Simms Jenkins

Simms Jenkins is chief executive officer of BrightWave Marketing, an award-winning email marketing services firm specializing in the strategic optimization of email marketing programs. He has extensive relationship and interactive marketing experience on both the client and agency side. Jenkins has led BrightWave Marketing in establishing a large and diverse client list, including top-tier brands such as ACS, BellSouth, California Casualty, CoreNet Global, Lowe’s, Sports Illustrated, and Ted’s Montana Grill, as well as leading advertising and marketing firms.

 

Jenkins is regarded as one of the leading experts in the email marketing industry, and the expertise of both Jenkins and BrightWave clients have been recognized and featured by a range of prominent media outlets, including Bloomberg and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jenkins and his column for iMedia Connection, a leading interactive marketing and media publication, have been called one of the top 21 information sources for email marketers. In 2007, Jenkins facilitated a major industry partnership as BrightWave Marketing and The Email Experience Council joined forces to launch EmailStatCenter.com, the first centralized online repository of statistics and research specific to the email marketing industry.

 

Prior to founding BrightWave Marketing, Jenkins headed the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) group at Cox Interactive Media, a unit of media giant Cox Enterprises. Jenkins serves on the eMarketing Association’s board of advisors and is a board member of Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AiMA). Jenkins is a graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and resides in Atlanta with his wife and two sons.

 

Jenkins’ company website is www.BrightWaveMarketing.com and his website for the book is www.TheTruthAboutEmailMarketing.com.