Direct oversight of marketing and sales strategy; supervisory role that requires working closely with Marketing Coordinator and marketing team members to execute digital, print, social, and email marketing campaigns; oversight of SEO optimization, social media, and HubSpot CMS.Content management, including creation and editing of SEO-optimized blog posts, white papers, landing pages, site copy, marketing emails, ads, and social media posts.Creation and implementation of detailed brand style guide and long-term content calendar. Oversight of PPC advertising, Google Analytics and Search Console, and marketing KPIs.Specializing in making complex subject matter accessible to a broader audience.

Oversight of B2B marketing content and strategy; coordination of digital, print, and email campaigns; oversight of SEO optimization, social media, and HubSpot CMS.Content management, including creation and editing of blog posts, white papers, landing pages, site copy, marketing emails, and social media posts.Creation and implementation of detailed brand style guide and long-term content calendar.Emphasis on making complex IT subjects accessible to a broad audience.

Founding Editor responsible for creative planning, website design, site content writing, SEO, marketing strategy, managing an editorial staff of sixteen individuals, managing the budget, steering the overall direction of the brand, and screening, evaluating, and editing fiction submissions.

Process, format, and publish a variety of legislative documents, including bills, Iowa Code, fiscal documents, interim calendar, court rules, and Iowa Administrative Code rulemaking documents.Requires expertise in XML, a digital design format closely related to HTML, used in bill layout and other legislative documents.Demanding, newsroom style work environment, particularly during legislative session, when late nights and short deadlines are common.Requires excellent communication with other units, including drafters and editors.

Founder of an international magazine featuring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from contributors spanning six continents.Managed a volunteer staff of 25+ employees; edited and laid out issues.Designed website and wrote all site copy. Built a Twitter following of 8,000+ followers and oversaw an effective PR campaign resulting in 3,000+ visitors monthly to our fledgling publication’s site.Edited and designed a novel under the journal’s publishing imprint, Indianola Press.Extensive use of Outlook, InDesign, Muse, Photoshop, etc.

Worked as an apprentice with Journeymen heating and plumbing service technicians.Communication with customers vital, salesmanship stressed.

Completed two deployments with 2/1 WPNS Co. Honorably discharged in November 2011, attained rank of E4.AWARDS: Certificate of Appreciation; Letter of Appreciation; Meritorious Mast, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Star); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2); Afghanistan Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Star); NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan; Expert Rifle Badge (2); Sharpshooter Pistol Badge. DD FORM 214 Available Upon Request.