• Direct all aspects of business to include daily operations, client contact, sales, marketing, business finance, and business structure.• Manage and collaborate with artists in the acquisition, oversight, and marketing of new business ventures.• Design and implement value enhanced sales plans and marketing strategies to increase sales potential.• Conduct analyses of market research and competition to formulate innovative ideas in order to drive profitable growth through various channels. • Plan, organize, coordinate, promote, and facilitate client events, while initiating constant communications between all levels of upper-management and staff.• Build strong business relations directly with clients to better understand business needs.• Clients include Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home and Washington Center of Aging Services

• Directed and oversaw all aspects of the retaining of old members and recruitment of new members. Managed renewals, outreach, and relationship sustainability for over 800 member accounts.• Drove an increase of membership by 72% utilizing targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.• Coordinated and led monthly membership committee meetings of Board and member volunteers.• Participated in the conceptualization, development and implementation of 25 strategic direct recruitment campaigns.• Created and launched quarterly new member orientation events; handled all planning and logistics.• Led in the planning and coordination of “Development 101,” a seven-part commercial real estate symposium. • Planned and coordinated annual one-day “Bus Tour” tradeshow linking members and top commercial properties. “Tour” included approximately 400 participants.

• Managed vendor and “magazine issue”-contributor contracts and fiscal affairs.• Performed the preparation and completion of all travel, expense and monthly budget reports.• Conducted photo research and maintained artwork trafficking.• Assisted in the conceptualization, design, and compilation of strategic marketing presentations.• Prepared media kits and maintained client databases.