Mindy Kirkman : radii People

Mindy Kirkman

Mindy wears various hats. A co-founder of the firm, she’s our senior account person, managing client services, tending to client relationships and taking the point in strategic planning and project management. As general manager, she makes sure the trains run on time—overseeing estimating, billing and vendor relations. She also works with Sean on print production, drawing on her background as Hardee’s merchandising manager and national director of advertising for Denny’s.

She began her career in advertising in 1983, working on Burger King merchandising at Robert Landau Associates, followed by AE positions with Campbell-Ewald on Eastern Airlines and PS Productions on Chrysler’s sponsorship of Kenny Rogers’s nationwide tour.

Mindy joined the largest Hardee’s franchisee as ad manager in 1986. Over the next decade, she continued to climb the corporate ladder—despite five changes in corporate ownership—eventually becoming national ad director for Denny’s, where she managed five national shops and a $65 million ad budget.

She left Denny’s in 1997 to work with Jay at Kirkman Bowman & Associates. Over the next five years, she handled Milliken & Company, Mizuno and Stevens Aviation, leaving in 2002 to open radii.