Kimberly Schafer Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• I create content for AI customer experience products for global digital marketing campaigns and thought leadership. Write blog posts, landing pages, webpages, brochures, infographics, digital banner copy, social media.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders in product marketing, demand generation marketing, PR, marketing operations, and external agencies.
• Wrote content for digital campaign that exceeded MQL (marketing qualified lead) target with 147% of goal.
• Fostered collaborative approach to campaign management with transparent view into campaign planning by creating and managing content creation tracker for division with 500+ marketing assets each year.
• Optimized asset management by developing content plans to use and distribute assets for digital marketing.
• Streamlined division-wide copywriting for organic, web, email, and paid promotion content that reduced content production time while maintaining premium quality standards across all marketing channels.

United States

• I lead a committee on the publication of the organization's scholarly journal, the Bulletin.
• Manage entire publishing process from evaluating articles to overseeing distribution to over 450 members
• Evaluate and edit articles
• Delegate editorial duties to 6-10 committee members and contractors
• Lay out issues using InDesign
• Edit photos using Photoshop

Multiple Locations

• I perform on bell tower instruments in the United States and abroad.
• Play carillon at weddings and other special occasions
• Spearheaded and performed mobile carillon concert tour in metro Detroit and Kalamazoo area.
• Performed 2-4 times per month at St. Chrysostom's Church, Chicago, IL
• Hosted guest recitalists for summer concert series
• Performed while in residence at universities across the country; perform guest recitals in the United States and Europe

• I create, edit, and deliver online and print content
• Author blog posts for Evernow, a telehealth provider
• Wrote content for one-page marketing piece, cover letter, and website for leading physical, occupation, speech therapy provider in Illinois to diversify client base
• Created and author blog on tower bell technology and programming at withbellson.blog
• Wrote solicitation letter on journal subscriptions for Guild of Carillonneurs in North America to build upon increased quality and prestige of journal under my helm
• Researched, interviewed, and wrote profiles on North American carillons for the Diapason, a periodical specializing on organs, harpsichords, and carillons, to market my tower bell consulting business

Chicago, IL

• I founded this consulting business in order to promote bells and bell instruments locally and beyond through repair, performance, instruction, and program design.Content Writing
• Generated news coverage in Chicago Tribune, WGN9 News, WTTW's Chicago Tonight, WBEZ's Curious City, and other media outlets
• Produced accurate, sophisticated original copy, employing current best practices for web-based and digital content
• Created blog posts illuminating the value of bells and highlighting mentions of bell towers in media
• Developed and manage editorial content calendar, overseeing social media presence and strategy
• Designed and maintained robust WordPress website; generate accurate, appealing content and recruit contributors

Chicago, IL

• As one of two administrators in the department of anthropology, I oversaw the daily operations and administrative functions of the office and served as the primary departmental liaison to divisional, university, and.
• Oversaw daily office operations; met 100% of deadlines, including those related to tenure cases, hiring cases, expense reports, budgets, other spending plans, and vendor payments; managed department calendar
• Managed department's website, building new pages and helped devise taxonomy using Drupal, an open-source content management framework
• Ran weekly speaker series involving world-renowned scholars; managed details of international travel
• Supervised and mentored one student assistant each academic year

Chicago, IL

• As one of two administrators in the department of political science, I oversaw the daily operations and administrative functions of the office and served as the primary departmental liaison to divisional, university.
• Authored 10-page report on the status of women in regards to academic awards and grants
• Managed department's social media presence on our website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed
• Planned and coordinated department events, including guest talks, receptions, dinners, and a memorial service
• Handled the administrative processes for faculty and academic recruitment, appointments, and promotions
• Assisted in creating budgets and monitoring expenditures

• I taught an introductory-level college course on music appreciation for over 120 students.
• Designed syllabi, course schedules, assignments, exams, and multimedia presentations
• Mentored undergraduates individually and in small groups on study skills, citation styles, study-abroad opportunities, academic integrity, and campus resources
• Initiated informal coffee-chat sessions with students to facilitate communication and promote student development
• Calculated and reported students' grades
• Handled confidential situations, such as issues of scholastic dishonesty, with discretion and professionalism

• I proposed and implemented a new carillon instruction program for university students and community members
• Instructed and advised students in weekly private lessons and master classes
• Organized music library
• Created music library database
• Coordinated and led field trips to regional carillons
• Organized first carillon concert series in spring 2009

Ph.D., Musicology

Activities and Societies: carillon, fencing

Certificate, Board Leadership Program

Diploma With Great Distinction, Carillon

funded by a Fulbright grant to Belgium 2004-2005

B.A., Music

Activities and Societies: honors program, carillon, fencing