CAREER OVERVIEW

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.

sam@sambohon.digitallinkedin.com/in/samuelbohon
CURRENT WORK

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 →