Dedicated to business development, client relations, media relations, marketing and communications efforts for Arete Solutions through the following efforts: Builds rapport and develops long-term business relationships with partners over the course of an extended sales cycle and account management. Coordinates continuous efforts toward extensions of business relationships.Driving new business development by soliciting and maintaining high-level corporate and patron sponsors by developing year-round business and cultivation plans.Sets appointments with new partners via telephone and email solicitations and follows through on said appointments.Develops and executes logistics for partner events. Identifies sponsorship opportunities for virtual and in-person partner events. Identifies cross-sell opportunities for sponsorships, advertising and other revenue generation.Liaise with relevant teams to publicize and promote the event; working closely with the teams to ensure all event messaging, branding and materials are aligned.

Secure new philanthropic and sponsorship support through identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of corporate donors. Build and strengthen ongoing relationships with both current donors and new prospects to maximize retention rates and secure new gifts for the Straz Center.Creates an active pipeline of corporate prospects through research, identification, and tracking of donor activity. Regularly maintains prospect lists in database with status updates. Sets face-to-face appointments with new corporate prospects via telephone and email solicitations and follows through on said appointments.Helps develop a comprehensive menu of funding/sponsorship opportunities to attract corporate supportDevelops and implements solicitation plans to increase designated support Develops creative, individually tailored proposals for each solicitation; proposes recognition or sponsorship benefits and other support materials that enhance presentations. Solicits for, manages and maintains the Center’s Restaurant, Hotel and Luxury Box Partnership programs, creating collateral, deliverable of benefits, mailings and stewardship.Stewards and builds ongoing relationships with both current donors and new prospects through personal contact and systematic call management.Maintains system for tracking renewal progress of all major corporate gifts and acquisition efforts. Maintains Tessitura database input to track corporate contacts and solicitations. Monitors fundraising activity and provides status reports.Develops and maintains relationships throughout Straz Center departments to identify prospects and encourage center-wide participation in fundraising efforts; ensures coordinated cultivation and solicitation efforts with Events, Marketing, Programming, F&B and Ticket Office Group SalesServes as an ambassador of the Straz Center and an active prospect identifier by attending Straz Center events, community activities and networking events.

Develop prospect lists and targeting strategies for new member development.Contact, follow up, and sell new Chamber memberships.Work to upgrade current and new members to higher levels of membership.Achieve budgeted revenue goals for new membership and retention.Build and engage staff and volunteer committee working to achieve sales goals.Create campaigns and collateral to market value of Chamber membership.Identity cross-sell opportunities for sponsorships, advertising and other revenue generation.Responsible for advertising sales of Chamber publications: the Official Visitors Guide, The Burg Life, the Relocation Journal, and the twice yearly Chamber Membership Directory.

Managed three large scale fundraising events, exceeded personal portfolio goals. Represented the organization on live broadcast television; built brand visibility to local viewership.Conceptualized, implemented and executed additional revenue driving and brand awareness events, 17 in total. Led and organized 50 committee members in three territories, as well as approximately 180 day-of volunteers. Worked with internal marketing team on the creation, design and functionality of new fundraising based website and all walk related collateral, logos and materials. Fundraising Attainment: $420,000 total portfolio revenue (116% of goal). Successful execution of first year event (225% to goal). Sponsorships and Corporate Relations:Secured $62,000 in sponsorship dollars in overall portfolio (152% to goal).Secured $24,500 in-kind donations. Responsible for recruiting, training, and managing volunteer planning committees to implement and accomplish goals (income, participation, and volunteer/mission driven activities) for assigned Walkathon events. Ensure income goals are achieved for the assigned Walkathon events.Recruit, train and implement volunteer planning committees to assist in each Walkathon and accomplish income development goals. Responsible for recruiting new volunteers, sponsors and participants for the Walkathon events.Primary relationship manager to volunteers, fundraisers and participants of the events.Primary relationship manager to top fundraisers for existing and new events.Assists in identifying sponsorship leads and underwriting opportunities to maximize income potential for events. Coordinates event logistics and planning for the events.Explains, understands and markets the schools mission to the general public.Recommends new fundraising opportunities.

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Oversaw the planning, implementation and logistics of the Credit Union's special events with a budget of $20,000 and attendance figures in excess of 150. Responsible for all aspects of event management, including site selection/contract negotiation, proposal planning, transportation arrangements, hotel attrition/cancellation negotiations, production of meeting materials, registration/database management, and onsite management.Worked closely with hotels and other vendors to ensure attendees' requirements are fulfilled.Diplomatically enforced negotiations with vendors to arrive at mutually agreeable, cost-saving solutions.Developed and coordinated communication and creative for all forms of electronic marketing including website, emails, on-hold messages, statement messages and plasma screens. Coordinated all print marketing including direct mail, newsprint, collateral, newsletters and signage.

The Strategic Implementation Group consists of talented, experienced, and proven credit union professionals who are passionate about our industry and believe in the value credit unions bring to the communities and members they serve. Our market focus is small to mid-sized credit unions located in the Northern California Bay Area. Our practice is centered on strategic project implementation as well as providing resources to help maintain daily operations. We provide affordable resource solutions.We are also a place for those credit union professionals in job transition to be able to stay connected with the industry, have a conduit for project work to provide an income stream until a permanent position is obtained and feel a part of an organization that believes strongly in the value of the credit union movement. Our goal is to keep talented, experienced credit union people working in the industry.Our Resource Team consists of experienced credit union industry senior managers and staff of all levels available to do independent consulting work for our credit union clients and are primarily in transition seeking full time employment within the industry.The Advisory Group is comprised of Bay Area credit union executives and others who have a desire to support our efforts in helping our credit unions succeed.The collective experience of both our Resource Team and our Advisory Group is extensive – a shared resource pool from which our credit union community can draw upon and benefit greatly.We believe this type of collaborative outsourcing for resources to be the future for our industry and the type of support our Bay Area credit union community needs to remain viable well into the future

Created effective strategies and concepts on assigned projects and presented an overview with VP of Marketing.Prepared complex internal and external communications materials/activities to promote and support the marketing plan and business goals. Coordinated creative lead with design vendors.Teamed with business development staff to launch campaigns that effectively generated leads and opportunities.Developed and coordinated communication and creative for all forms of electronic marketing including website, emails, on-hold messages, statement messages and plasma screens. Managed relationships with all external vendors to develop and produce communication deliverables. Responsible for coordinating all print marketing including direct mail, newsprint, collateral, newsletters and signage. Managed all logistical details around branch openings and other credit union community events including agenda planning, contract negotiation, food and beverage selection and on-site administration.

Updated all changes in community information made known to the public on the company website. Responsible for various projects on an ongoing basis, which included marketing promos, trainings and projects. Coordinated grand opening events which included scheduling, entertainment, food and vendor relations.Maintained and input data for historical and weekly traffic and sourcing reports.Responsible for ordering and maintaining sufficient inventory of marketing supplies used for sales offices in communities as well as the main office. Responsible for coordinating the opening and close-out of all communities. Coordinated orders and deliveries of items to the field. Accurately coded and entered all invoices for approval in a timely manner.

Conducted weekly enrollment and orientation workshops to educate members in areas of childcare, healthcare, forbearance, and education award benefits, including guidelines for eligibility and application review.Responded to member and supervisor inquiries, including all AmeriCorps policies and procedures. Participated in site visits, in conjunction with project managers.Responsible for creating and maintaining AmeriCorps member files. Accurately entered data into database in a timely manner.

Provided excellent customer service. Responsible for daily register balance as a cashier. Trained and supervised new sales associates.