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Focusing on family first and personal development including senior caregiving and continuous learning.

Tampa, Fl, Us

-Matched over 500 IT and business consultants with client engagements with over a 25% consultant conversion rate from contract to full-time employment-Consultant Care / Resource management of 50 - 79 consultants including onboarding, 1:1s, performance reviews, escalations and offboarding-Focused on client delivery and retention of top talent, collaborating with a dedicated recruitment team to discuss prioritization, sourcing challenges and client communication to acquire the right talent most efficiently - 8x Kforce Gold Performer, earned 2016 President's Circle Award (9 recipients awarded out of 4,000+) and 2x Diamond Club Award (highest performance award in the firm)-Industry leader in client satisfaction. 2017 individual results 80% higher than the industry average and 13% higher than the best of staffing average (based on client survey)-Started in Kforce's Milwaukee office in 2012, focused on new business development and relocated to Madison in 2014 to manage and grow our business partnership at a fortune 500 client.-Provided and managed a team of 20+ digital consultants including UX strategists, UX Designers, UX Researchers, UX Prototypers, Content Designers, SEO Content Writers and Developers and in 2 years helped our client go from last to first place in the 2023 JD Powers Digital Shopping Experience.Kforce is a $1.6B, publicly traded respected professional services and staffing leader with over 50 years of success acquiring Technology and Finance/Accounting talent to help clients achieve their business goals. Kforce's national network of over 40 offices, two national recruiting centers, and over 2,000 staffing specialists supports client staffing needs of all sizes, including 70% of the Fortune 100. Kforce offers services onshore, offshore and hybrid models. Kforce sponsors over 2,000 visas for highly skilled, foreign-born professionals.https://www.kforce.com/employers/technology-staffing/

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

-Grew agency awareness (46% increase in website visits from 2010) -Expanded business-to-business client portfolio by 400% in 12 months -Increased prospect engagement with consistent quarterly newsletter (48% increase in newsletter opens and 58% click-through rate from previous year)

Brookfield, Wi, Us

-Conducted market research, competitive analysis and SWOT analysis -Determined client value propositioning through competitive gap analysis -Recommended creative and strategic marketing ideas to clients -Managed a $450,000+ national product launch in 16 weeks -Brought over $575,000 in new business in 12 months, primarily through new industrial clients -Grew $150,000 in additional business from existing clients

-Developed and oversaw strategic marketing plans with budgets over $425,000 -Managed and negotiated vendor agreements -Managed the significant growth of a client’s marketing spend from $9,000 to $90,0000 in less than a year

-Developed and implemented new sales strategies -Managed new business projects with production department -Sold advertising in client’s startup publication and achieved $75,000 in first issue advertising sales -Retained multiple Fortune 500 corporate sponsors for high profile Milwaukee events

-Designed graphics and edited photography for weekly publication

-Executed photography and copywriting of product advertisements

-Started new business unit and retained business from corporations with annual sales of $2 billion -Managed inventory, finances, client projects and production staff -Developed pricing strategies, service packages and product promotions

-Qualified prospects and generated leads through networking in professional organizations

Certificate, Social Impact Strategy

Marketing, Business Administration