Dooley joins MMPI as vice president

Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. has named Craig Dooley to the newly created position of vice president of marketing, gift and home.

Based at the Chicago headquarters and reporting to Joan Ulrich, senior vice president of leasing and marketing, gift and home, Dooley will work with the management teams in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago to manage and direct all marketing efforts for MMPI's 20 seasonal gift and home shows across those cities.

Dooley was most recently with Fact-Driven, the reasearch company he founded. MMPI partnered with Fact-Driven in 2004 to research trends in the gift industry and launch the Industry Research Collective.

"Craig's familiarity with MMPI, breadth of experience and strategic approach to business issues will be a great asset to us and to our customers," Ulrich said.