Corporate Specialties works hard to understand the unique marketing needs of our clients. We think of ourselves as your marketing brain trust. Sure, we’ll take your order, but we’re not just order takers.
With our twelve year history and our affiliation with AIA Adventures in Advertising (9th largest U.S. Promotional Products Company), coupled with our trade organization PPAI, we’ve got buying power. We develop solutions to your business needs and partner with you to create distinctive, memorable merchandise programs -- not promotional clutter.
Valerie Hayman Sklar began her career in Hotel Marketing and Sales after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University in Hotel and Food Administration. She then spent ten years as Media Director for The Hayman Company, a Multi-Family Properties. She created and implemented marketing plans for each property in a nationwide portfolio.
Valerie launched Corporate Specialties in 1997 with a simple mission: provide clients marketing solutions with distinctive promotional products that leave a lasting impact on customers and prospects. With good taste, style and keen marketing instincts, she thinks outside (and inside) the promotional box.
* The CAS (Certified Advertising Specialist) industry designation is awarded to less than 4% of industry professionals who have reached and continue to meet a higher standard of professionalism, knowledge and experience within the promotional advertising products industry, setting them apart from their competition. It is the industry's standard and mark of a professional.