// CDL Driver Recruitment Marketing Specialists

We are Transportation Marketing Group.

A Kansas City-based recruitment marketing company with a track record of best-in-class performance across the transportation sector—completely committed to driving results.

30 years

Institutional marketing experience 

100+

Transportation clients 

40+

Marketing and recruitment professionals 

// What we do

Recruitment marketing, done right.

We help transportation companies and recruiting teams find and keep great CDL A drivers. Here’s how.

Media Planning & Buying

Institutional expertise across Google, Facebook, Instagram, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and other job-board platforms—planned, bought, and optimized in-house.

Google

Facebook

Instagram

Indeed

Ziprecruiter

TikTok

Job boards

Marketing Automation & AI

ATS-integrated suite of AI and automation tools built to make recruiters and recruiting teams more productive and efficient.

AI outreach

Automated follow-up

ATS integration

Data & Analytics

Enhanced reporting, analytics, and industry benchmarking to identify opportunities and generate actionable performance insights.

Reporting

Benchmarking

Performance intelligence

Client-centric Strategy and Service

Dedicated Account teams and customized marketing strategy, operating within a results-focused culture.

Creative

Brand

Strategy

Marketing support

// How we work

What clients can count on.

Talent, experience, and tireless effort add up to smart solutions and best-in-class hiring results. Here’s what that looks like day to day.

Accountable

We own our outcomes. If something is not working, we say so and strive to fix it.

Service-Oriented

Responsive, proactive, and easy to work with. Service is the main thing.

Problem-Solvers

We identify the real issues, bring the right people together, and work toward the best solution.

Competitive 

We want our clients to win.  That means full trucks, quality drivers and low CPH.

// Meet the team

40+ people. One combined purpose.

Meet some of our leaders. Recruitment marketing specialists, strategists, media buyers, creatives, analysts, and technologists—we’re here to help you win.

Mike McHugh

CEO

Justin Gill

COO

Garrett Ramsey

President

Lydia Poon

CMO

Bryan Griffin

CFO

Matt Lee

SVP, Client Partnerships

Jeremy May

VP, Client Success

Joel Holliday

VP, Client Partnerships

John “JP” Peterson

VP, Client Partnerships

Myron Liu

VP, Performance Marketing

Ryan Toubia

VP, Recruiting Operations

Becca Winterscheidt

Director, Client Success

Lauren Lehman

Director, Client Success

Nathan Horton

Director, Creative Services

Randy Scheel

Director, Client Success

// Milestones

Follow our journey.

Three decades of growth, built one result at a time.

1989

Our story begins

Transportation Marketing Group’s parent company is founded in Kansas City.

2002

Ramsey MediaWorks is founded

Ramsey MediaWorks is founded in Joplin, Missouri.

2016

Focused investment in transportation

TMG increases its focus and investment in transportation recruitment marketing.

2022

Outreach Engine launches

TMG introduces Outreach Engine, an ATS-integrated suite of AI and automation tools built to make recruiters and recruiting teams more productive.

2024

Ramsey MediaWorks acquires Hightower Agency

Ramsey MediaWorks acquires Hightower Agency, a highly respected agency established in 1990.

2026

TMG acquires Ramsey MediaWorks

Transportation Marketing Group combines forces with Ramsey MediaWorks, bringing together top-tier talent and broad capabilities for client success.

 

Looking for a partner who gets driver recruiting?

Tell us what you’re up against, and we’ll put the right mix of media, data, creative, and automation behind it.