About Corey Maclin
Corey Maclin, a
life-long democrat and resident of Shelby County is the son of
Jerry and Everlena Maclin, the fifth of six siblings. Maclin has
been married to Carmela Sykes- Maclin for twenty years and they
now reside in Lakeland, Tennessee where they are raising their
six children. Maclin began his civic involvement in the
community at the young age of fourteen. Being a graduate of
Millington Central High School it was here that his public
speaking, announcing skills and community involvement was born
and began to take shape.
While attending
high school he was first employed with the U.S. postal service
part time; this position would serve as the catalyst to help
hone Maclin’s work ethic and out of this his integrity, honesty
and love for his fellow man would be shaped. Shortly after, at
age sixteen Maclin became employed by the Memphis park
commission being the youngest director at the time to occupy at
this level, this position ushered in a standard of leadership
for Maclin that would prove itself in time to be priceless.
EA
Harold Park would serve as the launching pad for Maclin to learn
in- kind how to serve others with humility and mankind. As his
creativity and community involvement grew he became the youngest
on air personality to work in radio being hired by KFTH 107.1 fm
as a part time DJ.
While
continuing to still learn, develop and grow Maclin later moved
to full time radio announcing six nights a week while still
attending high school. Later on this work experience would allow
Maclin at the tender age of eighteen to be named the youngest
program / news director in the Memphis market hired at WLOK
radio.
This position would give him
the firm footing that he needed to structure a sure foundation
in promotions and advertising. While working in tandem in radio
Maclin would soon be hired to Co- host a weekly television show
so termed:” Memphis Wrestling” with Dave Brown at WMC- TV 5 for
thirteen years.
Later Maclin became employed
with Silver Star news as the advertising director where he sold
hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales. A Personality being
replete with efficiency, professionalism and the know how to
delineate share market value he would become the president and
CEO of his own advertising firm entitled Corey Maclin and
Associates in the Spring of 1997.
This full service agency
currently operates locally in Memphis, Tennessee with over two
hundred clients to its credit Handling revenue in excess of ten
million dollars. Clients range geographically from the United
States, Canada, Europe and the Bahamas. Under the umbrella of
Corey Maclin and Associates several businesses have been
acquired. Today, with Maclin at the helm, overseeing the
direction and future of the company; Corey Maclin and Associates
are poised to posture itself throughout the 21st
century overseeing exclusively media planning and
implementation, talent acquisition, marketing, budget analysis
and branding to name a few.
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