Phil Motta
Principal
As a principal at Associated Ventures, Phil brings his wealth of knowledge and experience in marketing, branding and public relations to the company and its real estate and business projects. In addition, to his role at AV, he is the Founder and Principal of the Motta Company, a public relations and branding company to the consumer and retail business sectors, as well as the real estate industry and related businesses. Phil is at the helm of the company and brings his deep expertise and experience as a marketing and branding executive to campaigns for business and real estate entities and related companies. Projects have included product development and large-scale development launches for advertising agencies in Phoenix, Dallas, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
He has founded three agencies, executed a roll-up to create a significant West Coast office in 2010 for a large, independent, integrated marketing services firm and was a partner in a large regional multiple-office communications firm which became a North American unit of a European global holding company. He was also a partner in R&R Partners, the Las Vegas firm best known for its “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” campaign for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. He created the Los Angeles office for R&R with clients like The Boeing Company, Western Digital, Norwegian Cruise Lines and others.
He has provided personal campaign management to iconic brands such Bank of America, The Howard Hughes Corporation, Cap Cana (30-thousand-acre master-planned community in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic), On the Border Mexican Cantinas and TXU Energy, among others. In addition, Mr. Motta has extensive promotional experience for the gaming industry that includes; The Arizona Lottery, as well as Del Webb’s Mint Casino Hotel Las Vegas, 4 Bears Casino in North Dakota and Cypress Bayou Casino & Shorty’s in Louisiana.
In the real estate development arena, he has personally worked with clients, land planners, developers and architects in the conceptualization, planning, building and roll-out of large-scale developments and community launches throughout mainland USA, Mexico, the Caribbean and Hawaii.
Phil holds a BS in communication from Arizona State University.