Marketing Communications, Editing, and Project Management Skills
| •Organize and implement marketing campaigns | •Generate leads through target marketing |
| •Track and measure response rates | •Analyze and report on campaign success |
| •Coordinate outside vendors' activities | •Administer content for www.geodatasolutions.com |
| •Edit customer/prospect newsletter | •Edit abstracts and conference papers |
| •Edit employee newsletter for intranet publication | •Edit and proofread technical documentation |
| •Create corporate style guides | •Apply Microsoft Manual of Style and Chicago Manual of Style |
| •Monitor and facilitate document review process | •Supervise activities of technical writers and reviewers |
Professional Work History
Communications Team Lead, GeoData Solutions, Inc.—Develop and implement communications procedures to create accurate, grammatically correct documents; apply the principles of various style guides to ensure consistency and professionalism; coordinate activities of writers, contributors, reviewers, and outside vendors in creating user guides, white papers, product flyers, corporate brochures, press releases, and web pages; supervise work of the communications group (1999 to Present)
Marketing Communications Coordinator, GeoData Solutions, Inc.—Developed copy for sales support materials; coordinated ad creation and placement; assisted in trade show coordination and trade booth enhancements; organized and implemented web site expansion and updates; organized the submission of abstracts, articles, and conference papers (1998-1999)
Marketing Coordinator, Insurance Reference Systems, Inc.—Coordinated all marketing activities for CD-ROM publisher with national market; collaborated with sales, customer support, production, and technical services departments to produce accurate, clear, concise marketing communications materials; worked closely with outside photographers, graphic designers, printers, and mailing vendors to ensure timely creation and distribution of marketing materials (1995-1998)
Project Manager, Insurance Reference Systems, Inc.—Managed,
coordinated, and produced electronic documents for SuperSource
CD-ROM library; served as publisher liaison; coordinated
activities between the production and technical services departments
to ensure the timely and accurate publication of electronic documents
(1994-95)
Reference Editor, Insurance Reference Systems, Inc.—Formatted,
proofread, sequenced, and created markup for electronic
documents; cross-trained in scanning/OCR (1992-94)
Instructor/Coordinator, Sanford-Brown College—Taught English
I, English II, Speech, and Secretarial
Procedures; wrote curricula and syllabi; coordinated the general
education department across four campuses; served as administrative
liaison (1991-92)
English Instructor, Draughons College—Taught Developmental
English, Introduction to the Essay, Advanced Essay,
Introduction to Literature, and Business Communications
(1990-91)
Editor/Proofreader, Marshall & Stevens, Inc.—Edited
real estate appraisals and financial reports for grammar, spelling,
punctuation, accuracy, and consistency (1989-90)
MA—English and American Literature, Washington University,
St. Louis, MO (1989) BA—English and Communication, Thiel College, Greenville,
PA-summa cum laude (1988)Semester in Journalism—American University, Washington, DC (1987)
Software Experience
Additional Interests/Links to My Favorite Web Sites
Angelfire - Easiest Free Home Pages
National Council of Teachers of English
Walt Whitman
William Shakespeare
Zen Buddhism
Sales Marketing Network
Star Trek Official Home Page
Society for Creative Anachronism
Columbia University's Bartleby Project (If you are/were an English major, you'll love this site!)
InkSpot (Writers' Resources)
The Washington Post
