unified-communications-platform\/\">communications<\/a> campaigns for NAR. His public and media relations strategies have garnered extensive news coverage in top tier media.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining NAR, Williams served as director of advocacy communications for the American Public Transportation Association, leading the public transit industry&#8217;s national advocacy program. 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