Hello, my name is Deborah. I have 15 years experience in administrative (typing speed - 85 wpm) and "hands-on" marketing / management. I have helped local, national, and international engineering, architectural, and CPA firms strengthen their position in the marketplace while increasing their bottom line. I will do whatever it takes to accomplish your client's financial goals.
You should hire me because I can make your life easier and help you increase your client base, maintain your existing customer base, and secure referrals that become lifetime customers, as well. It's all about taking pride in your work, paying attention to the details, and exceeding customer expectations, one customer at a time. In addition to having successfully completed a real estate course offered by Long & Foster, I have extensive experience in creating advertisements, press releases, and newsletters. I'm also an avid photographer.
SUPERIOR WRITTEN & ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS
Publicity Award
Sponsored by The Better Business Bureau, WINS the prestigious Torch Award by writing and designing the winning entry package, entitled Exceptional Marketplace Ethics. CPA firm receives statewide publicity and notoriety throughout the Maryland business community.
Contract Awards
Wins hundreds of federal, state, and local government contracts by writing client-centered, persuasive sales proposals and presentations. Representative clients include the Department of Defense, the U.S. Postal Service, the MD Department of General Services, the MD State Highway Administration, various city/county government agencies, and private sector clients, as well. Representative awards include providing design and construction management services for environmental, civil, structural, water, sewer, and transportation projects. Other contract awards include providing accounting and business consulting services.
Newsletter Editor
Serves as Wooden & Benson’s newsletter editor and authors several articles on
own initiative.
In addition to serving as newsletter editor for a six-page bimonthly publication, initiates and writes the following articles that appear in several issues of this publication:
o Clients Determine the Success of Our Business
o Wooden & Benson Reveals Results of Survey
o Wooden & Benson Wins the Award for Exceptional Marketplace Ethics
PROJECT MANAGEMENT / SPECIAL PROJECTS
A self-starter who takes initiative to identify, propose, and carry out appropriate projects.
§ Without proper performance, good Public Relations are impossible. Consequently, initiates and delivers a verbal presentation with visuals to Purdum & Jeschke owners and associates highlighting the benefits of implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) throughout the organization. Upon acceptance of the proposal, directs the educational phase of TQM to principals, associates, and project managers.
§ Initiates, develops, and produces Wooden & Benson’s first-time entry package that wins the Torch Award sponsored by the Better Business Bureau.
§ To increase Buchart-Horn /BASCO Associates contract award rates, initiates request to take over the writing, production/management, and tracking of sales proposals and presentations in addition to normal duties and responsibilities. Request is granted by upper management resulting in a 25% increase in annual contract awards and a 15% decrease in the cost of securing new work.
§ Structures, develops, and manages first time business development departments at Purdum & Jeschke Engineers and Wooden & Benson CPAs.
§ Because public relations is an inside-out job, initiates, proposes, and develops an effective employee communications plan for Purdum & Jeschke.
§ As Regional Marketing Specialist at Buchart-Horn, works closely with exhibit designers to produce educational exhibits at the Patuxent Water Reclamation Facility’s Visitor Center in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
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