Marketing Administrative Assistant

Jesse C Cohoon

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Employment History

Bella Construction & Remodeling LLC Executive Assistant, Dir. of Marketing, & Technical Writer

bellaconstructionremodeling.com July 2014 – Present

Job Duties: Made & answered phone calls, photocopied, faxed, & wrote correspondence emails, contracts, designed marketing materials, posted & replied to ads, screened candidates, sent out workers, created & maintained the CEO’s calendar, creating & updating the website, redacting sensitive & confidential information, as well as did other minor duties such as light cleaning, coffee-making, etc.

Updated material on our website and other digital platforms, increasing lead generation by 15%;

Researched marketing, sales, strategy, and leveraged market data, using data to increase our transactions size by 10%

Increased office efficiency by 25% by streamlining various office duties

For Sale Local Marketing Research/ Copywriter

(company closed as of 7/2015) June 2011 – July 2014

Job Duties: Researched calendar of events for the Will & Grundy County area, visited home remodeling, senior, & children expos, as well as special chamber of commerce events. Researched upcoming movie, useless jokes, researched & wrote all articles in the paper, publishing them under different names.

Saved company over $48,000 in writing costs yearly by writing articles for the publication.

Increased sales a minimum of $7,500 monthly through the development of new sections.

Wrote short, targeted informative articles on a variety of topics

Franceschi Development & Investment Administrative Assistant, PR, & Marketing

(company closed as of 6/2011) August 2002 – June 2011

Job Duties: Greeted clients, customers, & vendors, did intake on clients, made & answered phone calls, photocopied, faxed, & wrote correspondence emails, press releases, designed marketing & PR materials & websites, acted as the company’s liaison high level board & management meetings to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago & the governor’s appointed CSAC Board, amongst others, as well as such duties as mailroom, light cleaning & other misc. duties.

Cut marketing budget by $2.5 mil while still meeting & exceeding company goals over a decade

Offered dedicated service to clients/vendors, and continually identified new opportunities.

Conducted extensive internet research on competitors reporting findings. Developed, formatted & maintained databases for marketing use.

Self-Employment & Editing Activities January 2002 – Present

Wrote articles, brochures, & school papers for various audiences & industries, including: Messiah Lutheran Church (volunteer work), the real estate industry, Johnn Four’s Roleplaying Tips Magazine, Internationally Renown “Father’s Rights Lawyer” J.M. Leving, ultius.com, among others. Also did freelance editing to aspiring author, giving advice on style, tone, descriptions, etc.

Skills

MS Office MS Adobe Photoshop Adobe DreamWeaver WordPress HTML XML CSS Google Aps Familiar with C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Strata, QuickBooks, SAS, SPSS

Education

B.S Major: Professional & Technical Communications, Minor: Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology GPA 3.5/4.0

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