Tim Kolling | Co-founder and Chief Media Buyer

Tim takes marketing & advertising very seriously, but outside of his career you never know what will happen. He believes life is too short not to be having fun. He lives for Dad Jokes and harmless pranking. 

Tim is happily married to his lovely wife Amy and they are blessed with two great kids, Brett and daughter Payton. They also have a boxer who they don’t believe ever leave her puppy stage, a beagle chihuahua mix they rescued, and a cat who avoids them all, except Tim.

THE FUN STUFF

Tim has LOVED Star Wars since the first movie (or is it technically the 4th movie) came out when he was in second grade. He has shared that love for the Star Wars institution with his kids.

Fun fact…but not fun to Tim: When he was in High School his sister came home from college and decided to have a garage sale. She sold ALL of Tim’s Star Wars action figures that he put in storage. Almost every action figure from the first three movies…all for $5! He still wants to throw up when he thinks about it.

Tim was on the staff for the women’s basketball team the three years he was at Kansas State University - however he was only taller than one other person affiliated with the team.

PROFESSIONAL PATH TO COMPASS

Tim is also very involved in several organizations and volunteers his time to help make our community a better place. 

Before Compass Marketing & Advertising Partners, Tim thrived over 29 years for the same broadcast company, Alpha Media, specializing in broadcast and digital advertising.

Tim was honored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters with the 2017 Mike Oatman Award. An annual award that selects one individual in the state of Kansas for outstanding achievement in Broadcast Marketing, Marketing Management, and mentoring others in Marketing Success. He was selected by Radio Ink magazine as the 2022 recipient of the National Radio Wayne award for Marketing Consultant/Streetfighter.

Tim is a Kansas Association of Broadcasters award winner for commercial production, creative writing, and digital marketing campaigns in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 . He won ADDY Awards for his clients in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 & 2020.

Tim won National Radio Mercury Awards in 2020 & 2021 and was a finalist in 2022. 

He is a graduate of the Greater Topeka Partnership’s Leadership Greater Topeka "Best Class Ever" of 2011 and a graduated Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in advertising. 

Most importantly, Tim is a past president and current board member of the Topeka Area Catbackers and a Founding Father of the Kansas State University Chapter of Delta Chi.

STRENGTHS

Activator | Significance | Competition | Self-Assurance | Futuristic