OBJECTIVE:
Create BUZZ to drive sales by pushing the creative envelope with Computer Programs and Communication Skills to enhance Marketing Techniques.
EDUCATION:
Marketing Management
Savannah Technical College
Savannah, GA
GPA: 3.5
Dean's List
Bachelor‘s of Liberal Arts
Major: English
Minor: Mass Communications
Armstrong Atlantic State University,
Savannah, GA
Graduated 6/1988
International Business
Master‘s Level Certification
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
GPA: 3.64
Dean‘s List
Graduated 7/1994
Customer Service Representative Certification (2006)
Gulfstream Aerospace/Savannah Technical College,
Savannah, GA
Aviation Training Program
FlightSafety International,
Vero Beach, FL
1997-1999
SKILLS PROFILE:
* 3 years “acting” Public Relations Associate for the enhancement of AT&T‘s image by raising monies for charities.
* 5 years experience “acting” Employee Relations Associate organizing activities for employees such as volleyball, softball and bowling teams. Some events were for charity and involved an on-going relationship with the Media (Relations).
* 2 years writing, editing and researching as Assistant Editor of local, national and International newsletters for AT&T.
* 2 years managing a team of eight audio visual technicians to produce videos for AT&T.
* 2 years Volunteer Radio Broadcasting for Georgia Radio Reading Services. Read the Savannah Morning News on-air to the Blind.
* 3 years in television production for ABC News and FOX News as a Videographer as well as worked in-studio as a Production Assistant with cameras, sound, lighting, etc during live news broadcasts
* 1 year experience with Desktop Publishing using Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher and, also, PowerPoint.
* 5 years as a Billing Associate working with the Marketing department and a team of programmers to create a new Computer Billing System for Fortune 500 Corporations such as GE, IBM and 3M. We saved clients approximately 30% by eliminating paper bills.
* 2 years as a Business Analyst for Dun&Bradstreet.
* 2 years as a Fraud Analyst for AT&T overseas operations. Security Clearance Required.
.* 25 years in Sales. Examples include Floor Manager in the Men‘s suit department at JCPenney where our team of Sales Professionals consistently made "ALL-STAR" status for increasing sales 20% each year. Also, sold Diamonds, semi-Precious stones (Emeralds, Rubies, etc.), and high-end jewelry and watches with Friedlander‘s (Kay‘s) Jewelers. I served as trouble-shooter for stores not making their sales quota.
EXPERIENCE:
U.S. Congressional Intern, U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Jack Kingston,
Savannah, GA 6/2008 to Present
Volunteer Radio Announcer, Georgia Radio Reading Services Savannah, GA 4/2005-Present
Marketing & Public Relations Intern, Telfair Museum of Arts, Savannah, GA
3/2008 to 6/2008
Customer Service Representative Cash N Carry, Savannah, GA 12/2007-4/2008
Customer Service Representative, General Growth Properties, Savannah, Ga. 10/2007-11/2007
Worked various part time jobs while attending Savannah Tech, Savannah, GA 2003-2005
Audio-Visual Tech, Savannah Trade and Convention Center, Savannah, GA 5/2002-8/2003
Television Production & Broadcasting Assistant, ABC News and FOX News
Savannah, GA 1/2000-4/2003
Fraud Analyst AT&T Charlotte, NC 7/1994-10/1997
Corporate Marketing Associate, AT&T, Manassas, VA & Washington, DC
1/1990-7/1994
WILLING TO TRAVEL
WILLING TO RELOCATE WITH ASSISTANCE