Melissa Clark Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Produce digital and print collateral for private/nonprofit clients in industries including oil & gas, cultural advocacy, recreation, dental, and retail.

Houston, Texas Area

• Lead direct marketing services for commercial real estate agency. Design and maintain all marketing collateral including flyers, emails, social media posts, and institutional branding. Manage all industry listing websites for ~75 listings and update/maintain the Davis Commercial website.• Act as office manager and bookkeeper for Davis Commercial including ordering supplies, paying bills/invoices, reconciling bank accounts, filing 1099 tax forms, managing utilities and all office services.• Act as property manager and account manager for business owner’s investment venture. Collecting rents, managing property utilities/services, acting as leasing agent for the redevelopment.Select Projects:• Served as project manager for the development of a new company website, ensuring an up-to-date platform, improved SEO, and a CMS to be managed internally are achieved.• Implemented new technology in the company to increase efficiency and revenue such as Office 365, QuickBooks Accounting, Apto CRM (Salesforce), WordPress, and RingCentral VOIP phone service.

Houston, Texas Area

• Lead direct marketing and client website services for boutique creative agency. Provide project management across direct mail campaigns, account coordination, mailing list purchase, and vendor performance. • Build and manage 25 custom websites to drive client visibility goals. Purchase domains, administer hosting services, implement search engine optimization, and track performance using Google Analytics• Deliver regular website content updates, creative assets, and monthly performance reports for clients including International Quilt Festival, The Texas Medical Center Orchestra, and Texwood Shows.Select Engagement:• Serve as principal liaison to International Quilt Festival online. Deliver content, design, and optimization generating 26K+ monthly visitors and 179K pageviews. Design and build online class catalogue for two annual festivals with ~800 classes.

Houston, Texas Area

• Delivered diverse variety of digital & print media and collateral to support marketing campaigns and drive customer engagement for expanding fast-casual restaurant chain, as corporate creative team member.• Produced interior restaurant graphics aligned with floor plans. • Managed photo shoot coordination and food stylizing. • Contributed to marketing communications across social media & email marketing channels.• Oversaw relationships with franchisees, external vendors, and corporate management group, managing graphic requests to ensure brand and corporate standard compliance.• Developed online graphics portal to ensure consistent brand management throughout organization.

Wheaton, Md

• Provided leadership across client services and marketing for boutique catering firm, managing events including intimate dinners, weddings, and 500-person galas.• Delivered exceptional client experiences and project management integrating needs assessment, high-touch communication, menu development, venue coordination, vendor management, and day-of coordination.• Developed initial brand standards, marketing strategies, and collateral design: - Created flyers and advertisements to propel sales team efforts. - Redesigned logo and business collateral, including business cards and presentation folders. - Designed corporate catering menu.

Washington, Dc

Kitchen Manager – Lia’s Restaurant (2/2012-7/2012) FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, MD• Managed service pace and flow, leading workflow and expo with 10 direct reports per shift.Kitchen Manager – Pearl Dive Oyster Palace & BlackJack (8/2011-2/2012) WASHINGTON, DC• Served as key management team member, driving launch of two highly successful ventures. Provided staff training and oversight to ensure quality, efficient meal preparation and delivery.Stagiare (Intern) – L’Ancienne Auberge (4/2011-6/2011) PUYCELSI, FRANCE• Studied under head chef and sous chef, preparing seasonally-driven meals from local and farm-fresh marketingredients.Line Cook – Central Michel Richard (5/2010-4/2011) WASHINGTON, DC• Worked sauté, garde manger, and cold seafood stations during daily dinner and lunch services.

Arlington, Va

• Led schedule establishment and project management for design and production of print, digital, and marketing collateral for brand management & promotions department. • Drove delivery of high-quality, cost-effective creative projects meeting highly-defined standards for brand quality; managed budget and contributed to graphic design deliverables.Served as central contact between corporate design team, account management group, strategy teams, and external vendors, facilitating strategy alignment and project communication. • Managed bids and negotiated prices from design, marketing and production vendors. Supervised vendor performance to ensure adherence to defined standards, scopes, and deadlines.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as lead designer and project manager for two strategic research teams, producing high-quality text, data, and graphic-based publications in deadline-driven environment.• Managed multiple client projects from strategy to execution, negotiating deadlines and expectations while championing company style protocols and quality standards. • Integrated design planning with project goals, liaising between research contacts, editorial staff, and print production to obtain critical consensus.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Visual Communications And Professional Writing

Graduated with University Honors

Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Graduated with Honors

Photography

Paris France Professional Photography Student