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Gardiner, Maine, United States

Gardiner, Me

Works with small and large organizations to assist with digital and print event marketingand promotion, branding and logo design, packaging, mailing pieces, marketingbrochures, annual reports, posters and more.• Clients include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of San Diego, Western Maine EducationCollaborative, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, Maine Crafts Association and more.

Gardiner, Maine

• Organizes successful community events: Revitalized 2019 Swine & Stein Brewfest event, increasing attendance and raising 70% additional funds from prior year. • Utilizes social media, email marketing and website to promote downtown Gardiner for shopping, dining, and recreation as well as to recruit new businesses. • Communicates with and provides resources for downtown merchants and landlords: Secured 0% interest façade loan program for our downtown. • Quickly raised $50,000 for COVID-19 response grant program for small businesses in collaboration with Augusta Main Street program. • Represents the community to important constituents at local, state and national levels.• Manages all administrative aspects of organization including finances and communications.

Coronado, Ca

• Developed, managed and implemented marketing plans in accordance with organization’s strategic planning goals and brand identity.• Ensured marketing items are within deadline and budget restraints.• Created marketing artwork for use across web and print based mediums. • Managed social media profiles and online presence for organization via social networking tools and strategies. • Increased brand awareness through consistent and effective marketing, resulting in 20% increase in donations over one year. • Implemented new text to give and mobile donation platform.• Researched and implemented new marketing technologies for increased efficiency of staff time and reduced costs.• Successfully worked remotely after moving to Maine in summer of 2018.

Gardiner, Me

Assisted in the creation of and managed the implementation of program procedures and policies dictated through intentional organization work plans.Planned and executed logistical plan for successful, professional quality special events, including: -- Oktoberfest event grossing over $35,000 in 2015 and increasing profits over 40% from the previous year -- Annual free community festival attracting over 3,000 attendees -- Several smaller community events Coordinated and recruited over 100 volunteers with more than 2,000 hours of contributed time annually. Ensured volunteers were properly trained.Created and designed public relations and marketing materials through advertising, social media, email newsletter, correspondence and press releases.Managed co-working facility maintained budget of rental income and expenses, ensured facility was fully supplied and equipment in working order, maintained schedule of shared space meetings, worked to market the facility and showcased the space to prospective tenants. Enabled development of part time position to advance into full time coordinator role through efficient and effective work performance.

Perform retail sales using point of sale (POS) system, cash register management and deposits Provide customer service and maintaining vendor relations Plan staff schedules, make QuickBooks data entries. Open and close the store, arrange product layout and displays. Ensure retail space fully stocked, address products needed for reorder. Create and interpret reports, create mailings, assist with marketing and design.

Responsible for daily newspaper page layouts. Placed articles and images, created headlines, edited and proofread article content. Produced quality work with efficiency in a very fast paced, deadline-driven work environment, with quick rearrangements made for last minute breaking news.