Blake Kraus Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, IN, US

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Leads a staff of 14 employees, ensuring they are trained, well supported, and carry out daily duties
• Spearheads staff training and customer service, serving as the main point of contact for customers and sales representatives
• Researches industry trends and analysis sales data on Excel to maximize sales, find historical trends, bring in new products, and project ideal ordering quantities
• Develops strong relationships with customers to and sales reps to perfect store product mix
• Oversees product ordering, receiving, inventory management, and sales
• Collaborates with corporate marketing team to create on-the-ground content

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Writes bi-weekly articles on cooking techniques and equipment
• Published in several major housing trade publications like Multifamily Executive
• Previously wrote daily articles on current events, history, and government
• Pitches new ideas to publications and conducts interviews and original reporting

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Coaches soccer for 14 11-12 year old to stay involved in the community and inspire the next generation
• Teaches values like collaboration, communication, and integrity

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Collaborated across baking and cooking teams to create quality products for two upscale markets
• Piloted new marketing publications to increase sales
• Created social media content, including photography, to assist marketing team

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Baked a variety of Eastern European breads and pastries
• Managed inventory and implemented systems to better track inventory
• Cut costs and reduced food wasted
• Managed marketing and wrote bi-weekly emails

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Oversaw a team of 7 young adult staff members
• Managed weekly website updates, including the creation of two weekly Canva graphics
• Designed upselling strategy to increase cookie sales
• Directly sold to customers, catering clients, and resolved issues with orders
• Resolved issues among staff members and ensured that they do an exemplary job
• Managed daily operation of the bakery, including baking and product inventory

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Provided live instruction on US History from 1856 to present to over 150 6th grade students ranging in ability from advanced to a below basic reading level
• Taught one section of special education students
• Created curriculum material, lesson plans, tests, quizzes, assignments and rubrics
• Hosted extra help sessions to provide extra help assistance to students who were struggling

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Doubled social media reach and post frequency, including launching accounts for several colleagues and specific initiatives
• Published nearly 15 articles, 2 press releases and 3 newsletters per month to NMHC’s website using Episerver
• Managed editing, approval and timely distribution of three newsletters, each received by nearly 10,000 industry leaders, using PowerPoint, Bee and Market
• Collaborated closely with Government Affairs, Membership, and Research teams to achieve marketing objectives
• Assisted with marketing for ten events, five research pieces, five advocacy toolkits and resources, and two white papers annually, creating promotional content for web, social media and email
• Researched, conducted interview for, and composed several trade press articles published in important industry outlets like Builder

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Maintained website, including content and appearance and leading a refreshment of the employment webpage
• Researched, including interviewing stakeholder worldwide, and composed 10 blog posts to disseminate information in such a way that audiences could understand these articles with no prior context or understanding about.
• Researched and designed communications plan to attract mid-level donors
• Orchestrated daily social media and website content, including live tweeting, planning a social media calendar, engagement, and analytics monitoring
• Created original content for social media, including original videos, photography, Canva graphics and articles
• Produced and edited 6 videos for social media and 4 videos as part of employment webpage revamp

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversees 90 member symphonic and pep band
• Facilitates new member outreach and increased recruiting by 66 percent
• Plans public relations and events and 2 concerts to promote growth and comradery among members
• Coordinates with 3 administrative departments to ensure proper funding and support

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Curated 7 weekly newsletters using Emma to inform 10,00 students about jobs and events
• Cultivated and initiated marketing plans for events and new initiatives like the switch to a new student job platform (Handshake)
• Promoted 10 to 15 events per week through social media and targeted email blasts, increasing event registrations by as much as 75 percent and analyzed event data using Excel

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created a database of over 5,000 contacts to market 3 documentaries
• Designed targeted marketing strategies to promote each film to their ideal audiences

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Created social media content for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram-Transformed updates from the field into articles and blog posts-Edited video using Adobe Premiere Pro, including Search's most viewed video ever (at that time)-Designed strategy to incorporate Snapchat into social media portfolio-Collected information using Meltwater to target journalists.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted 3 press releases per week as well sponsored content, and one weekly mass emails using Mailchimp to promote clients events and fundraisers
• Recruited 2 new clients and created plans to market 15 restaurant pop-ups and concepts
• Coordinated 20 events and pop-up restaurants and improved the crowd funding model to better serve 7 existing clients and attract new clients

Washington D.C. Metro Area; Melville, NY

• Responded to 15 to 20 constituents daily to assist them in getting the services they needed
• Engaged with the public relations and policy teams to learn about and assist with the diverse range of tasks at needed to serve constituents

Master’S Degree, Media And Strategic Communication

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Communication, 3.74

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, School of Media and Public Affairs

High School, 3.8

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society Business Honor Society JV Golf Captain Band Percussion Captain