Julie B. Calmes

**** ***** ****

Bloomington, Illinois 61704

309-***-**** adg9d4@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Strategic Marketing, Communications and Media Consultant

Bloomington, Illinois, 2/2019-present

Experienced service-driven strategic marketer, internal/external communicator, media and event planner, project director/manager and executive resource with a collaborative spirit who provides innovative and creative solutions to complex challenges.

Leads businesses, universities and non-profit entities in developing inspired internal/external communications strategies and messaging, plans and budgeting, maximizing their media/press coverage and communicating their thought leadership, products and services to achieve their entities’ overarching strategic objectives.

Excels in leading and coordinating with multinational, multidisciplinary teams who are passionate about their missions, serving their clients/students/constituents and advancing their organizations.

Manager of Marketing and Communications

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois, 12/2015-2/2019

Awarded A.M. Best/Best’s Review Magazine’s 2017 Readership Award for Outstanding Advertising.

Planned, budgeted, conceptualized, art directed, executed and published a new creative campaign to ensure consistency across the firm’s website, print/digital advertising, social media, industry event and recruiting marketing and communications channels.

Produced, edited and programmed content and media for the website, blogs, social media channels, digital/print ads, presentations, webinars, journal articles and professional papers.

Scheduled, budgeted and managed Pinnacle’s participation in over 50 industry events annually.

Served as the firm’s senior writer, editor and photographer for all marketing, employee and crisis communications, and training content.

Designed and implemented a new user interface for the firm’s SharePoint intranet site to improve productivity and implement scalable processes to accommodate growth.

Managing Director

AutonomyWorks, Chicago, Illinois, 8/2012-11/2015

Awarded 2013 Chicago Innovation Awards “Up-and-Comer” Award for AutonomyWorks.

Co-launched a groundbreaking new social business: A marketing services company that provides meaningful career opportunities for young adults with autism and other disabilities by training them to apply their unique skills to deliver superior data, analytics and web-maintenance services to non-profit and business clients.

Created and executed brand marketing strategy, messaging, website and social media content.

Initiated and solidified marketing, training and corporate outreach partnerships with national and local business, university and philanthropic organizations to enhance enterprise development, brand and marketing reach.

Built relationships with local and national news outlets to promote brand and mission awareness.

European Communications & E-Business Manager

Brady Corporation, Paris, France, 8/1996-2/2002

Prepared, budgeted and managed annually a US $2 million multilingual European communications plan for France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and several Export markets in North Africa and the Middle East.

Coordinated action plans in each country for language-specific trade press advertising, press releases, direct mail campaigns, newsletters, trade shows, events, and multimedia/internet and intranet initiatives.

Recruited, trained and supervised a team of 10 local country-based Marketing Coordinators.

Developed a Pan-European database to track sales leads and measure success of marketing communications actions.

Independent Marketing and Purchasing Consultant

Asia and Europe, 1/1995-12/1995

Established presence at international trade fairs in Hong Kong and China and negotiated with Asian suppliers to purchase consumer goods for sale in Europe on behalf of a French client.

Researched, surveyed and analyzed European consumer product distribution channels, markets and purchasing trends on behalf of a French manufacturer.

Business Development and Marketing Coordinator

ARCADIS Engineering, Design & Consultancy, Chicago, Illinois, 11/1992-12/1994

Created and implemented marketing strategies, sales tools and training programs for sales staff throughout 50 U.S. offices and for key international accounts.

Managed market research, competitive analysis, client satisfaction and sales reporting projects.

International Client Relations Representative

Hamilton, Carver & Lee Communications, Chicago, Illinois, 12/1990-10/1992

Coordinated agency relationships with major pharmaceutical clients such as DuPont, Merck and Sandoz.

Developed global marketing strategies and managed customer profiling, market research and media projects.

Commercial Marketing Assistant

Société Générale de Banque, Chicago, Illinois, 11/1989-11/1990

Facilitated client relations services for Fortune 500 corporations, including “Big Three” automobile manufacturers Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.

Insurance Underwriter

State Farm Insurance Companies, Eastern Region, Charlottesville, VA, 6/1987-9/1988

Analyzed automobile policy applications, motor vehicle reports and auto loss history of prospective insureds in northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. metro area.

EDUCATION:

MBA in International Business/Marketing ESCP-EAP/Europe Business School, Paris, France, 1995

Awarded Rotary International Graduate Scholarship Graduate Studies at Universities of Tours and Nice, France, 1988-89

International Goodwill Ambassador, presenting to Rotary Clubs and media about diverse global and humanitarian issues.

Bachelor of Arts, French and Social Sciences Teaching University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987; Certified Illinois Secondary Education Teacher – Grades 6-12

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK:

Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life and History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

Homes of Hope, Inc. Charitable Foundation Board Member

Legal Aid Courtroom Interpreter/Document Translator for Local Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Community

Best Buddies International Chapter Advisor and Top Fundraiser

Diversity’s Missing Piece Work Group Member

Autism Speaks Career Road Shows at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Northwestern University

Humanitarian Mission to Haiti Construction Crew and French/Creole Interpreter

DUAL CITIZENSHIP: U.S. and France/European Union

LANGUAGES: English, French (fluent); German (basic)

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