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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Mequon, Wi, Us

Administrative Support and Creative Designer, Office of Advancement (January 2015 to present)Support of advancement fundraising gift officers and senior vice president to identify, maintain and report on constituent relationships. Responsibilities ranging from general administrative functions to planning of high-value donor events, presidential receptions, employee appreciation and commencement events. Interaction with university leadership, board members, visiting dignitaries, faculty and staff, students, parents, and a variety of CUW partners. Management of multiple creative projects from conception to final review/approvals and final release. Management of timelines and budget allocation. Use of creative design software for online and print collateral and display materials. Management of printing vendors and creative agencies. Administrative Support, Office of the President/Advancement (January 2011 to January 2015)Administrative support in a highly visible and professional area of the university. Supporting the Office of the President required exemplary customer service skills and ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality. Assisted in supporting the president and governing boards of the university. Point of contact for board members and dignitaries, as well as high-level donors and friends of the Office of Advancement. Travel planning and calendaring for the university president, coordination of on- and off-site meetings for Concordia’s leadership team. Special event planning.

Mequon, Wi, Us

Administrative Support, Office of the President/Advancement (January 2011 to January 2015)Administrative support in a highly visible and professional area of the university. Supporting the Office of the President required exemplary customer service skills and ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality. Assisted in supporting the governing boards and president of the university. Point of contact for board members and dignitaries, as well as high-level donors and friends of the Office of Advancement. Travel planning and calendar management for the president's very busy schedule, planning of on- and off-site meetings for Concordia’s leadership team. Budget management and payment of expenses. Management of all commencement functions supported by the president's office.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Marketing Communications Coordinator (1999 to 2009)Managed marketing communications projects to support Badger’s largest and most successful utility, industrial/commercial, and automotive fluid metering and meter reading product lines. Worked with marketing managers to develop and implement annual marketing communications plans. Managed relationships between planning teams and Information Technology group to make the CRM system more user-friendly. Sales support and interaction with internal and external customers.• Managed creation of print and electronic communications including email promotions, web content, sales brochures, catalogs, tradeshow displays, user manuals and technical literature• Assisted marketing team in executing national advertising and public relations campaigns• Developed a cost- and time-efficient plan to use existing CRM system functionality to create new solutions for managing and tracking communications projects• Identified web logic for user-friendly online product configurator• Planned national and regional sales meetings, product user conferences, tradeshow events, and corporate apparel sales with MarCom team• Planned and managed product photo shoots• Developed MarCom ISO 9000 procedures• Trained new department members and developed supporting training materialsMarketing Communications Specialist (1998 to 1999)Sole member of MarCom; coordinated all marketing communications activity including contact with engineers, marketing managers, print vendors and ad agencies. Literature development using design software, management of photo shoots.Sales and Marketing Secretary (1996 to 1998) Support of VP Industrial Sales and Marketing, as well as national sales team and 45 industrial distributors

Chicago, Il, Us

Administrative Assistant - Client Services and Marketing ResearchSupport of upper management and 14-person client services group in an extremely fast-paced, deadline-oriented setting. A high level of professionalism, excellent language skills, and attention to detail were required without exception. Support of account managers in development of advertising collateral, communications, client interaction, and time-sensitive new business pitches. Assisted marketing research director in developing and implementing research proposals, surveys, focus groups, and presentations containing study findings.

Ba, Management & Communications (Summa Cum Laude)

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