CAROL VENAFRA

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PROFILE

People oriented professional with 20 years experience dedicated to building exceptional business relationships with clients, in order to provide them with superior products and services, to meet their ever-changing needs and trends

Excellent design, marketing and sales skills demonstrated by the development of numerous profitable relationship connections, nurtured and secured within a huge untapped territory

Self-starter with a positive attitude and high-energy, with the ability to analyze and prioritize, utilizing efficient time-management to drive projects through to completion to meet or exceed goals PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Creative and organizational talents Proficient time-management and work flow

Design, marketing, negotiation and sales skills Team training and relationship building

Analytical problem solving ability Procurement requirements and recruitment needs

Email, social media, video and website development Prioritize tasks in dynamic fast-paced environment

Excellent business-to-business contacts Schedule and track projects through completion

Estimates and proposals preparation Exceptional client services

Knowledge of Mac and PC platforms Professional telephone and email etiquette

Excel, Illustrator, InDesign, Outlook,

Photoshop, PowerPoint and Word

Great communications with accuracy and clarity,

both verbal and written

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Professional Organizer 2006-2019

V Works Alexandria, Virginia 22312-3204

Analyze, strategize, organize to create successful, functional living environments and systems

Transform living, storage and work areas into effective, purposeful and useful spaces

Provide encouragement, methodology and training to create a sense of order and harmony

Coach efficient time-management and work-flow optimization

Improve and simplify the lives of clients in their business and/or residential spaces Communications Director / Project Manager 1999-2019 Venafra Design Alexandria, Virginia 22312-3204

Communication, design and marketing studio that produces effective and functional graphics

Develops comprehensive strategies to expand and strengthen the client’s brand and market recognition and to excel the client’s business goals and trends

Email, social media, video presentations, website development and support

Manage all projects from initial concept through successful completion

Extensive client contact, research and strategic planning, prepare estimates and proposals

Schedule and track projects from concept, design, prepress, print through to distribution

Coordinate fast-paced workflow of multi-level projects; annual reports, brochures, direct mail, directories, large format displays, logo design, magazines, marketing kits and newsletters

Handle procurement requirements and recruitment needs

Received awards from the graphics and marketing community

Serve as an efficient professional freelance agent to various companies EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia BFA Communications Arts & Design

Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria, Virginia Graphic Arts & Design

MEMBERSHIPS

The Ad Club, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Co-chair Good Design is Smart Business, Co-chair Design For-The-Fun-of-It, Art Directors Club of Washington DC received a design award, Alexandria and Loudon Chamber of Commerce, Direct Mail Marketing Association, Printing Industry of America, Production Club, Society of National Association Publications received a design award

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