Currently, Charles is the Brand Strategy Director at Footsteps where he coordinates and oversees the research and account planning for all of the Agency’s clients/brands including Nissan/Infiniti, Gillette, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, etc. Charles has worked at agencies such as BBDO and Ted Bates Advertising, where he was a VP, Research Director; he was also a partner in his own agency, Jamison and Leary Advertising, which specialized in the African American consumer segment. For over 15 years he was a marketing consultant/focus group moderator conducting research and interviews across a variety of products and services for both the general market and the multicultural market. Charles has been published in a number of periodicals including Black Enterprise and Forbes.