Our Leadership
Jon Dean, President
As Founder and President of Dean Media Group, Jon (‘JD’) Dean leads the media and creative services teams with an entrepreneurial vision and experience unique in the realm of financial marketing services.
Fully versed in the entire financial marketing mix, JD possesses more than a decade of industry experience, including work on both the client and agency sides. Through guidance and education, JD instills a confidence in the work in everything DMG does. He also manages the creative and media processes, and has deep working relationships with countless leaders in the financial industry. These relationships are constantly tapped to provide our clients with the absolute best financial marketing knowledge available.
JD started his career at market data vendor FutureSource, where he quickly realized the desperate need of many financial firms in terms of marketing help – specifically, in the exploding digital space. In the years following the acquisition of FutureSource by Interactive Data Corporation (formerly NYSE: IDC), JD left his Vice President post to apply his experience and expertise to his own venture – and DMG was born. While attending on a golf scholarship, JD graduated from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business (summa cum laude honors). He resides with his wife, daughter and two sons in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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Phil Bellini, Managing Director
As DMG’s Managing Director and co-founder, Phil Bellini brings a high level of energy, wealth of knowledge and years of financial marketing experience to the company – specifically to the advertising network team, which he oversees.
Working closely with financial marketers and media buyers, Phil helps them find and reach the right vehicles to market to their audiences. He is also constantly working with financial publishers to help them better monetize their inventory and maximize revenue. Phil’s hard work has helped DMG build an extensive network of relationships with more financial publishers and advertisers than any other company in the world.
Phil is a graduate of the University of Richmond’s prestigious Robins School of Business. Majoring with a degree in Marketing, he moved back to his hometown of New York City and worked in marketing for Philip Morris USA. He then moved to Chicago where he began working in financial advertising with market data vendor FutureSource. He lives with his wife and three sons in Wheaton, IL.
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Justin Perry, Creative Director
As Creative Director, Justin Perry leads DMG’s design and development team along with our stable of outsourced creative partners to service both full-service agency clients as well as DMG’s network partners.
His unique approach to design and advertising, coupled with years of financial industry experience, has made him an integral part of the DMG team – providing strategy, insight and fresh ideas to every creative asset that leaves our doors.
Justin has been in design for over 12 years, 7 of which have been within the financial marketing industry. He previously worked for Lind-Waldock, a leading futures brokerage. He has a Bachelors degree in Multimedia from University of Illinois and a Masters Degree in User-Centered Design from DePaul University. Justin lives in Chicago.
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Meghan McCarthy, Media Director
As DMG’s Media Director, Meghan McCarthy leads the financial agency media services team with an expansive industry knowledge and years of experience working with hundreds of global financial publishers.
Partnering with financial clients and publishers to maximize their ROI, Meghan helps clients reach their end goals by constantly searching for new ideas and areas to explore. Meghan has helped DMG build personal, lasting relationships with more publishers than any other financial marketing company.
Meghan has worked in financial media for over 7 years. Prior to joining DMG, she worked on the client side for leading futures brokerage Lind-Waldock. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management while attending the University of Akron. Meghan resides in Chicago.
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