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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Helping churches expand their reach through digital media and outreach strategies

Houston, Texas, United States

-Provide full service marketing and copywriting services to clients.-Lead marketing and development of inspirational training and resources.-Clients include industry leaders like David C. Cook and Lifeway.

Sugar Land, TX

-Developed and managed comprehensive annual marketing plans and budgets leveraging email, social media, direct mail, print, internal/external signage, video, web, and app for 4 locations and in two languages.-Led all marketing and communication efforts for the REACH capital campaign resulting in over $7.3 million in donations.-Led commercial print facility.

Cincinnati Area, KY

-Led churches through process to create visual identity that clearly communicated the mission, vision and values of organization.-Directed all design efforts to ensure they clearly communicated the vision framework of the church, including logo, tagline, visual palette, verbal palette, and brand guidelines.-Consulted with church leadership regarding.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

-Accountable for all decisions related to product lines, including sales, marketing, social media, web, research, product development, and inventory control.-Led multiple cross-departmental teams focused on new product planning and development.-Oversaw strategy, planning, budgeting, and ROI of all marketing efforts.-Led rebrand and launch of all Vacation.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

-Reported directly to CEO.-Provided marketing vision, leadership, and direction to strategic planning.-Led team of 3 marketing managers, including goal setting and performance evaluation.-Oversaw strategy, planning, and budgeting of all marketing efforts and performance.-Led multiple cross-departmental teams focused on process and performance.

Loveland, CO

-Responsible for planning and implementation of all marketing efforts associated with 3 major Sunday school curriculums and a leading children’s Bible.-Conceived, initiated, and led the development of a customer support website designed to increase post-purchase satisfaction and customer retention.-Developed an email campaign to increase customer retention.

Loveland, CO

-Led online and events marketing strategy for over 200 active book titles.-Responsible for $1.2M in online sales from a $90K online marketing budget.-Developed and implemented pricing strategy resulting in an additional $400K in revenue.-Recognized need, researched solutions, and implemented a web-based title management system. -Eliminated redundant.

Loveland, CO

Selected as member of special team charged with re-structuring and strengthening book division sales, marketing and development strategies, resulting in year-on-year bottom line revenue increase of 40%. Led marketing strategy and planning for women’s and children’s books. Responsible for $2.4 million revenue. Managed and reconciled $300K marketing budget..

Loveland, CO

Led marketing strategy and promotion of children’s curriculum launch.Managed and reconciled $500,000 marketing budget. Year 2006 ended under budget.Forecasted and managed sales and inventory.Directed all advertising efforts including consumer and trade catalogs, product brochures, direct mail, product samples, website, and multimedia.Conducted extensive.

-Provided leadership on all business decisions including legal, financial, marketing, production and administrative affairs.-Introduced database-driven sales and customer relationship management systems resulting in 180% increase in annual sales over two years.-Planned and coordinated an average of 125 marketing and advertising projects per year including.

-Directed product positioning and managed planning and execution of all division marketing programs, including: advertising, direct mail, Web marketing, promotions and customer research.-Redesigned and upgraded entire computer system, including network, resulting in 30% productivity increase and reduced maintenance costs.-Authored and implemented a.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Journalism

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International/Global Studies