DARLA LIPPE
Ph. 304-***-****
E-mail. *****.*****@*****.***
Address. 1401 Lyndale Drive
Charleston, WV 25314
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlippe
Objective Summary:
Highly-motivated, dedicated, and ambitious professional with a broad management, marketing, and
advertising background. Exceptional staff management, organizational and time management skills
with attention to detail.
Experience:
2010- Present Broker Support Manager
Integrated Benefits Field Marketing Organization
Medicare Advatage and Medicare Supplements
Ph. 304-***-****
1510 Kanawha Blvd East
Charleston, WV 25311
Reason to leaving: Wanting to relocation to the Orlando area.
•Responsible for overseeing the work of broker support associates. Associates take care of independent
agent and marketers calls, concerns and complaints and tries to resolve any issues they may have.
Purpose of the broker support manager is to make sure the associates are taking care of agents quickly
and efficiently and in a professional manner.
•Requiring excellent communication skills and problem solving abilities, as well as a proven effective
customer service.
•Goals to meet, set by the president. Broker support manager also responds to agent who feel that the
associates have not helped them.
•Position is to make sure the agent is satisfied with the company as a whole, intends to continue doing
business and that the company's own goals are met.
•Must be service-oriented, as well as goal-oriented and be able to inspire others to work toward the
same goals.
•Motivate others to work to their highest level and to work independently.
•Be able to prioritize tasks and to know when to switch gears.
•Recruiting and hiring processes.
•A position on the complaince board and following Center for Medicare Services compliant rules.
2009 -2010 Traffic Manager / Assistant Account Manager
The Manahan Group
Adverting, Marketing and PR
Ph. 304-***-****
222 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Reason for leaving: laid off because the agency lost a large client and fell on
tough times.
•Responsible for managing the flow of work from business teams to creative and production
departments and vendors.
•Duties include monitoring workloads, creating project schedules, maintaining job files, tracking and
monitoring progress, routing projects and conducting traffic meetings.
•Oversees process and marketing jobs to ensure timely implementation of projects and ensure projects
are developed within budgetary requirements designed to achieve business goals.
•Planning and execution of the marketing activities, public relations / branding events which support
business goals of the company and comply with all contractual obligations to partners.
2007 2009 Advertising and Marketing Coordinator
Innovative Mattress Solutions
Ph: 304-***-****
2982 Winfield Road, Winfield, WV 25213
Reason for leaving: Great opportunity with an advertising agency.
•Responsible for performing a variety of administrative, supervisory and technical work to plan,
develop direct, and coordinate the strategic marketing and advertising of the company 痴 products
and/or services to increase the effectiveness and overall performance of the program.
•Ensure accuracy of content within all marketing communications materials.
•Event Execution, Planning, Event Execution Management, Working with Visual merchandising/pop,
etc.
•Event recon/post analysis.
•Maintain parameters for budgets and approved project spending.
•Develop new creative ideas, concepts and approaches to the creative element of all methods of
communication.
•Assist in the daily execution, planning and placement of advertising products. Meet, support and
encourage the corporate directives and strategic plans.
•Sales
2005 2006 Sales Assistant
WNEM TV5 / AM 1250 / MY5
Ph: 989-***-****
107 N. Franklin St.,
Saginaw, Michigan 48601
Reason for leaving: Husband's job transferred us to West Virginia.
•Provide administrative support and other necessary support/service duties for the general sales manager, other
managers in sales department, HR and engineering.
•Creating presentation, assisting with proposals and reports.
•Client relations.
•Sales
•Coordinating social, business events and meetings.
•Coordinating flow of business in Sales Department.
1997 2006 Office Manager Administrative Wizard
The Barckholtz Group, Advertising, Marketing& Communications
Melinda Shriner, VP 989-***-****,
909 S. Michigan Ave., Saginaw, Michigan 48602
•Manage and organize daily office activities of an advertising and marketing firm.
•In charge of A/R, A/P, payroll and daily financial reports.
•Buying media for clients and monitoring television news reports.
•Maintain client relations.
Education:
Delta College, University Center, Michigan
Attending part-time with majority of my classes in marketing & business related classes
Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey
Business Management
Volunteer experience:
2010 - present Charleston Area Medical Center Volunteer Services
2010 - present The Clay Center volunteer usher
2006 - present West Virginia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
Charleston, WV
2001-2006 White Pine Chapter of Public Relations Society of America
Saginaw, Michigan
Position: Chapter Administrator
•Member of the Year 2006
•Maintain membership & non-member database
•Help organize monthly meetings & seminars
References upon request.