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Saint Paul, Mn

As a senior talent acquisition professional, I match candidates with companies for positions in the Medical, IT, Accounting, Engineering and Sales occupations.

Dekalb Il

Commercial and business premise sales of Electronic and Directory advertising products and AMP Text Marketing products. Prospecting new clients through various marketing techniques and strategiesDeveloped many new customers and grew net sales dollars during direct Business- to-Business sales efforts. Assigned to various to locations within Minnesota to assist in establishing new territories and developing existing territories

Gays Mills, Wisconsin

Responsible for sales & marketing of BAPI products to OEM’s, Corporate Clients and Distributors.Source & coordinate all shows & expos, travel, logistics and entertainmentVideo and still photography for all products, corporate activities, ROMs’ and facilities.Successfully work directly with major customers in both National and International arenas to strengthen our bottom line in sales growth and marketing support.

Headquarters - Dallas, Texas

Commercial and business premise sales of Verizon Superpages Directory advertising products and Verizon SuperPages.com Internet products. Prospecting new clients through various marketing techniques and strategiesDeveloped many new customers and grew our net sales dollars during direct Business- to-Business sales efforts. Assigned to various to locations around the country to assist in establishing new territories and developing existing territoriesTrade show representative for Verizon

Home Office

Residential sales of mobility devices to disabled and elderly clientsMember Benefits & Health/Life Insurance Sales (In-home sales within Southwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Iowa

Onalaska, Wi

Management of all aspects of the Charter Pipeline System including day-to-day operations, sales & marketing, public relations and customer service in the coulee region of La Crosse, WISpecial projects included:The conception and full implementation of the self-funding Kwik Trip prototype kiosk program using a dummy terminal, which had been located at the West Avenue/La Crosse Street Kwik Trip in LaCrosse before closure of the local Charter Pipeline office. The live 24/7 web casting of the Survivor TV Show promotion at Valley View Mall in conjunction with a local La Crosse Television Station. Live, involvement with the two-way web casting sessions involving grade school classes from the Onalaska School District and a sister school system in Australia.My original commercial sales success led to my promotion to the Area Manager during 2000.

Desoto, Wisconsin

Introduction and implementation of sales and marketing ideas, including the concept and development of Internet sites and sales, and on-site audio with on- demand self-talking advertising devices telephony programs supporting five- offices and managers.Credited for increasing annual sales from $8 million in 1994 to nearly $11 million by 1998. Of this, 40% of sales were attributed to new market share sales generated directly from those Internet sites. Proposed, developed and maintained an in-house advertising agency, saving tens of thousands of dollars annually, increasing efficiency, accuracy and timeliness of all print publication advertising.Developed and managed branding for parent company, as well as multiple subsidiary offices. Generated all advertising from idea stage to completion of award winning brochures and sales support materials, local, area and national print advertising, publishing, video editing, site entrance and project signage, billboard, show exhibit, graphics, photography, and development of multiple websites. Worked closely with corporate council in order to conform to all legal aspects of all advertising while remaining effective.

Associate'S Degree, Photography, Honors Graduate

4 Years - Still Photograher / Supervisor