Marianne Jodie Grote

***** ********* ***** ****, *** Grove, Wisconsin 53122

acfy27@r.postjobfree.com

505-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Marketing Coordinator II/Marketing Operations Support Specialist

Consultant

MJ Grote Consulting, Albuquerque, NM and Milwaukee, WI January 2013

- Present

. Create marketing materials for two interpreter agencies

. Develop and present training materials for anti-tobacco program

. Currently taking online business analytic courses at University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee including statistical modeling for SPSS and JPG

(Details provided at end of resume)

. Consulted and helped NIS Interpreting Services in 2013 by:

o Recruiting and contracting 12 interpreters for NIS Interpreting

Services' business development

o Negotiating translating service rates contracts in Albuquerque,

Santa Fe, and Hobbs, NM.

o Obtaining Quality of Life grant from Governor's Commission on

Disability

o Working with Executive Directors, and Managers to execute marketing

plan

Business Development Manager

Maryland Interpreting Services, Albuquerque, NM

December 2011 - October 2012

. Created presentations for business development leading to a 50% percent

expansion in referrals/business

Volunteer Marketing Consultant

Albuquerque Speech, Language, & Hearing Center, Albuquerque, NM October

2011 -May 2012

. Developed company strategic marketing plan and PowerPoint Presentation to

promote the center

o Received $41,000 funding from United Way

. Responsible for event planning such as Open House and Wine Tasting Event

within budget.

o Resulted in two-fold board membership

o Increased client/patient enrollment by 45%

Volunteer Marketing Consultant

Independence First, Milwaukee, WI

Summer 2011

. Developed marketing strategies for volunteers for the agency-wide 4th

year computer recycling program and provided consultative services to IT

department resulting in

o Increased renovation/ production of 9 to 15 computers per week

o Reduced staff involvement helping volunteers by focusing on their

priorities

o Increase number of volunteers from 4 to 15 volunteers since the SOP

implemented

Sales Operations

ZVRS (Z Video Relay Services), Clearwater, FL & Nationwide August 2010 -

February 2011

. Created business strategies, sales trends, and processes with sales team

nationwide using Visio

. Prioritized, forecasted, and scheduled quarterly meetings and conferences

for 50 Business Video Solutions and Sales Staff within budget

. Effectively came to agreement for processes with stakeholders in sales,

marketing, finance, and product management

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U.S. Cellular, Chicago, IL

HR Equal Employment Opportunity Analyst - Diversity Department

September 2008 - July 2010

. Generated monthly/quarterly reporting and recommendations on demographics

using Advanced Excel spreadsheets

. Verified tracking and accuracy of data; resolved problems with data

. Provided summary information to regional directors on large data of

demographic output

. Presented context analytical findings and conclusions about multi-

generational workforce data to Vice President of HR and Senior Director

of Diversity

Business Operations Analyst - Enterprise Project Change Management

July 2007 - September 2008

. Implemented a marketing strategy plan and survey to increase awareness

with Project Management Knowledge Center (Skillsoft) using on-line

training

. Successfully led cross-functional training sessions to communicate

project successes/areas for improvement and to include team-building for

40 project managers

. Created survey content for project managers on SurveyMonkey, online

survey software

Business Operations Analyst - Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO)

April 2005 - July 2007

. Managed project development for the Diversity Inclusion Forum with other

strategic managers for Stedman Graham, the author for Diversity: Leaders,

not Labels

. Learned basic knowledge on KPI's for EPMO team

. Established a centralized database of documents, templates for

departments

. Collaborated with project managers to gather project/program data for

portfolio projects flowing through EPMO

Public Affairs Specialist

September 2003 - April 2005

. Administered corporate $1.2 million charitable contributions program

using GIFTS software

. Increased target funding to $90,000 for the C.A.R.E. (Community Action

Recycling Effort) program to donate money to various diverse

organizations

o Collaborated over 200 stores by providing marketing materials,

processes

. Analyzed nonprofit organizations charitable applications for grants and

made recommendations to CEO and VP of Public Affairs

Strategic Media Planner

Starcom MediaVest Group, Subsidiary of Publicis, Chicago, Illinois

October 1999 - May 2002

Clients: U.S. Army, Vileda, Delta Air Lines

. Acted as liaison between the media planning/investment group, the U.S.

Army Battalion Chiefs and the U.S. Army Public Affairs Specialists

. Researched strategic media planning for 10 western and southern states

. Created media schedule/flowcharts to meet the clients' budget with the

appropriate media mix

. Provided competitive intelligence information for Delta Air Lines

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Superior Experience - MS Office Suite in Word, Excel/Pivot Tables, Outlook,

PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Publisher, SurveyMonkey, Analytic systems

including SPSS and JPG

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

> Adjunct Professor, William Rainey Harper College, Columbia College,

Concordia University 1999-2006

EDUCATION

> Business Analysis Certificate - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

January 2014 - present

o Relevant Courses Taken

. Database Marketing (Business Management 769) - Spring 2014

. Predictive Analysis/Metrics for SPSS - discriminant,

cluster, multinomial linear regression, churn and

survival analysis, basic logit vs probit,

null/alternative hypothesis testing for leading TV

subscription company

. Introduction to Management Statistics (Business Management

210) - Summer 2014

. Modeling/Metrics for JPG - descriptive statistics,

correlation, confidence intervals, linear regression,

hypotheses, contingency analysis

o Fall 2014 Classes

. Analytic Models for Managers (Business Management 709)

using R

. Marketing Analytics (Business Administration 763)

> MBA in Marketing - The University of Arizona - Emphasis in

Consulting/Entrepreneurship, 1999

> BA in Communications - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1991

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