Lori Wortylko
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Summary
Experienced marketer and communications leader with exceptional skills that
foster persuasive presentations and productive relationships with
customers, partners, media outlets, analysts, employees and vendors.
Professional Highlights
. Accessible website development for people with visual impairments,
including those with additional disabilities
. Exceeded media hit goal by 19% in 2008 and 29% in 2009, resulting in a
donor base increase, sales growth and an increase in Low Vision Clinic
patients.
. Trained over 3,215 volunteers, resulting in an increase in the number
of troops formed and the number of girls served
. Organization brand identity development
Work Experience
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
February 2007 - September 2010
Cincinnati, Ohio
Manager of Communications and Marketing
. Organizational brand identity development
. Development and maintenance of Clovernook website and intranet site
. Creation of all marketing campaigns and collateral pieces (brochures,
ads, posters, flyers, special event invitations, event programs)
. E-commerce
. Public relations including press releases, media relations (print,
television, radio and web), speaking engagements and presentations
. Strategic communication plans, including crisis communication plans
. Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky marketing plan
. Manage print vendor and prepress operations
. Develop and publish internal and external communication pieces
(newsletter, surveys, corporate communications)
. Identify/cultivate/maintain strategic and tactical relationships with
vendors to create and implement marketing materials in order to build
community awareness
. Maintain control of communications and marketing budget
. Manage members of the communications and marketing team
. Development and manage social networking sites and campaigns
Lori Wortylko
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield October 2005 -
January 2007
Cincinnati, Ohio
Marketing Manager
. Brand identity development for all new collateral materials
. Manage fulfillment
. Forecasting
. Communication planning and implementation
. Manage print vendors and prepress operations
. Life and Dental product development and launch for all five states
. Develop all marketing materials and campaigns for Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin in order to support inside sales team
. Develop and manage database in order to track lead generation for
marketing campaigns
. Product life cycle management
. Identify/cultivate/maintain strategic and tactical relationships with
vendors to create and implement marketing materials within selected
communities
. Maintain control of marketing budget
Girl Scouts-Great Rivers Council, Inc. August 2002 -
October 2005
Cincinnati, Ohio
Membership Extension Specialist/Marketing Coordinator
. Develop, implement, and evaluate data driven membership expansion
strategies to recruit and retain girls and adults from diverse
backgrounds and abilities in 11-community territory; provide written
and oral progress
. Identify/cultivate/maintain strategic and tactical relationships with
local community resources to create and implement innovative
approaches to deliver Girl Scouting in the community and market its
benefits
. Directly manage and coach 116 volunteers
. Ensure that an effective volunteer management system is planned,
implemented, and evaluated for volunteers
. Develop all marketing materials for recruitment within 11-community
territory
. Development of strategic marketing plan and implementation within
territory
Lori Wortylko
Success Personnel, Inc. March 2000 -
August 2004
Westminster, Maryland
Writer; Marketing Specialist
. Developed all marketing and promotional materials including
newsletters, direct mail, presentations, posters and banners
. Worked closely with principals to develop business opportunities and
marketing strategies to maximize growth and profitability, to
accomplish the mission of the organization and to expand market
penetration
. Designed, wrote and produced innovative, creative promotional
materials including news releases, newsletters and flyers to promote
organization's goals.
. Continuously established and maintained client relationships as a
result of extensive interaction and strong communication skills.
Provided superior service and consultation through attention to detail
and follow-up on all client
Education
Capella University Minneapolis, Minnesota
Masters of Business Administration, Marketing August 2010
College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts, English December 2002
Western Maryland College Westminster, Maryland
Major: English, Minor: Education Attended 1998-2000
Professional Memberships
American Marketing Association (AMA), Public Relations Society of America
(PRSA)
Community Involvement
Member of the Board of Trustees - Circle Tail, Inc. Pleasant
Plain, Ohio
Public Relations/Marketing Committee
Summary of Skills
Command of Conversational Spanish, Proficient in American Sign Language,
Computer skills include MS Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Access;
Internet Explorer; Quark; File Maker Pro Database; Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Contribute, Dreamweaver