Sam Bohon
Marketing systems designer. Creative problem solver.
A multidisciplinary creative with more than two decades of experience connecting brand, digital design and marketing. Now focused on custom marketing systems that expand a team’s capacity through its existing tools and preferred AI platforms.
Founder of Chrono and NXTDeal
I’m building Chrono and NXTDeal, bringing together my experience in marketing, automotive software and systems design. Chrono explores temporal intelligence; NXTDeal focuses on automotive sales and marketing.
Professional experience
October 2016 — Present
Dallas–Fort Worth · Remote
SamBohon.Digital
Principal Owner · Independent practice
- Design and marketing practice spanning websites, brand identity, print, social strategy, video and SEO.
- Build responsive websites across WordPress, Wix, Drupal and Shopify, supported by custom graphics, content and search strategy.
- Current focus: custom marketing systems for lead generation, social media, creative production and email, built around each company’s existing tools and preferred AI platforms.
- Vicimus engagement: marketing, sales-kit collateral and website work, included here within my SamBohon.Digital practice.
March 2023 — April 2024
Grapevine, Texas · Hybrid
billyGO
Marketing
- Managed $75,000–$100,000 in monthly advertising spend across PPC, remarketing, email, telemarketing and digital advertising.
- Introduced the company’s first CRM, connecting the call system, review platforms and field management system in a unified database.
- Led a new brand rollout across social, web and digital advertising, and expanded event lead generation at Grapefest and MainStreet.
January 2019 — March 2023
Dallas–Fort Worth
GST Manufacturing
Marketing Manager
- Overhauled the corporate brand across print, web and presentations.
- Integrated HubSpot CRM with online chat and automated email campaigns to support sales and marketing.
- Developed lead generation for energy, rail and transportation, cinema, retail and construction markets.
- Produced vertical introduction videos, on-site photography, social content and 3D retail pitch visuals.
September 2010 — October 2015
Fort Worth, Texas
AutoStar Solutions / DealerSocket
Marketing Manager
- Managed a team of 2–4 across marketing, lead generation, customer retention and social media.
- Created and managed iWeb and Netlink, deployed by more than 100 dealerships for websites with real-time updates.
- Grew monthly web leads from 5 to more than 100 through paid search, SEO and website optimization.
- Ran the national users conference, increasing attendance by 20% year over year.
- Established unified branding and a structured marketing pipeline; published the quarterly A*QUA magazine and produced product launch videos.
September 2008 — July 2010
Haltom City, Texas
Aquasana
Creative Services Director
- Created a unified brand across print, web and retail packaging, including major company and subsidiary websites.
- Managed an online media library serving national and international dealers and retailers.
- Produced a 60-second commercial screened in fitness centers nationwide.
- Worked with SpringBox on the Aquasana.com launch and developed trade show graphics and displays.
January 2006 — April 2008
Retail & consumer marketing
GameStop
Graphic Designer
- Worked with the design team on in-store graphics, catalogs, seasonal publications and annual reports.
- Collaborated with Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and EA on custom signage and point-of-purchase advertising.
- Designed the Microsoft Xbox 360 custom chopper featured on MTV.
- Created the GameStop Kids Activity Book and accompanying website, with coverage in more than 80 media outlets according to my LinkedIn career record.
Capabilities
Marketing systems · Workflow design · Creative direction · Brand identity · Web & interface design · Multimedia design · Campaign strategy · Social & search marketing · Analytics · AI workflows
Platforms & production
HubSpot · Google Ads & Analytics · WordPress · Shopify · Wix · Drupal · Adobe creative tools · 3D visualization · Social publishing and content production
Education & continued learning
University of North Texas
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
September 1999 – May 2001
Dallas College
Web Design · 2004 – 2005
Journalism activities
Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot
Google Cloud · November 2025
Setting Business Unit Goals
LinkedIn · December 2022
Publishing & recognition
Ita: Code of the Dragon — Starline Media, October 2005.
Dragon: Desperate Measures — listed on Amazon.
Impact Award — AutoStar Solutions, December 2011.
Career history draws on my LinkedIn profile and current professional work. Read the story behind the résumé →