Sales Project Manager

Diane Marie Schimmel

**** *. *********** ****** #****, Portland, Oregon 97227

503-***-****, *************@*******.***

Professional Profile

More than 5 years professional experience as an Education Sales Consultant

with proven ability to motivate, sell, and train new and existing customers

on education solutions

Professional Accomplishments

Sales and Business Development

< Integral part of a large sales and marketing team that sold a

Mathematics program in the state of Washington in 2009 this was the

number one selling program in the state

< Spearheaded Internet safety efforts in the Northwest territory:

Oregon, Washington, Alaska and California by building trusting

relationships with law enforcement agencies, educators and government

officials

< Initiated new business and delivered presentations that led to

partnerships that implemented technology safety training efforts with

Portland Public Schools, Beaverton Public School District, West

Linn/Wilsonville School District, Juneau School District, Anchorage

School Districts and Oregon's Department of Justice Internet Crimes

Against Children (ICAC)

Marketing

< Worked regional and state goals; created and customized marketing

materials for brand new McGraw-Hill product lines in the K-8 subject

areas: reading/language arts, mathematics, intervention, science and

health/wellness programs

< Individualized product specific sample materials distributed to

customers in ten states and based on state standards

< Facilitated trade show set ups, hosted break out sessions and open

houses

Training and Development

< Conducted customized professional development workshops for adult

learners on eLearning, English Language Learners and differentiated

instruction with a specialty in digital integration in the classroom

< Instructional designer for train-the-trainer program implementations

Project Management

< Project manager for i-SAFE, Inc. a non-profit - that covered Internet

safety topics: cyber community, intellectual property and personal

safety for the 2006 PowerPoint presentation deck and training manual

Technical Skills

Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder Mimio Interactive System SMART

Board

Elluminate eLearning Solution Blackboard Learning System

Salesforce.com

Microsoft Office Goldmine Database Systems

Work History

Sales Consultant, February, 2007 - July, 2010

The McGraw-Hill Companies - School Solutions Group, Portland, Oregon

< Conducted sales presentations for a variety of product lines for

grades pre-kindergarten - 8th grade

< Upon program adoption; customized professional development trainings

for teachers, specialist and paraprofessionals based on district needs

< Liaison between sales representative and client as we strived to meet

and exceed the needs of the customer in a timely manner

< Maintained contact and built lasting relationships based on trust and

integrity while providing exemplary customer service for a 10 state

territory

TEFL Volunteer, Teaching English Foreign Language

September, 2006 - November, 2006

United States Peace Corps, Kiev, Ukraine

< Taught English at a University level in Nishan, Ukraine

Professional Development Manager, May, 2005 - August, 2006

i-SAFE, Inc., Carlsbad, California

< Strategically initiated partnerships with school districts nationwide,

sold administrators on K-12 Internet safety curriculum

< Worked closely with the United State's Department of Justice on

expansion efforts to secure grant funding for the organization

< Conducted trainings and seminars on Internet safety initiatives for

these core areas: Cyber Community Citizenship, Cyber Security,

Personal Safety, Predator Identification and Intellectual Property

< Developed outreach activities and awareness events for educating

students online

Administrative Assistant, August, 2002 - August, 2004

Century 21 Town and Country, Rochester, Michigan

< Provided administrative support to the corporate office for accounting

departments, new agent trainings and administrators for the real

estate office in Oakland County

Receptionist, October, 2001 - August, 2002

Real Estate One, Troy, Michigan

< Worked the front desk of over a 100 person real estate brokerage

office, answered phones for prospective sales calls and scheduled

showing appointments

< Designed and created marketing materials for showcasing listed houses

highlighting amenities and including a competitive analysis for other

homes

Administrative Assistant, February, 2000 - July, 2001

Palace Sports and Entertainment, Auburn Hills, Michigan

< Provided administrative support for the Detroit Shock and Detroit

Pistons coaching staff, players and scouts for 2000/2001 basketball

teams

< Supported the public relations department, community outreach, sales

department and intern program as a coordinator, writer and driver

Education

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Master of Arts in Teaching, 2004

< Major: Secondary Education - English

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Bachelor of Arts, December, 1999

< Major: Organizational Communications

< Minor: Philosophy

Certifications

Oregon Initial Teaching License - 10410401

< Middle Level, High School: Language Arts

< Middle Level: Multiple Subjects

Huthwaite Spin Solution Selling, August, 2009

Professional Development

< International Reading Association Convention, 2007

< ASCD Conference for Differentiating Instruction, 2007

< Laptop Institute: Lausanne Collegiate School, 2005 & 2006

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