Ashley Briars Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinates the production process of creating a proposal in response to government RFPs/RFIs, including the creation of marketing materials/messages (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Collaborates with multiple business units including sales personnel, business analysts and technical staff in order to effectively develop and deliver presentation and marketing materials
• Oversees the planning and coordination of industry conferences
• Responsible for the initial concepts, establishing scope and execution of all marketing campaigns including email, webinars, direct mail, press releases, etc.
• Manages public website content (WordPress) and marketing presence
• Oversees and maintains CRM (Salesforce)

Greater Chicago Area

• Integral resource in the execution of integrated marketing campaigns
• Responsible for the planning, creation & analysis of logic based campaigns with Marketing Automation platform (Salesforce & Pardot)
• Crafted initial content plan & digital branding guideline in preparation for new social marketing budget
• Managed external agencies and vendors across multiple projects to ensure on-time on budget delivery
• Crafted several sales communications collateral (Adobe Creative Suite)
• Produced actionable plans and activities for sales/marketing resources based on CRM, marketing data and executive direction

Des Plaines, IL

• Executed the vision and direction provided by CEO from concept to completion
• Structured the department to follow newly defined workflow and approval processes
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports of campaigns, projects and timelines for approval
• Responsible for scheduling and resource management of marketing team
• Coordinated the planning, budgeting and ordering of all marketing deliverables, print and collateral
• Produced monthly company newsletter, featuring updates and news from all departments within the organization

Park Ridge, IL

• Implemented an organizational system to provide transparency of interaction among departments
• Transformed manual processes and requests system to a more automated approach, company wide
• Standardized the process and role of the position, including management of all tasks and duties
• Facilitated the booking of travel, itinerary creation, coordination of events and logistics of client travel
• Responsible for the coordination and management of daily calendars of all C-Suite executives
• Successfully trained and transitioned new employees upon receiving promotion to managerial position

• Produced and analyzed daily projections, sales, labor & other pertinent reports in Excel
• Responsible for tracking inventory movement and adjustments through transfer recaps and claims
• Maintain payroll records daily through KRONOS software
• Administer new hire paperwork and maintain employee files in conjunction with HR
• Developed organizational procedures for file and record keeping of company data
• Handled logistics of ordering supplies from multiple vendors for location specific departments