LYNN WALSH

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630-***-****

MARKETING & MEDIA EXECUTIVE

Seasoned executive with in-depth marketing skills and media expertise. Collaborates with clients, executives, management, artistic and media professionals to develop and execute effective campaigns within budgets. A small business owner-operator with direct experience managing corporate & marketing operations, business development & strategic planning, HR and payroll, IT & office management. Professional Experience

Owner and President

Walsh Communications LLC, Hinsdale, Illinois (10/99 – present) Leads all aspects of full service boutique agency ownership for a range of clients, including a core base in home building and construction-related industries. Expertise covers a broad range of marketing services for clients: sales, customer communications, creative development, art direction, execution and evaluation of campaigns for multiple accounts. Client services involve marketing strategy, budgeting, media planning and placement, brand identity and messaging, graphic design, public relations, web sites and social media. Walsh Communications has grown organically and through acquisitions, having acquired Marketing Dynamics in 2000, an Antioch-based advertising and marketing communications firm specializing in the home building and real estate development industries.

Retail Sales Specialist

REI Co-Op, Oakbrook Terrace (4/14 – present part-time) Uses working knowledge of REI to sell products, services, and memberships to customers for the nation’s largest consumer co-op. Provides customer service to REI members and guests, continually expand knowledge of REI products and services, maintain store visual standards and assist in keeping the floor stocked with merchandise.

Partner, The Network Public Relations, div. of Michael Walters Advertising, Chicago (1997 – 1999) Public Relations Director, Brian Keith, Inc. (1982-1997) Formed The Network Public Relations after initial experience with Oak Brook-based real estate ad agency Brian Keith, Inc. Among the PR clients Lynn’s team represented at Brian Keith, over 90 percent followed her group to The Network in 1997. Impressively, 100 percent of her Network Public Relations clients remained with Lynn when she formed Walsh Communications.

Career Highlights and Board Positions

• Winner of 35 SAMMY Awards (Sales and Marketing Merchandising Yearly) from Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC) for excellence in advertising, public relations, design and marketing

• Distinctive Service Award from NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) of Greater Chicagoland, 2012

• Reader Advisory Committee for The Hinsdalean newspaper, 2011-present

• Occasional grant writer and PR consultant for the O’Brien School for the Maasai, 2012 – present

• Board member, Northern Illinois Hosta Society 2014 – present

• Board member, Newcomers & Neighbors of Greater Hinsdale Area 2014 – present

• Recipient of the Most Influential Women in Business Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Business Ledger, 2006

Lynn Walsh Resume

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• Past Board of Trustees member for the women and child advocacy group Family Shelter Service of DuPage County

• Past leadership positions for the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago and The Sales and Marketing Council of Greater Chicago:

- Executive Committee (HBAGC)

- Regional Board of Directors (HBAGC)

- Sales and Marketing Council Board of Directors

- Sales and Marketing Council Secretary

- Sales and Marketing Council Treasurer

- Sales and Marketing Council First Vice President

- Sales and Marketing Council Senior Vice President

- Communications/PR Committee (HBAGC)

- Co-chair of the Sales and Marketing Council SAMMY (Sales and Marketing Merchandising Yearly) Awards 1998 and 2002, SAMMY committee member 1997 – 2002

• Past Sales and Marketing Council and PR Committee member, Northern Illinois Home Builders

• Past Sales and Marketing Council member, Home Builders Association of Greater Fox Valley

• Dale Carnegie Course graduate

• Past Board of Trustees member and Fundraising Committee member of the nonprofit Chrysalis Foundation/Home-Aid Chicago

• Member National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) 1997 - 1999

• “Associate Member of the Year” Award, HBAGC, 1996

• Former contributing Public Relations Columnist, Midwest Home Builder Magazine and Chicago Builder/Architect magazine

• Board of Directors member of Homeowners Warranty Corporation, 1991

• Producer, Homefront, real estate talk show for Cablevision of Chicago/DGTV, 1991

• Member, Ad-hoc Committee to Promote Fair Housing at HBAGC, 1990 Education

M.B.A. Marketing, B.A. Accounting, Dominican University (formerly known as Rosary College), River Forest, IL.

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