Management Marketing

Kathleen Kennon Coats

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**** *** ***** **** ******, TX 78737

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EDUCATION

May 1998 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Major: English

. Alkek Scholarship recipient

March 2006 University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

Degree: Teacher Certification, English Language Arts 8-

12

GPA: 3.75

December 2008 St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

Degree: Master of Liberal Arts

Focus: Writing/English

GPA: 4.0

* 18 hours of Graduate Work in English

. One-on-one course in Improving Student Writing

Following my completion of the MLA graduate program at St. Edward's

University with a 4.0 GPA, I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age thirty-

five. During the gap in my educational and employment history, I received

medical treatment to cure my cancer. I now am healthy, in remission, and

excited about to move into my next life opportunity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jewish Community Center of Dallas - Dallas, TX

2005 Golf Tournament Coordinator

Principle Responsibilities: Primary responsibility for all

aspects of the golf tournament, including; key contact for

sponsors, committee, and players; sponsor recruiting and

solicitation; event budgeting and planning; coordination of

tournament marketing and publicity; day-of-event management.

Irving Arts Center - Irving, TX

2003 - 2004 Marketing Coordinator

Principle Responsibilities: Coordination of all marketing

materials, including print and radio ads, postcards, posters,

brochures, invitations, newsletters, and website content for

300+ events annually; client relations; direct mail campaigns;

writing of proposals, promotional copy, and press releases;

public relations / media relations campaign development and

implementation; development and implementation of campaigns for

travel and tourism, facility rental, theater attendance, and

gallery attendance; website management; sales analysis; public

speaking and presentations; agency representation within the

community and industry; department budgeting and strategic

planning.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Texas / Western Region Field Office -

Dallas, TX

2001 - 2003 Development Associate

Principle Responsibilities: Grant / proposal writing; direct

mail campaigns; prospect research; corporate giving research;

foundation research; giving trends analysis; special event

management; donor relations; prospect management database design

and management; design, layout, and editing of office

newsletter.

LIFT (Literacy Instruction For Texas) - Dallas, TX

2000 - 2001 Marketing Manager

Principle Responsibilities: Press Release and public service

announcement writing; writing and editing of agency proposal,

grant, and publicity materials; writing and editing of agency

newsletter; development of marketing materials and public

relations / media relations campaign; design of agency pieces /

desktop publications; special event management; marketing

database design and management; public speaking and

presentations; department budgeting and strategic planning.

1998 - 2000 Volunteer Coordinator

Principle Responsibilities: Management of 150+ volunteers;

volunteer recruitment and scheduling; program coordination and

evaluation; volunteer and staff training; special event

planning; volunteer tracking database design and management;

writing and editing of quarterly volunteer newsletter;

department budgeting and strategic planning.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

PC and Mac experience; Quark Xpress; PageMaker; PhotoShop;

Acrobat Professional; Access; Excel; PowerPoint; Word/Works;

Crystal Reports.

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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