About Us
For more than 35 years, CMC Media & Marketing Group has helped businesses grow their audiences through trusted publications, strategic marketing, and high-quality creative services. As a family-owned company, we are committed to delivering exceptional work, building lasting relationships, and serving clients with the highest level of attention and care.
OUR MISSION & VALUES
At CMC Media & Marketing Group, our mission is to blend exceptional creativity with data-driven insights to help our business partners grow sales and profits. For more than three decades, our company has successfully served clients through high-quality publications and thoughtful marketing solutions. We hold ourselves to high standards and work collaboratively to create meaningful communications that benefit our clients, their audience, and the broader community.
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Giving back to the community has always been an important part of our company’s culture. Each year, we lead The Moth Ball® by CityScope®, an annual event that raises funds for nonprofit organizations supporting women in need. Through this event, over $600,000 has been gifted to local nonprofits. We also support area schools through CityScope® magazine’s Annual High School Football Collector’s Edition and help nonprofits expand their reach by providing significant complimentary advertising and marketing services. Over the years, CMC Media & Marketing Group has donated more than $1.5 million in advertising to support a variety of nonprofit organizations.
CITYSCOPE® MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COLLECTOR’S EDITION
CityScope® magazine’s Annual High School Football Collector’s Edition showcases and celebrates high school football teams from across Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Team profiles, coach comments, schedules, rosters, and more kick off the upcoming high school football season. Each year, complimentary copies are provided to high school booster clubs to sell and raise much-needed funds for their athletic programs. Additionally, schools have an opportunity to find a CityScope® Magazine Golden Football and receive additional funding for their team. Since its inception, CityScope® magazine’s Annual High School Football Collector’s Edition has helped raise over $75,000 for schools.
THE MOTH BALL® BY CITYSCOPE®
Every year, women dust off their old wedding, prom, or bridesmaid dresses for an evening full of food, fun, and fashions from the past! The Moth Ball® by CityScope® is now the largest single event attended by women in the Chattanooga area. It’s a night filled with food, drinks, and dancing, all for a great cause! Each year, the fundraiser benefits a different nonprofit in Hamilton County that supports women in need. Started in 2012, the event has gifted over $600,000 to date for the benefit of these local nonprofit organizations.
Our Team
Our team includes experienced writers, designers, photographers, marketers, and strategists who share a commitment to producing high-quality work. In addition to our in-house staff, we collaborate with a network of talented freelance professionals who contribute their expertise to both our publications and our marketing initiatives. Together, this team allows CMC Media & Marketing Group to deliver thoughtful content, creative design, and effective marketing solutions for the businesses and communities we serve.
George Mullinix
Owner & Publisher
Cailey Mullinix Easterly
Co-Publisher
Cindi Mullinix
HR & Accounting
AMANDA WORLEY
Sales & Business Development
MEREDITH MCNEELEY
Sales & New Business Development
RACHEL STUDEBAKER
Managing Editor
ABBY CALLAHAN
Editor & Digital Content Specialist
LINDSEY CLUTE
Editor & Digital Content Specialist
ALI LEMMONS
Editor & Digital Content Specialist
KRISTEN DEE
Contributing Writer/Editor
LAUREN PERRY
Marketing, Events, & Operations
LAUREN ROBINSON
Design Lead & Senior Graphic Designer
TAMARA SLOCUM
Senior Graphic Designer
HOUSTON MCLAIN
Digital Marketing Manager
OUR DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALISTS
MARK JOHNSON, SEM & SMM Specialist
Mark Johnson received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Purdue University Global and an associate degree in marketing from from Miami Dade College. Since graduating, Mark has worked in the search engine marketing segment for over 10 years. This has included starting as an SEM analyst at Young and Rubicam, followed by SEM analyst at Purdue University Global, SEM manager at Reunity, and currently SEM supervisor at IPG Health. At CMC Media & Marketing Group, Mark serves as the team’s primary strategist across both search and social, auditing campaign initiatives to determine the strongest approach to ad build, setup, and audience targeting. From there, he takes campaigns from setup through launch and ongoing optimization, managing budget and performance to keep client advertising efficient and effective.
DAVID MAMEDOV, Data & Analytics Specialist
David Mamedov is a data analyst and classical pianist from Cincinnati, Ohio. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from Mannes College of Music and a Master of Music from Rice University, he developed an interest in data analysis, digital marketing, and data engineering, leading him to his current role as digital marketing analyst for CMC Media & Marketing Group. Here, his tracking and reporting shows clients just how much positive impact their marketing campaigns are making. He splits his time between that role and regular appearances as keyboardist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where he plays 60+ shows a year. As a new arrival to the Chattanooga area in 2022, he enjoys exploring the incredible hiking trail system nearby, among other hobbies like (attempting to) make various pizza doughs from scratch or dabbling in music production.
ZACH STERN, Website Management Specialist
Zach Stern earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design with a concentration in web design from South New Hampshire University with the distinction of summa cum laude. Since graduating, Zach has worked as a WordPress front-end developer and helped build more than 50 websites. His expertise includes web design, SEO, page speed optimization, website security auditing and hardening, caching technologies, DNS and SSL management, and page builders such as Elementor and Divi. At CMC Media & Marketing Group, Zach brings his full range of design and development expertise to work, with a primary focus on ongoing website management, keeping sites secure, stable, and running smoothly through ongoing monitoring, security, backups, updates, and SEO health checks.
JENNIFER WATSON, SEO Specialist
Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Digital Marketing from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. She then began her career at Logical Position, where she advanced from SEO analyst to senior SEO analyst and SEO analyst team lead. Jennifer later joined J.Crew Group as an SEO strategy & senior analyst before serving as SEO manager at Tecovas, leading enterprise and eCommerce SEO strategies that drove organic growth and business results. At CMC Media & Marketing Group, Jennifer serves as the team’s SEO expert, auditing client websites and digital footprints to pinpoint opportunities for strengthening their SEO and GEO. Her analysis helps shape strategy across client accounts, ensuring each is positioned to perform in both traditional and AI-driven search. Outside of work, Jennifer is a proud mom to her two daughters, Rylee and Remi.
ROBERT WATTNER, Website Development Specialist
Robert is an experienced web developer with more than 10 years of expertise in HTML, CSS, SASS, SCSS, LESS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, web accessibility, SEO, and modern web best practices. He has built, managed, and maintained dozens of websites for his own business and web agencies using WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and other CMS platforms. Robert also specializes in leading page builders, including Elementor, Bricks Builder, Etch Builder, Gutenberg, and their related template libraries and plugin extensions. At CMC Media & Marketing Group, Robert uses his expertise to develop best-in-class websites for our clients as well as CMCMMG brands.
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