Ashley S. Email & Phone Number

Charleston, SC, US

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Remote

First client as a contractor was The Connection Newspapers (20K-circulation family of publications covering the entire DC-metropolitan area), for which I continue to write news briefs and features. Writing career that started with The Connection expanded to regular bylines in other outlets (see online portfolio: https://ashleysimpsonwrites.com). As a.

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

I was the second member of the US-based marketing team at Digizuite, where I focused on content execution and strategy.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Planned and executed all marketing in the Americas for MTWO (RIB’s virtual-to-physical planning platform that operates on Microsoft’s Azure cloud). Worked with China-based marketing team to produce the MTWO product.
• Launched product website having written all text and established the concept for all graphical elements (Now, website is managed as mtwocloud.com by centralized marketing team in China)
• Established the organization’s first ever marketing budget and strategy to include digital marketing initiatives.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed all marketing activities for American brands (gomo Learning and NetDimensions) under the LTG umbrella (headquartered in Brighton, England). Conducted all marketing amplification activities for industry events..
• Became the first member of the Marketing team in the United States, thus becoming the USA representative for all Marketing activities.
• Created a new webinar series for gomo Learning to better to better nurture warm leads.
• Completed industry award submissions that resulted in 100% wins.

Reston, Virginia

• Managed all website content. Executed all print and virtual newsletters. Created strategy for and carried out all steps of email marketing campaigns. Conducted a variety of testing and analyzed digital results to.
• Managed all publicity and created all collateral for two years of AAFMAA-hosted Disabled American Veterans (DAV) events, a free event to benefit local veterans in need of assistance with VA claims.
• Reduced marketing overhead costs by creating, designing and printing a variety of marketing collateral in-house.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Wrote copy for official website and marketing emails. Contributed to marketing efforts for the biggest ASIS event of the year. Crafted promotional articles and member spotlights published in Security Management magazine.
• Wrote all website content to promote largest ASIS-sponsored event of the year.
• Maintained content creation for ASIS during transition during transition in marketing management.

Reston, Virginia

Responded to customer inquiries and concerns. Wrote email templates for automated, departmental use. Coordinated meetings, participated in discussions and arranged for customer execution of purchased services. Liaised between sales, support and engineering departments. Utilized Salesforce, in-house ticketing system and Cisco WebEx.

Reston, Virginia

Cold called 60-100 prospects daily in pursuit of sales leads. Applied various techniques in prospect outreach, focused on securing meetings and achieving sales. Tracked progress utilizing Salesforce and conducted network architecture research. Landed introductory meetings with international brands through personal outreach – later realized as major company.

Reston, Virginia

Reported directly to CEOs and VPs of start-up, creating sales administration processes and establishing preferred discounts with hardware distributors. Developed pricing quotes and bid responses, and managed order processes for federal sales. Coordinated bi-weekly payroll. Edited proposals for work with government agencies and contractors.

Herndon, Virginia

Oversaw sales administration for 40+ federal sales representatives, including provision of quotes and customer service. Processed purchase orders, preparing documentation for all product evaluations and RMAs (product returns). Used Salesforce for all quote preparation and order processing. Excellent customer service contributed to record-breaking quarter.