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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Roanoke, Indiana, United States

Overseeing the planning and execution of experiential marketing projects throughout the production cycle, from estimation to close, in an extremely custom and short-turn environment. - Manage in excess of 125 projects annually, with individual project scope in excess of 1.5 million dollars.- Engage and collaborate with sales, design, engineering, and production while managing costs, time requirements, and customer expectations. - Communicate and collaborate with external vendors to supplement internal capabilities. Responsible for client inventory and inventory management.- Contribute to the development of facility and program SOPs, documentation, cost reporting, while creating pack and deployment standards with proven success in reducing onsite labor costs.- Stage project workflow and direct purchasing for production to ensure effective, efficient and timely completion. - Match practical execution to design concepts, navigate ambiguity, and minimize risk factors in the midst of evolving scope while addressing unexpected challenges during critical success/fail moments. - Served as estimator on RFPs, driving value engineering and budget-oriented solutions.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Oversaw the planning and execution of experiential marketing projects, primarily trade shows, throughout the production cycle, from estimation to close, in a fast-paced and extreme short-turn environment. • Directly managed projects with total accountability to costs and margin.• Guided workflow and communication across departments, interfacing and collaborating throughout the company to assure adherence to timelines, quality measures, budget, and client expectations. • Matched practical execution to design concepts, managing ambiguity, and mitigating risk factors while navigating varying scope and unforeseen obstacles. • Adapted to a heavily specialized industry while driving relationships and fostering team dynamic in a diverse workplace.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Project within the healthcare industry exploring ERISA market alternatives to the managed care model. Recruited by founders to provide insurance arena guidance relative to business plan, market strategy, and branding while preparing external documents and presentations to solicit investment.

America’s longest running road racing series, conducting over 13 competitions on road courses annually throughout the U.S. alongside entities such as Verizon INDYCAR, NASCAR Xfinity and SVRA. In an agency capacity, initially for Marketshare Plus, Inc. then as independent contractor, managed the development and execution of Trans Am’s communications strategy across multiple platforms. Worked in conjunction with series management, stakeholders, video production team, web team, and promoters to achieve company goals and objectives. •Executed all event-based communication, including media center activation, press conferences, social media, web content, and crisis management. •Produced event practice reports, qualifying reports, and post-race results releases within deadlines working with officials, teams and drivers to assure accuracy and thoroughness. •Conceptualized and fulfilled competitor recruitment communications strategy that contributed to Trans Am Series growth from an average event entry of 20 in 2012 to 58 in 2015, including all-time event high of 73 at Road Atlanta in 2015. •Worked closely with all members of series leadership team cross functionally on series direction, ongoing management and strategic goals. •Penned, edited and executed over 500 press releases while maintaining a motorsports media database in excess of 100 contacts.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Marketing, advertising and design agency focused on delivering creative, strategic, and cost-effective solutions for its clients. Led the Creative Department for Marketshare Plus, managing the day-to-day development and execution of all agency creative deliverables. Worked directly with account team, clients and vendors to deliver solutions on time and within budget. • Oversaw and developed creative team while guiding creative projects including branding, print media, digital advertisements, catalogs, collateral, and websites.• Presented concepts, work-in-progress, and final outputs to clients while assisting in approvals process.• Provided creative feedback on team’s work in relation to concepts, execution, and client goals and exceptions.• Collaborated with new business team, gave creative and closing pitch at new business presentations.• Fulfilled all agency copywriting and majority of communications-related projects. • Led development of Never Stop branding and multi-media launch campaign for Specialty Insurance Group, a Member of Everest Re Group Ltd., contributing to growth of over $90 million in premiums within four years. • Served as Director of Communications for Trans Am Race Company, above.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Contributed to entrepreneurial process, business plan creation, company strategies andplanning• Researched and developed market information database for 43 markets in 23 states