Manager Sales Representative

Corporate Communications Project Leader (Nov **** to Present)

Cella - Malvern PA

Long term independent contractor role on location at Vanguard Project leader in creative services for corporate communications team. Partnering with business leaders, design, writing, brand, and compliance teams to ensure projects run on time, on budget and on brand. The project leader is the key client facing role that intakes and runs projects within the creative serves team. Also responsible for managing vendor purchasing, communication, and quality for commercial printing of projects including marketing collateral, event work, and regulatory fund reports. Also manage internal communication programs for enterprise corporate responsibility team and thought leadership campaigns for investment stewardship teams. Outputs include email, blogs, printed research reports, digital media, and website updates (intranet and public facing). Projects require in depth knowledge of the creative process to set scope of work, schedules, budgets, specifications, plus the communication skills required to resolve internal impediments and external vendor issues. The communications department uses Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint, Appian, and Aprimo to manage projects end to end in a digital workflow to maintain version control. Design uses Adobe Cloud for creative, and the project leader verifies the accuracy of the work between marketing teams and design by annotating PDFs, providing changes to creative and presenting new creative to clients. The project leader also manages the compliance approval process with auditing and legal teams, ensuring all items are fully approved.

Bank of America 2007 - 2016 - Wilmington DE

Enterprise Creative Solutions - a division of Global Marketing & Corp Affairs Advertising account executive 2018-1-2019 - consultant SVP - Advertising project group leader 2012 - 2016 VP - Advertising project manager: 2009 - 2012

AVP - advertising vendor relationship manager 2007-2009 Experienced advertising team leader with emphasis digital, video, email, event collateral, print, and direct mail. As a key member of the creative team, the project leader translates creative briefs into deliverables by working hand in hand with art directors/designers to establish specifications, engage vendors for cost and quality, ensure marketing budgets are used wisely through effective vendor relationships. Brand steward and able to make outputs across all channels meet brand standards and provide for uniform customer experience whether it’s digital, print, out of home, point of purchase, or experiential.

FRANK HAHN

Aaron Franklin Hahn (Full name)

873 E Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square PA 19348

610-***-**** ***********@******.***

People and project manager (2009 - 2016) with teams of 4-9 direct reports

(managed a number of high risk projects, while managing the team as a people manager. Managed staffing levels, scope of work, and resource approvals with agency leadership.

8 years of client facing interaction as well as agency workflow optimization and process improvement. Presented creative to executives for review and approval, managed compliance review and approval, and reviewed changes with the creative team to keep projects moving to completion on time and on budget. Moved agency from a paper intestine workflow to a paper-less workflow using digital asset management and cloud based project management software (proprietary to Bank of America).

Deep industry knowledge creative services team - including effective relationships with designers and writers and creative directors. As project leader, my team had primary responsibility to ensure creative files were vendor ready. Highly experienced in fast paced, deadline driven environment working as part of the creative team and keeping vendors informed and keeping downstream vendors informed and prepared to move creative into production. Very comfortable with complex, high profile and/ or high risk programs. Strong interpersonal skills and vendor negotiation skills that allow for successful outcomes, particularly when deadlines are looming - very calm in the middle of chaotic, fluid situations.

Fluent with MAC and PC platforms and very comfortable with Adobe Creative Cloud and managing changes to creative by annotating PDFs in Acrobat. Experienced purchasing and vendor manager of all marketing items including print, paper, event work, corporate branded merchandise, direct mail, and marketing logistics and fulfillment. Managed sales collateral using scalable digital tools to drive personalized sales material as well as inventory management and logistics of event collateral (booths, displays, etc).

Managed end-to-end direct mail programs including data, auditing, personalization, fulfillment, postage, logistics and inventory management. Insights Direct - a full service direct response ad agency SVP - Agency Operations Insights Direct 2003 - 2006 Managed ad agency operations and production team for monthly direct response programs including direct mail, events and point of sale material. Also managed agency back office functions (payroll, banking, AP/AR, office lease, computer equipment, and HR). Also managed a production team of 4 that handled direct mail programs for national & regional advertisers focused on customer acquisition. Managed all client budgets, schedules, vendor relationships, and logistics. Directory Dividends - a direct marketing company

General Manager Directory Dividends Devon PA - 1998-2002 Operations Manager Directory Dividends Devon PA - 1991-1997 Print project manager for advertising / marketing agency. Also managed fulfillment, logistics, inventory, and sales support. Responsible for direct client communication regarding publication and cost approval of all print projects. Managed a budget of

$8,000,000 with P/L responsibility. Purchased letter shop, print, direct mail, trucking, warehouse and fulfillment services with vendors across the United States. Routinely traveled to each vendor to audit work and to implement new technology. Set up regional packaging and distribution operations to reduce freight costs and speed ads to market.

Sales Representative

RE/MAX Town & Country, West Chester PA Mar 2016 to Oct 2019 Marketing and sales responsibilities for buyers and sellers of residential real estate properties. My purchasing, marketing and advertising experience played a large part in my success as a real estate sales agent. Negotiate sales, working with vendors to assist in the purchasing process (including mortgage, home improvement contractors, and others). Represent client’s best interest and serve as fiduciary with home owners and home buyers investment. Education

Villanova University, BA Business Administration (in process) 3.7 GPA Willing to relocate

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