President

Jim Flanagan began his career in television and held management positions with Video City where he worked with the nation’s leading agencies on brands like Coca-Cola, Burger King, Dodge, Dow and ABC.

He was recruited by Sandy Tinsley to work with the agency’s early list of clients. Through the years Jim developed a special talent for solving tough business problems and worked on leading brands from a host of categories including food, automotive, retail, media, healthcare, financial, transportation and travel.

Some of these include Holsum Bread, Toyota Dealers, For Eyes Optical Stores, USA Broadcasting, Cox Newspapers, John Alden Life, Shula’s Steak House, Alamo Rent A Car, Ryder System and The Yachts of Seabourn. Jim’s proven skill in identifying marketing challenges and opportunities is highly valued by clients and he has both classic brand building and new product development successes to show for it.

Today Tinsley has grown to become a leading independent with clients like The Florida Keys & Key West, SuperClubs Resorts, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, The Palm Beach Post and Nova Southeastern University.

Jim is a graduate of The University of Miami School of Communications and did his graduate work at UM School of Business.