Adobe® Acrobat®, Illustrator®, InDesign® and Photoshop®
QuarkXPress®
Macromedia® Dreamweaver® and Flash® (somewhat familiar)
AP manual/stylebook
Work Experience
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Glen Allen, VA 2005-2007
The National White Collar Crime Center(NW3C) is a congressionally-funded non-profit organization that supports local, state, federal and international law enforcement efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute economic and cyber crimes.
Communications Specialist My primary duties at NW3C included leading or assisting in projects that involved writing, design, layout, public relations, and the coordination and execution of events. Examples of my responsibilities included planning writing, designing, producing, and arranging printing and delivery of the Informant, a tri-annual 40+ page full color magazine, with a subscriber list of over 17,000; managing Informant Subscriber lists; planning, writing, designing, producing and arranging printing and delivery of a 30+ page NW3C Annual Report; writing articles, press releases, and speeches/remarks; interviewing industry experts and law enforcement officials for stories; and assisting in NW3C event planning and execution; training and guiding new communications staff.
Grant Massie Gallier,Richmond, VA 2003 – 2005
Grant Massie Gallier is a real estate services company that specializes in commercial, land and residential sales throughout central Virginia.
Residential Marketing Assistant / Assistant to the President Provided support in the development of the company image and vision through the use of marketing media. Some areas of responsibility included creating residential print newsletter, advertisements, press releases, and direct mail pieces; maintaining corporate and residential Web sites and managing the development project of a new Web site design; managing the residential advertising budget; co-managing the residential database; researching land for potential future residential development; and performing executive assistant duties for the president of the company.
Turf Teq, LLC, Leola, PA 2000 - 2004
Turf Teq, LLC designs and manufactures unique equipment for use in the turf care/landscaping industry. They focus on providing unique and efficient solutions to common problems in landscaping and turf management.
Marketing Specialist/Office Manager Helped in the start-up of the business by assisting in composing a business plan, and initiating federal and state LLC and other related business management documents. Enhanced the image of the company and its unique product line through creating and maintaining the company web site, marketing literature, advertisements, tradeshow collateral, letterhead, office templates, etc. Established accounting and inventory system. Also provided support in customer service and sales and managed relationships with marketing vendors.
Mitos Technologies, Inc.,Phoenixville, PA 2001 – 2002 Mitos Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of high purity fluid handling products for customers in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Marketing Specialist
Key accomplishments in this position included expanding the company image through marketing outlets including a company website, print literature, press releases, newsletter, etc. Provided high level of customer service in an inside sales role and managed relationships with marketing vendors and product distributors.
AMC Technology, LLC, Richmond, VA 1999 – 2000
AMC Technology is a software and consulting company for customers of the SAP R/3 software globally. Their area of expertise is contact center software and computer telephony integration solutions.
Marketing Specialist Key accomplishments included creating and maintaining marketing collateral, including print literature, press releases, advertisements and web site content. Successfully managed projects, including trade show preparation, logistics and presence. Maintained partner relationships in joint marketing efforts. Assisted in the sales process by creating presentations, proposals, demonstrating software to potential customers and responding to Request For Proposal (RFP) forms.
