Outside the Box Marketing Communications Specialist

Industry:	Marketing & Advertising
Occupation:	Communications
Highlights:	Recently appointed tot he Carlsbad Village Improvement Partnership Board of Directors
Ideal Companies:	The ideal company would be forward thinking, encourage teamwork and be financially stable.
Education level:	Associate
Will Relocate:	No
Location:	Carlsbad, CA

Overall management of non-profit business association. Insrumental in developing new umbrella organization to encompass all civic groups in the community to focus on area revitalization. Worked with other civic organizations to heal decades-old political wounds.

3/2007 - Present

(private)

Executive

• Budgeting, Event planning, grant proposal writing, graphic design, write e-newsletters, meet with other civic leaders and organizations, public testemony at city council meeting.

9/2004 - 1/2007

Storage World Conference

Director / VP

• Marketing Communications Director, marketing collateral design and copywriting, magazine copy-writing, design and editing, advertising design, web design and development, overall marketing strategy development, media barter proposals, contract negotiation. Meetings with key sponsors and potential sponsors, outside advertising development, publications coordination, vendor negotiations. Conference prospectus development and design.

1988

Associate Degree

Victor Valley College

• Liberal Arts/English

Skill	Rating
P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

Marketing, graphic design, creative, writing, publishing, event planning, communications, public relations, executive, director, operations, management