Karen Flaim Email & Phone Number

Middleboro, MA

Manage projects, sales, and quotes of products for Interior Millwork department. Work with contractors, home owners and vendors, providing detailed communication. * Manage sales department projects including sales, quotes and prospecting.* Provide support to outside sales with quotes, orders, research, and sales.* Communicate with outside sales customer.

40 Independence Road, Kingston, MA 02364

* Coordinated outside sales department projects including prospecting and sales goals.* Provided project management assistance to outside sales team with quotes, orders, research, and sales.* Managed prompt processing and turnaround of all overflow work from outside sales team to inside sales staff.* Developed and maintained positive relationships with.

Showroom: 237 Broadway, Hanover, MA Company Service area: South Shore, MA

• Work with clients to develop interior design and redecorating plans. Projects include kitchen and bath cabinet and vanity refinishing, furniture rehab, home re-staging, and room redesign.
• Manage company communications and marketing strategies, including the design and development of company website, signage, social media, company promotions and client relations.
• Serve as outside sales representative, seek out and schedule appointments with prospective clients to provide project estimates.
• Write up client contracts and schedule projects.
• Decorate and stage items for sale in retail space and cabinet showroom.

Pembroke, MA

• Manage marketing projects and promotions for exterior home improvement company. Communicate to prospects via various marketing opportunities including industry event and trade show participation, direct mail, social.
• Participate in re-branding process and brand launch of Yeti Home Improvements from South Shore Exteriors
• Plan company participation at trade and consumer shows, and manage all details accordingly - budget, signage, promotional materials, brochures/flyers, booth staffing, schedules, logistics, etc. Represent company at all.
• Oversee production of company collateral such as programs, brochure/media materials, and press releases, providing writing, copy-editing and visual materials.
• Enhance the company’s web/online presence via website content and social media.
• Research, order and traffic all promotional products for trade shows and customers, and manage apparel orders for staff.

Greater Boston Area

Handle publicity and manage fundraising events for a variety of non-profit organizations and committees. Write press releases/newspaper articles. Plan and promote events. Secure auction items and donations for fundraisers. Serve as contact person/spokesperson to media, submitting photos and providing information to press. Clients included: PHS Titans.

Boston, MA

• Handle all aspects of public relations and event planning for public-private partnership which provides funding to parenting education programs across Massachusetts.
• Write press releases, talking points, develop media contacts, respond to media inquiries, and organize press conferences.
• Oversee the production of all CTF collateral materials - write and edit copy, design, and manage the printing process.
• Recruit local celebrities to work with CTF as spokespeople.
• Work with National Alliance of Children's Trust Funds and the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse on promotional campaigns.
• Promote child safety curricula to pre-schools and elementary schools statewide.

Boston, MA

• Responsible for managing and coordinating public & community relations for WHDH-TV, a major network affiliate in the nation's 6th largest market.
• Serve as station spokesperson to the local and national press.
• Coordinate all media announcements surrounding station ownership change and network change from CBS to NBC affiliate.
• Write press releases, distribute photos and maintain contact with local and national press related to special news programming, Nielson ratings, political polls, personnel changes and promotions.
• Handle all on-air talent and station management publicity - write biographies, set up publicity photo shoots, and manage Speaker's Bureau, planning public appearances for on-air personnel at fundraisers, corporate.
• Coordinate and conduct tours of WHDH for corporate outings, school systems and other community groups.

Boston, MA

• Plan and manage all event details for Boston's communications industry trade association.
• Coordinate all details of event planning including promotions, sales, public relations, site and speaker arrangements, volunteer recruitment.
• Serve as editor, designer and traffic coordinator for monthly newsletter, writing all copy and setting monthly production schedules.
• Manage volunteer participation on all levels of Club involvement.
• Create promotional flyers, invitations and brochures.
• Plan and manage all Hatch Awards preparation for judging weekend, exhibit and show.

Boston, MA

PR dept: Assist with all areas of public relations. Write press releases, biographies, media advisories. Compile WHDH-TV and network press clippings for station management and department heads. NEWS dept: assist Entertainment Reporter and producer. Research news story topics, schedule interviews and coordinate shoots, accompany reporter to locations.