Stephen C. Weitzman
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home: 508-***-****
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Corporate or agency communications/marketing/public relations management position with leadership responsibilities, encompassing all aspects of media campaigns and publicity, project management for/development of strategic communications and proposals.
Summary of Qualifications
Experienced in the proposal development, marketing, corporate communications, and editorial fields
Created diverse communication vehicles for targeted audiences
Supervisory experience in leading teams with defined goals and expectations and a
consensus style
Proven success in planning, budgeting and implementation of publications, RFP
responses and marketing campaigns
Skilled at negotiation and persuasion
Professional Experience
eClinicalWorks, Westborough, Massachusetts, Proposal Manager, 2014-
Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex municipal, public and private RFP, RFI, BAFO and Tender electronic health record software proposal responses in support of Program Directors, Program Managers and Sales staff
Serve as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
Responsible for Knowledgebase of proposal information
Mentoring of junior staff
DNV GL, Burlington, Massachusetts, Proposal Manager, 2013-2014
Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex federal, municipal, public and private RFP, RFI and BAFO responses in support of Program Directors, Program Managers and Engineers
Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
SharePoint and knowledgebase content
ECC, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Proposal Center Manager, 2011-2013
Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex
federal and municipal RFP, RFI and BAFO responses in support of Program
Directors, Program Managers and Engineers
Mentored/managed junior staff
Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and
project development
Budgeting/training
DTZ (formerly UGL Unicco), Auburndale, Massachusetts, Lead Proposal Specialist, 2006-2011
Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of
approximately 200 RFP responses and presentations annually while supporting five Directors of Business Development
Mentored/oversaw junior staff
Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and
project development
Additional responsibilities included: development and maintenance of knowledge
bases via RFP Express, review/editing of junior staff responses, report generation for senior staff, liaison with Director of Proposal Development, Directors of Business Development, Vice Presidents of Operations, Vice President of Marketing and Legal Department
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Burlington, Massachusetts, Senior Marketing Coordinator, 2003-2006
Responsibilities included all aspects of technical proposal research, writing and
production
As department liaison, involved in all phases of coordination of the production
processes including public relations, ghost writing, scope of work assessment,
photography and budget forecasting
Oversaw the creation and maintenance of marketing and project management
databases
Sun Life Financial, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, Senior Writer/Project Manager- Retirement Products and Services Division, 2001-2003
Responsible for leading the marketing project team on transitioning all marketing
new products and services associated with new acquisitions by the company into the
Sun Life suite of offerings and marketing vision
Supervised an array of junior staff and freelance writers.
Acted as liaison between Sun Life and production houses
Other responsibilities included: writing executives' speeches and company white papers
Liberty Mutual, Keene, New Hampshire, Writer/Project Manager, 1996-2001
Responsible for writing, editing and production of internal corporate employee
newsletter and external corporate claims' newsletter and annual reports - commencing with the research phase through the writing, editing to post-production phases
Author of Inter-/intranet content, white papers and executive speeches
Project management responsibilities focused on: media campaigns from strategy to inception, content, design and media placement, hiring and management of on-site
staff and freelancers and contract negotiations with vendors and media
Factory Mutual Engineering and Research, Norwood Massachusetts, Senior Publications Editor, 1994-1996
Responsible for worldwide corporate weekly/monthly publications including
employee newsletter, hotel newsletter, scientific publications for Engineers
Oversaw all editorial phases of corporate marketing brochures and catalog
publications
Developed corporate training publications and videos
Education
Masters of Arts (MA), Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Bachelors of Science (BS), Journalism, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York