Résumé
Summary of Qualifications
Highly creative, team-focused, detail-oriented, passionate marketing executive with experience in media, manufacturing, financial services, and software, capable of incorporating graduate level business education into proactive career options involving creativity, analysis, management, and planning. (I am willing to relocate domestically or internationally.)
Work History
| Job Title: |
Self-Employed |
| Company Name: |
www.jillane.com |
| Date Range: |
05/04 - Current |
| Location: |
Racine, WI |
| Description: |
Clients: PIER1, Costco / Native Floral, Habitat for Humanity (Racine and Kenosha). Sales and merchandising, design/layout of support materials, presentations, signage, and general administrative support. |
| Job Title: |
Marketing & Production Manager |
| Company Name: |
AutoFocus |
| Date Range: |
10/02 – 05/04 |
| Location: |
Addison, IL |
| Description: |
Created, supervised, coordinated all print advertising, direct mail campaigns (300+ dealerships). Creation and production of a weekly special section, sales support for 11+ sales representatives |
| JobTitle: |
Marketing Consultant (Contract) |
| Company Name: |
Starkmedia (web development agency) |
| Date Range: |
02/02 – 09/02 |
| Location: |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Description: |
Client support for website updates. |
| Job Title: |
Marketing Consultant (Contract) |
| Company Name: |
Meridian formerly Rockford Forms & Graphics (printing company) |
| Location: |
Rockford, IL |
| Description: |
Re-design of marketing collateral, sales support tools, creative concepts, and prototypes |
| Job Title: |
Marketing Coordinator |
| Company Name: |
Deloitte & Touche Tax Technologies |
| Date Range: |
01/01 – 01/02 |
| Location: |
Deerfield, IL |
| Description: |
Website design for the re-launch of the public website, corptax.com. Design, copy and coordination of large scale direct mail campaigns. Creative layout and design for client conferences, training programs, meetings |
| Job Title: |
Marketing Consultant (Contract) |
| Company Name: |
Starfn.com |
| Date Range: |
08/00 – 11/00 |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Description: |
Marketing strategy, consumer / competitor research and project management for website launch |
| Job Title: |
Sales and Promotion Coordinator |
| Company Name: |
Chicago Sun-Times |
| Date Range: |
1998 – 2000 |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Description: |
Creation, coordination and implementation of large-scale, circulation-building promotions for major Chicago retailers (McDonald's, Seven-Eleven, Big Apple Bagel). Fully developed research-oriented advertising sales presentations for the Sun-Times and its sister publications: (Pioneer Press, Daily Southtown, Weekly Star). Integrated Scarborough audience data, Claritas PRIZM clusters, and geo-demographic mapping software into analyses. Input and design for major client presentations, i.e. MasterCard, United Airlines, Armani, Coca-Cola, Ford, Marshall Field's |
| Job Title: |
Marketing Associate |
| Company Name: |
Donald Bruce Company / Princess Pride Creations |
| Date Range: |
1995 – 1997 |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Description: |
Pioneered new product category for this manufacturer/designer of fine jewelry. Facilitated adaptation of Vatican Library Jewelry Collection into product line replicas, sold internationally. Developed signage, presentations, concepts for JCPenney, Service Merchandise, Target, Kmart |
Education
| University: |
DePaul University MBA |
| Degree: |
E-Commerce / Marketing |
| Graduation Date: |
06/00 |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Description: |
Worked full-time / paying all expenses involved |
| University: |
University of Wisconsin |
| Degree: |
Bachelor in Business / Marketing |
| Graduation Date: |
12/94 |
| Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
| Description: |
3 paid internships |
Technical Skills
Fully experienced with:
- IBM
- Macintosh
- the Internet
- HTML
- BBEdit
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Access
- QuarkXpress
- Excel
- Homesite
- Ability to self-teach new software
Volunteer
