After 14 years providing marketing services within the A/E/C industry and B2B community, I wanted to create a way for both large firms and small business owners to add marketing expertise to their team, without a salary commitment and overhead associated with a full-time employee. Pixels and Ink Studio LLC was created to serve businesses who are looking for the marketing support they need – to get work done!Pixels and Ink Studio provides several marketing support services, including brand development activities, generating online presence, various marketing initiative support, and client relationship.For more details about services, visit: www.pixelsandinkstudio.com

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Serving a voluntary role as Board Secretary for local non-profit. Neighborhood Allies works to support and promote upward mobility to the citizens of Avondale, Ohio (a Cincinnati neighborhood). The organization is "changing the world one street at a time." Noel Beyer and her team of volunteers help individuals and families meet basic needs. Neighborhood Allies' services impact a large number of people, while promoting equality and creating lasting positive change. I'm proud to not only serve on the board, but volunteer Pixels and Ink Studio's marketing talents to help promote the organization.To learn more about Neighborhood Allies, visit their website at www.neighborhoodallies513.org.

Responsible for firm’s overall marketing program, marketing objectives and creative solutions to meet firm-wide strategic goals. Provide annual reports on Marketing and Business Development ROI for each market group with company-wide results. Marketing Plans: Create and direct the preparation of the marketing strategic plans for 11 individual service markets.Manage Marketing Activities: Manage and mentor others within the department. Plan, lead and manage the schedule for marketing support activities to ensure that goals are accomplished and deadlines are met. Brand Steward: Responsible for driving brand awareness across four offices, eleven service markets and two sub-brands in a competitive B2B environment. Presentations: Provide full-service marketing support for conference presenters. Create campaigns for speakers across dozens of conferences with speaker submissions, presentations, marketing materials, social media presence, web landing pages and follow-up initiatives.Trade Show/Exhibitions: Develop integrated marketing strategies and creative approaches for trade show events and exhibitions, managing budgets, vendors, graphics, logistics and marketing message across each separate brand to deliver on ROI expectation.Content Management and Social Media: Manage an established online presence through content marketing, social media and a new website.In-house BD/Marketing Training: Provide training opportunities for both marketing and technical staff. Prepared and co-presented education sessions about ‘Social Media and Content Marketing in the AEC World’ and ‘Using LinkedIn as Your Professional Resume.’Client Experience: Responsible for client experience implementation/maintenance, including: client personas, surveys, client empathy mapping, client journey mapping and establishing a client on-boarding program. These methods provide a better understanding of the firm’s clients, their daily interactions across the company, needs, and much more.

Assist with meeting business development goals by facilitating marketing objectives. Work across multi-disciplinary departments to assist with timely preparation of proposals, qualifications packages, presentations and interviews, conferences and speaking engagements, award submissions, news releases, social media, brochures and a variety of promotional materials.Choreographed, organized, and facilitated an award-winning company rebrand. Created uniform and professional standards for all proposal/marketing materials, apparel, office and vehicle signage, as well as internal copy/materials used amongst the various disciplines. Also helped create brand-identity for two sub-brands within the parent company.Facilitate ‘Proposal Kick-Off’ meetings to strategize approach, team, content, and internal deadlines for successful completion of proposals, interviews, and a variety of marketing efforts. Compile and maintain database of all company marketing/proposal information for ready access. Prepare graphics and materials needed for projects, public forums, zoning meetings and funding submissions. Participate in business development opportunities through various outlets, including industry luncheons, seminars and conferences. Actively involved in the Greater Cincinnati SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services). Currently serving on the Board as the President-Elect and will serve as President for the 2015-16 season.

Managed and maintained all marketing materials for the firm. Responsibilities included proposal writing, design and layout; mass mailing projects; designed company marketing materials (i.e. brochures, flyers, inserts, etc.); coordinated and designed materials for marketing special events; designed and created necessary marketing materials for client use; and much more. Also, assisted in all phases of programming, design and construction for educational facilties (K-12), libraries, bank branches, community facilities and retirement communities.

Worked full-time as a co-op both during co-op sessions and while attending college. Assisted in all phases of programming, design and construction for educational facilities (both K-12 and University).

Began full-time as a senior in high school and continued to work full-time as a co-op both during co-op sessions and while attending college. Learned the art of hand drafting as well as computer aided drafting. Assisted in all phases of design and construction for retail, office suites, bank branches, retirement communities, community facilities, industrial facilities and urban design.