Project Manager Marketing

MARIA R. BROCK

Marketing/Project Coordinator

Marketing / Print / Advertising

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SUMMARY:

Dynamic and results-driven Marketing/Project/Administrative Coordinator.

Excellent organizational and administrative skills managing marketing

initiatives, product marketing and advertising from creative development

and design to print production. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal

skills. Exceptional knowledge of job planning and tracking, quoting,

budgeting and billing. Proactive contributor of new ideas and solutions to

achieve company objectives. Dynamic team player with well-developed written

and verbal communication abilities. Highly skilled in inter-company

relationships with cross-functional contributors and talented at building

and maintaining partnerships with outside vendors. Especially strong

working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.

KEY STRENGTHS:

Outgoing and friendly personality with outstanding ability to

develop and nurture vital relationships within a broad range

of levels within an organization.

Excellent follow-up, job tracking and status reporting of multiple

projects.

Proven time management and prioritization skills.

High level responsiveness to cross functional teams and

management needs and requests.

Flexible to changing priorities with demanding and competing deadlines.

Strong teamwork, interpersonal and influence skills.

Positive attitude and good judgment.

Proactive and resourceful with excellent administrative skills.

Excellent collaborative skills in a cross functional environment.

Strong sales and marketing support skills.

Strong computer skills and working knowledge of:

Mac & PC Platforms, Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word,

Outlook, Powerpoint, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Entourage, Internal Corporate

Servers,

Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 and Adobe InDesign.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MARKETING COORDINATOR

Dymatize Enterprises, Farmers Branch, TX (2/09 - 1/10)

Successfully coordinated and managed all advertising and marketing

materials as well as

social media marketing plans with an annual budget of over 2 million

dollars.

Spearheaded the design and marketing initiatives for the company in

collaboration

with President, VP Sales & Marketing and Creative Director in order to

achieve the

ultimate marketability of sports nutritional products.

Managed and coordinated the development and fulfillment all marketing and

advertising

materials in collaboration with Marketing Director, Product Supply,

Manufacturing, Operations

and Purchasing by obtaining pertinent information from vendors and relaying

clear and concise

information to creative and production teams in a timely manner while

managing crucial changes.

Initiated item codes and assured the accuracy of bar codes for product

packaging.

Met or exceeding all budgetary goals and guidelines for marketing and

advertising initiatives.

Researched and contributed new advertising opportunities within the

industry to

Marketing Director, creative teams and upper management.

Performed all media buying and research for optimum brand exposure and

consistency.

Reviewed, proof read, submitted and uploaded all digital files to

publications and printers.

Obtained quotes and determined optimum printing methods and print vendors

for several

initiatives which included banners, sell sheets, brochures, stand-ups and

promotional

items for all POP and POS initiatives.

PROJECT/MARKETING COORDINATOR

Vertis Communications, Irving, TX (3/07 - 1/09)

Successfully managed major advertising agency account with annual revenue

of $1.2 million dollars.

Gathered and clearly communicated all pertinent information from clients

and vendors to

achieve brand consistency and optimum visual impact of printed pieces.

Generated and maintained demanding production schedule meeting timely

deadlines.

Relayed all necessary specifications and instructions to the production

team to efficiently

and cost-effectively produce each job.

Generated job orders and managed production schedule for multiple projects.

Billed all projects keeping billable and non-billable hours tracked.

Developed outstanding relationships with clients and vendors as well as

internal

and external art production and creative teams.

ON-SITE PROJECT MANAGER AT FRITO LAY, INC.

Southern Graphic Systems, Plano, TX (1/05 - 3/07)

Positioned as an on-site vendor at Frito-Lay Corporate Headquarters in

order to allow

client immediate accessibility, communication and utilization of vendor

expertise.

Worked closely with Frito Lay's cross functional teams to achieve project

completion and accuracy.

Guided teams toward achieving all critical time-line requirements.

Provided all sales support for client and responded to requests

expeditiously.

Successfully managed project time-lines, estimates, budgets, schedules and

billing.

Interfaced directly within several client marketing and brand management

teams and

managers in a responsive, service-oriented manner.

Contributed vendor expertise to multiple weekly Frito Lay task force

meetings.

Assisted multiple internal brand teams within Frito Lay marketing

department in developing new

packaging design and marketing initiatives by advising optimum print

production methods and managing the development procedure.

PROJECT MANAGER

Vertis Communications, Irving, TX. (4/95 - 12/99)

Recruited by Vice President of Packaging Sales to move two major packaging

accounts

totaling $5 million from Schawkgraphics Inc. in Des Plaines, IL to Vertis

Communications

in Irving, TX. Played instrumental role in establishing and developing an

entire packaging

production department in a primarily commercial electronic pre-press

company.

Provided all sales support for account.

Managed $2 million dollars of packaging business while taking advantage of

new

opportunities within existing client base to grow business.

Provided support and client representation at press OK's for offset and

flexographic print jobs. Coordinated and scheduled all work between client,

production and printer.

Instrumental in developing new packaging design business for client's

marketing department.

Developed efficient work-flow systems, job planning structure and order

entry tickets.

EDUCATION:

Master of Music Degree, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Bachelor of Music Degree, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

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