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Daytona Beach, Florida Area

Responsibilities for this role include providing a variety of sales, integrated marketing, and communication services for corporate clients and service-oriented small businesses. The specialist position requires strong creative, interpersonal communication, project management, and writing skills and the ability to adapt to changing environments.Key Highlights:• Chosen to be a part of a team to automate the screening, hiring, and training processes for a local EM Billing and Management company, where the team brought together all the client’s HR and training capabilities online to create a custom management tool for recruiting, learning, testing, and training nationwide.• Established social media and web presence, CRM processes, printed pieces, and mass email communications (MailChimp) for small businesses, utilizing a solid emphasis on video for social media marketing.• One of the first in the area to produce scripted, themed real estate “open house” videos for medium-range homes.

United States

Responsible for superior customer service and managing repeated store purchases for assigned and unassigned corporate and other clients such as contractors, real estate developers, private investors, etc.; required strong project management and communication skills throughout each customer experienceKey Highlights:• Acquired a strong knowledge of building materials, other inventory, and a variety of store programs and services intended to help make the customer’s business successful• Routinely dealt with national brand representatives to ensure customer satisfaction• Achieved and managed high departmental sales volume of $1.4MM

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

Rendered hands-on management in all aspects of business operations, including strategic planning, business development, integrated marketing communications, content creation, SOP development, production, logistics, hiring and training new employees; directed internal processes and customer service responsibilities.Key Highlights:• Successfully transitioned Jubilee Communications, Inc, a previous publishing business, into the new online brand MyWeddingStyles to accommodate changing dynamics and new technology in the marketplace.• Managed the conversion of print publications into rich-media interactive online technologies using the platform at Zmags.com.• Achieved required sales by marketing the contemporary technology to new and existing customers.• Developed interactive online content by enlisting advertisers to participate as contributors in their field of expertise and using on-site video and photoshoots, audio, and contemporary design, for front covers and editorial. Tracked activity from traffic to conversions and increased online engagement metrics and reach from start-ups.• Effectively redeveloped and remonetized existing consumer trade shows, increasing profitability by 25%; and enhancing services by improving the day-of-show experience for participating businesses and the public.• Created press releases; maintained blogs, websites, and an enriched social media presence; established persuasive online campaigns utilizing SEO and HTML, leading to dominant search engine rankings.• Successfully negotiated the sale of the business early 2016 and remained involved until January 2017.

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

Responsible for new business development for a self-startup local publication, eventually expanding the magazine into four distinct editions and markets in the state of Florida. Led strategic development for agency and print publishing services in the local area for various customers, associations, and other business entities; managed daily operations, including coordination and execution of advertising campaigns, graphic design, production, internal processes, marketing, and superb customer service. This role required poise and diplomacy in a deadline-driven environment.Key Highlights:• Successfully transitioned the company from a graphics design firm into agency work and publishing, improved brand identity and infrastructure to support the increase in added services • Established publication services with startup editions in four separate Florida markets building an advertiser client base of over 300 businesses in the collective territories• Leveraged strategic relationships for startup sales and new business development for accompanying consumer tradeshow events in each corresponding market; eventually increased the total number of annual consumer trade shows to 10 individual events within the collective markets.• Developed and scheduled content for each publication, including on-site photoshoots for front covers and editorial, soliciting advertisers for editorial contributions in their field of expertise. This strategy created a strong sense of ownership in each community with their local publication.• Developed community-wide annual social & networking events in each territory for the magazines and shows.• Pioneered special-event-related networking associations in Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee installing by-laws, board members, and officers; served as a board member and founding officer in all three