Director of Marketing, Creative Director, Public Relations Director, Marketing & Sales Manager (DC1)

• Background includes management positions in marketing, advertising and public relations.
• Held the position of District Marketing and Sales Manager for an international, multi-billion $ cosmetics company where my responsibilities included planning and executing marketing events; and hiring, teaching, training and mentoring a work force of over 600 sales representatives in Northern NV and Northern CA.
• Helped to grow the sales team from 350 sales reps to over 600, with an increase of more than $2.5 million in sales.
• Held positions of Creative Director, Director of Marketing, and Director of Public Relations for California advertising agencies.
• Lifetime teaching credential in Communications at the college level.
• Taught courses in media relations, writing, photography and layout and design at colleges in Southern California.
• Photographs have been published in educational journals, newspapers and magazines, and I have written articles, music reviews and movie reviews for publications, and most recently for AOL.
• Backround includes working in non-profit public relations and event planning.

ADVERTISING & MARKETING PROFESSIONAL (NKK1)

• Have 10+ years of industry experience and personally closed and executed over $6.9 million in advertising business.
• Have served as an Advertising Account Executive with global advertising agencies managing campaigns for world-class, Fortune 100 technology companies located throughout the Silicon Valley.
• Have effectively performed extensive business to business advertising sales for Publishers and Communications firms within the Reno/Sparks/Carson market, often meeting or exceeding sales goals of $50,000 a month.
• advertising, marketing, media, publishing, communications, branding, copywriting, writing, proofreading, editing, print, online, broadcast, radio, television, desktop publishing, presentations, blogging, networking, compliance, Powerpoint, multi-tasking, problem solving, client service, customer service, account management.

RETAIL SALES CONSULTANT (KAH2)

• An independent business owner as an Airbrush Tanning Technician and an Insurance Broker.  I traveled from appointment to appointment helping many people with their tanning and insurance needs.
• Restaurant Manager that brought sales up 200 percent. I managed a crew of 55 people and was responsible for all store activities.

MARKETING AND SALES SPECIALIST (MLB1)

• Sold over $400 million consumer goods on home shopping television channel
• Conducted over 250 live speaking engagements for fortune 500 companies at trade shows
  Achieved national sales award for increasing yellow page and internet advertising sales 333%
• Sales, Marketing, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint, advertising, internet advertising, advertising sales, jewelry manufacturing, clothing manufacturing, cosmetics manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, broadcasting, infomercial sales, television production

MARKETING AND EVENTS PROJECT MANAGER (BGC1)

• Over a decade of experience as a successful project manager in marketing and events efficiently balancing resources to accomplish goals on time and in budget with a top notch customer service focus.
• Increased sales and visibility for clients across various industries by 10% - 15% on average through advertising team leadership.
• Managed a team of 200 guest service staff member resulting in an increase of positive guest comments by 50%
• Project Management, Marketing, Advertising, Event Logistics, Customer Service, Special Events, Management

PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING SPECIALIST(JEB1)

• Spearheaded organization of an award-winning newsletter focused on student transition needs.
• Managed a wide variety of communications and public relations projects, including news releases, speeches, and correspondence.
• Coordinated all aspects of fundraising competition, including participant recruitment, management of volunteers, auction, and planning for gala.
• Public relations, public affairs, marketing, communications, writing, special event management, fundraising, image, presentation, speaking

MARKETING (DAD3)

• Project manager / Consultant… results = $50M+ net profit increase over the past 10 years.
• Initiated and spearheaded project to increase appraised value of a property from $900K to $19M+ in 18 months.
• Bird Dog for strategic alliances, niche markets, channels, suppliers, sales and marketing campaigns.
• Moderator, Facilitator, & Strategic Advisor
• SWOT Analysis (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities & Threats)
• 100+ transferable skills to draw upon and a well seasoned entrepreneurial background
  Team builder – Strategic advisor to over 100 start-ups