Holly T. Shaw
Wilmette, IL **091
ablz42@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY Insight-driving marketer with eighteen years' experience
identifying and activating differential opportunity and
advantage for pharmaceutical, not-for-profit and
consumer product clients in agency and corporate
environments.
AREAS of EXPERTISE ( Market intelligence capture and analysis
( Insight development and activation
( Key constituent identification and liaison
( Strategic platform and campaign development
EXPERIENCE
08/15/07 - Present Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Chicago, IL
Business Intelligence Manager
Transformed key customer relationships and corporate
sales strategy across multiple consumer and B2B segments
with customer market insights. Armed top executives and
sales force with actionable intelligence that generated
opportunities and re-aligned relationships from
commodity price to enteprise value.
01/26/06 - 06/15/07 Hyde Park Group, Chicago, IL
Director of Public Relations
Secured key constituent and public visibility for a
range of clients including Pathways Awareness
Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, University
of Chicago Graham School, Illinois Network of Charter
Schools, and My Medicare Matters/AstraZeneca.
10/16/00 - 12/15/05 Vox Medica, Philadelphia, PA
Account Director, Health Care Public Relations Group
Secured national thought-leader endorsements and media
coverage, for healthcare clients including MedUnite,
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, IMS Health, and AstraZeneca.
5/14/96-10/13/00 Manning, Selvage & Lee/Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Senior Account Supervisor
Supported customer objectives by raising consumer
awareness of federal entitlement funding for "abstinence-
only" education (Truth for Youth - Durex) and need for
open patient-provider communication regarding socially
sensitive conditions (Take Time to Talk - Pharmacia).
Secured participation of former surgeon general C.
Everett Koop, MD and actress and activist Jane Fonda, as
well as top executives of more than a dozen often
competitive national professional and advocacy
organizations, to generate millions of media impressions
and numerous further marketing collateral inclusions.
7/6/93-4/19/96 CoMed Communications, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Manager, Project Development and Client Services
Promoted medical professional competencies with regard
to pharmaceutical care, use of growth hormone, use of
pain medication in obstetric practice, and prevention of
antibiotic resistance and organ transplant rejection by
developing and managing nationally and internationally
accredited continuing education programs.
1/2/92-6/18/93 California Clinical Trials, Beverly Hills, CA
Medical Writer
Published key findings of incremental (phases 1 & II)
studies of the earliest approved pharmaceutical
compounds for treatment of symptoms of dementia
associated Alzheimer's Disease.
EDUCATION University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. English Literature, March 1992
HONORS/ACTIVITIES CIPRA, IABC Atlanta Gold and Silver Flames
REFERENCES Will be furnished upon request.