Karen Stevens
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
zw5ux5@r.postjobfree.com
Objective: Seeking Lease Consultant/Property Management position utilizing my
extensive sales, customer service, and business management skills.
Skills and
Experience
• 25+ years professional selling and customer service skills
• Highly enthusiastic, professional, positive attitude, team player
• Extensive external sales and sales management experience
• Skilled in cold calling/prospecting and locating business opportunities
• Building long term business/customer service relationships.
• Time management, follow-up, multi-tasking skills
• Effective oral communications and public presentations
• Excellent listening and verbal skills
• Skilled at working independently/virtual office
• Detailed oriented
• Graphic design of marketing brochures, flyers, and mailers
• Website design and marketing
• Market research, strategic planning, report writing and preparation
• Planning, organizing, scheduling internal and external events
• Proficient in Microsoft Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Word, CRM,
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Work
Experience
June 2010 to Present Lease Consultants Career Strategies Inc. Greenwood Village, CO
Temporary Lease Consultant
Temporary work assignments at various apartment communities within the metro Denver area. My duties
include performing a multitude of tasks the property manager requires including answering the phone,
scheduling showings, organizing files, showing available apartments to prospective clients, assisting
residents with maintenance issues.
January 2010 to May 2010 (Independent Contractor) DocuCents Arvada, CO
Information Management Specialists
Solution selling a variety of digital imaging conversion service packages to small and medium size
businesses along with Ecommerce retrieval management software packages. My duties included prospecting
business/accounts in the greater Denver area, producing and implementing advertising and mailing
campaigns to specific target markets such as the medical industry. Necessary skills used to perform my
duties included: graphic design, letter, proposal and quote writing, proposal presentation, ROI/cost analysis
reports, customer on-site presentations, demonstrating via software functional solutions, closing, and
processing all necessary sales agreements.
February 2009 – August 2009 (Independent Contractor)
Manufacturers Representative Click2Ink Denver, CO
Selling a variety of competitively priced comparable and compatible ink and toner cartridges for office and
home printers. Primarily sold to small/medium size businesses in the greater Denver area.
August 2007 to October 2008 Compass Group USA Denver, CO
Regional Sales Director
Representing Canteen Office Coffee Services selling coffee, allied products, brewing equipment and
vending services to local businesses. My territory included the Denver metropolitan area, I Primarily sold to
large accounts of 100+ employees within the metro Denver and Colorado Springs area. Knowledgeable in a
variety of coffee brewing products, beverage options, vending and water, services.
January 2003 to August 2007 Document Solutions USA Denver, CO
Senior Sales Representative
Solution selling a variety of digital imaging output devises and facsimile equipment to Colorado businesses.
Knowledgeable in solution selling the functionality of Kyocera MFP, wide format, and business printers,
Canon MFP, wide format and color printers, Xerox MFP, color printers and fax. My duties included
prospecting business/accounts in an assigned territory. Necessary skills used to perform my duties included:
letter, proposal and quote writing, proposal presentation, cost analysis reports, customer on-site
presentations, demonstrating via equipment functional solutions, closing, and processing all necessary sales
agreements to initiate new equipment delivery and coordination, installation and onsite user training.
Education
Arapahoe Community College Littleton, CO
Registered student – Fall Semester 2010
Major Studies: Business Administration/Real Estate
Bellevue College Bellevue, WA
Business and Marketing studies.
Other Educations: IBM and Xerox Sales training, product training Xerox, Canon, Kyocera,
telecommunications fundamentals by CommWorld. Ray Leone Sales Training-The Sales Funnel.
Numerous product/equipment trainings, sales, prospecting, time management training courses