INDIAN LAND, SC – Motion Mortgage (“Motion”), a nationwide high 10 retail mortgage lender, is increasing its management workforce with the creation of the corporate’s first chief advertising and marketing officer place. Jake Fehling, Motion’s vice chairman of selling, has been promoted to the position. 
Fehling joined Motion in 2017 and beforehand held the roles of vice chairman, content material & social technique and vice chairman, communications & public relations. Previous to his profession within the monetary providers {industry}, Fehling spent 4 years in govt search within the life sciences, main senior-level searches within the medical machine, biotech and digital well being sectors. Fehling’s early profession was rooted in sports activities enterprise, the place he led worldwide media and advertising and marketing operations for the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Baseball and the Worldwide Baseball Federation.
Throughout his tenure at Motion, Fehling has constructed a advertising and marketing division that’s identified for industry-leading social media, branding, gear, video content material and occasions. His workforce offers cutting-edge advertising and marketing instruments and help for Motion’s nationwide gross sales workforce. Along with steering Motion’s best-in-class advertising and marketing, as chief advertising and marketing officer, Fehling will proceed to work carefully with Motion’s chief info officer, Lyra Waggoner, and her rising tech workforce to develop and implement new productiveness instruments to help Motion mortgage officers and debtors.
“There has by no means been a time in our firm’s historical past that I’ve been extra enthusiastic about sharing our story,” says Casey Crawford, Motion co-founder and CEO. “There’s nobody higher than Jake to assist us carry our message ahead. This title is so well-deserved and I look ahead to partnering with Jake and our complete workforce to share the Motion story and actually change the panorama of our {industry} and this nation for many years to return.”
“Motion’s advertising and marketing is the most effective within the enterprise, and that’s solely going to proceed with the creation of this new chief advertising and marketing officer position,” says Motion president Mike Brennan. “Jake is an unbelievable workforce member and Motion ambassador. We’re so excited for him to step into this position and proceed to offer the most effective instruments and assets to our gross sales workforce.”
“Our primary job as entrepreneurs at Motion is to serve the mortgage officer. To make them the star. We do this by industry-leading branding, expertise and help,” says Fehling. “Most significantly, we’re in a position to accomplish this with an unbelievable workforce. I’m lucky to steer a bunch of the most effective entrepreneurs and creatives within the enterprise. And we’re simply now beginning to inform Motion’s story – the most effective is but to return!”
Fehling is a frequent contributor for {industry} conferences and media shops, together with talking at VaynerMedia’s Agent 2021. He has served on the content material advisory board for HousingWire’s interact.advertising and marketing convention and was a member of the digital media firm’s annual Rising Star checklist in 2019. On Sundays in Charlotte, you will discover him pumping up Carolina Panthers followers because the workforce’s in-stadium “Hype Man.”
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About Motion Mortgage, LLC (“Motion”)
Motion exists to like and worth individuals by main a Motion of Change in its {industry}, company cultures and communities. A nationwide high 10 retail mortgage lender, Motion funded greater than $20 billion in residential mortgages in 2022. Motion is finest identified for its modern mortgage course of and referable expertise, which begins with upfront underwriting and a seven-day mortgage processing objective. The corporate employs over 4,500 individuals, has greater than 550 branches within the U.S. and is licensed in 50 states. After funding its steadiness sheet and investing in future development, Motion’s income are used to help the Motion Basis. To this point, the Motion Basis has acquired greater than $370 million of Motion’s income to spend money on colleges, communities and international outreach. For extra info, go to www.motion.com.