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Marketing Communications Manager
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Managed design and production of domestic and international product packaging and documents.
Coordinated key product marketing efforts in launches of several international multifunction desktop products.
Successfully negotiated customer requirements and coordinated broad range of management and support levels to complete multiple projects.
Computer proficiencies include Macintosh/Windows (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quark XPress, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Corel Draw! and Canvas) and Web design.
Enthusiastic, creative, dynamic, adaptive, upbeat, reliable, personable, energetic, responsible, conscientious, hard-working, entertaining, and knows many more impressive adjectives.
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Xerox Connected Personal Products - Palo Alto, California
1994
- 1998Marketing Communications Project Manager
Design: Designed end-user documents for international product-launch to fulfill requirements defined by Beta product-usage testing. Designed graphics for multiple product-launch and pre-launch items, including apparel and "tchotchkes." Coordinated production of same for use in launch activities, including retail promotions.
Collateral: Supervised design and production of in-box support materials.
Localization: Managed localization activities for international product packaging and end-user documentation, using multiple vendors and internal organizations. Performed revisions to documents, edited text, and created/altered graphic illustrations and packaging layout.
Production Management: Coordinated production of print materials with local and offshore vendors. Reviewed and corrected bluelines and press-proofs.
Vendor Management: Managed graphic-designers in creating thematic market-specific collateral.
Point of Purchase: Coordinated production of print-sample devices for POP retail display.
Product Positioning: Created name for new product. Managed qualitative research.
Product Marketing Specialist I & II
Marketing: Demonstrated products to prospective customers, partner-company prospects, and trade-show attendees. Provided technical support and "talent" for product information videos, collateral photo-shoots, and national television advertisements. Created documents for product line. Led launch-team meetings.
Sales: Supported sales personnel with product and competitive information, materials, and site visits. Answered internal and external queries about products.
Product Support: Performed product firmware upgrades to increase capabilities for demonstration models. Provided feedback for product usability (Alpha testing). Distributed RFQs for product service support, evaluated responses, and recommended choice of service provider. Conducted research and implementation of obsolete-product recycling.
Lockheed Missiles & Space Company
- Sunnyvale, California
1988
-1994Project Manager/Industrial Engineer
education
MBA
&endash; 1992 Santa Clara University
Concentration: Marketing and Management
BS,
Industrial Technology &endash; 1987 Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Concentration: Sales
Professional Training:
Selling Off the Shelf; Power Promotions (retail); Graphic Arts Production Theory; Communication Design; Negotiation; Business Writing;
Interpersonal Managing Skills; Facilitating Meetings;
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International living and travel experience Other computer skills: AutoCAD; Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Previous Top Secret clearance, EBI, SCI access And a good dancer.
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