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Loveland, Co, Us

Springfield, Missouri, Us

Responsible for the organization, strategic planning, layout, content development, printing, and submission of proposals for civil engineering, structural engineering, land surveying, and field services projects with municipalities and county governments. Research business development opportunities for compatibility with company market sectors and business development goals. Provide Deltek Vantagepoint CRM administration services.

New York, New York, Us

Composed technical proposals, service fee options, and qualifications packages for projects in various market sectors. Designed custom Deltek Vantagepoint reports and assisted in the general organization of Deltek Vantagepoint CRM system. Member of corporate process efficiencies team. Researched business development opportunities for compatibility with company market sectors and business development goals. Composed industry award submissions. Company software instructor for Excel, InDesign, OpenAsset, Gavel.io, and Deltek Vantagepoint.

Anchorage, Ak, Us

Managed proposal writing, layout, and coordination for various office locations as needed. Primary Deltek Vision/Vantagepoint (CRM database) administrator responsible for establishing layout and interface, writing workflows, and coordinating data imports from Salesforce CRM. Introduced concept of capture planning and the go/no-go process as well as assisted in the creation of a formal go/no-go process. Established master resume format and created master resumes for more than two dozen employees.

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Established proposal development process and branded layout for responses to requests for proposals/qualifications. Responsible for the organization, strategic planning, layout, and content development of proposals offering forestry management, civil engineering, emergency services, and consulting services to city, county, regional, state, and federal governing bodies and agencies. Assisted in the creation of company branding standards for new company divisions. Initiated a digital asset management system using Adobe Bridge. Successful proposals have resulted in nearly $3.5 million in project work.

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Responsible for the organization, strategic planning, layout, content development, and submission of proposals for traffic engineering, transportation planning, environmental services, and civil engineering projects with local, municipal, regional, and statewide government entities. 54% hit rate on all proposals submitted. Served as Deltek Vision trainer for the marketing department. Created promotional video content for the company website, and completed special projects as assigned.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Responsible for writing and layout of various marketing collateral items including brochures, responses to RFPs/RFQs, data sheets, external emails, and PowerPoint presentations. Write, edit and maintain submittal text in company reference library. Perform as software instructor/help desk resource for Deltek Vision, Adobe InDesign, OpenAsset, and Microsoft Office products. Manage and maintain content for company web site and Intranet site. Manage negotiation and subsequent ordering of promotional items with product vendors; manage product stock and internal promotional ordering for multiple offices. Interview SMEs on video and edit resulting video footage. Create software instructional videos. Gather and report fiscal year sales totals for company rankings in multiple market sectors. Supervise uploading of OpenAsset content. Organize conference attendance and exhibition efforts.

Manage and create marketing collateral including catalogs, flyers, posters, print advertisements, operator & safety manuals,and product labeling utilizing Adobe CS software. Write and create PowerPoint presentations, press releases and other internal communications. Maintain three E-commerce web sites and company YouTube channel. Manage catalog & operator manual translations in over a dozen languages. Coordinate product photo & video shoots, and print & promotional product vendors. Organize and maintain both print and order management system price lists in multiple currencies. Manage co-op program and new product implementation. Selected Accomplishments:• Built and maintain company Intranet site utilizing Drupal platform resulting in developed territory sales reporting system with password accessibility through the Intranet.• Initiated reporting system that imports database information from Macola and MAS 500 order management systems into Excel to create pivot tables (6 month project).• Created custom shipping label system using Excel for a touch screen shipping station.

Responsible for all marketing programs, collateral, branding, web site development, lead tracking, phone center management and processes & procedures development. Created new branding program, sales presentation program and lead tracking procedures. Designed numerous collateral pieces and managed all Internet lead generation services. Managed phone and email systems.

Designed and created custom 30 sheet bid program for multifamily cabinetry projects in Excel, improving bid creation times and accuracy by over 200% and greatly improving bid presentation. Created a prospect contact database in Excel containing 2,300 contacts in 2 weeks. Composed and designed sales manual and instructional materials establishing best practices foundation for the company.

Marshall, Texas, Us

Managed and analyzed sales team activities, recording and tracking all sales opportunities through their life cycle utilizing Maximizer CRM software. Programmed and maintained custom 77 sheet multifamily cabinetry project bid program in Excel. Created marketing collateral as needed. Maintained company web site. Performed as Office Manager.

East Bernard, Texas, Us

Responsible for all marketing communications, internal and external, including all collateral, correspondence, press releasesand Internet content. Created and maintained all web site content (Leedo.com). Directed product marketing and leadmanagement systems.Selected Accomplishment: Established extensive samples shipping program for cabinetry door styles, stain optionsand countertop options improving delivery from 2 weeks to 48 hours.

Houston, Tx, Us

Managed all marketing communications including case studies, data sheets, press releases, newsletters and Flash demos.Created custom marketing packet guidelines for customers from different industries, including established software ROIstatistics. Webmaster for company Internet and Intranet web sites. Created, edited and maintained software user guides,administrator guides, release notes, installation notes and software tutorials. Software class instructor.Selected Accomplishment: Created 2 day software class tutorial in 3 weeks.

Responsible for writing, organizing and assembling RFQs, RFPs, project sheets, press releases and interview material. Created graphic material using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and other graphics editing software. Created and edited PowerPoint presentations. Researched material for RFPs, RFQs and other special projects as necessary. Primary contact with local printing vendor. Communicated frequently with various clients and partners in joint ventures to negotiate the acquisition of materials to be used by the marketing department.

B.A., English

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