CharLee Christian

Current

• Media Auditor at Warner Bros.
• Graphic/Web Designer at Quasico Creative

Past

• Marketing Manager [consultant] at Sports2Corp, Partner, Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment
• Sponsorship Accounts Assistant at Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, LLC.

Education

• University of Redlands
• California State University-Dominguez Hills
• Los Angeles Harbor College

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Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website
• Facebook

CharLee Christian’s Summary

• Well rounded Business savvy Marketing professional with an MBA and Bachelors in Marketing and Advertising. Known for strong leadership abilities, and project management in high paced environments.

• Analytical skills are superb by having a prior financial and accounting background. Proficient in classical Research methodologies and interpretation.

• My goal is to continually upgrade my business and marketing skills for use in advancing the strategic goals of my employer and my freelance creative company.

CharLee Christian’s Specialties:

• Strong presentation skills
• Detail oriented and analytical
• Sales management
• Market research, survey design, marketing plans, promotions
• Financial and managerial accounting, budgeting, data mining, proposals
• Branding and identity campaigns
• Graphic design and web design and all related Adobe and Macromedia software

CharLee Christian’s Experience

• Media Auditor

  Warner Bros.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Entertainment industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  -Perform in depth analysis of spend across all media according to budget.
  -Negotiate media makegoods and credits for all networks and mediums.
  -Initiate new reporting protocols and update standard procedures to bridge the gap between Theatrical and Home Video business units.

• Graphic/Web Designer

  Quasico Creative

  (Graphic Design industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  • Freelance designer for entertainment organizations, entertainers, athletes, and entertainment related non profit organizations.
  • Print design taken from concept to pre-flight.
  • Web design taken from concept to launch.

• Marketing Manager [consultant]

  Sports2Corp, Partner, Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment

  (Sports industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years )

  *Liaison between professional athletes (NFL, NBA, MLB, XSports) and their press agents.
  
  *Spearheaded market research initiatives for large national events and foundation campaigns.
  
  *Strategically planned, and executed the creation of new foundations for athletes based on qualitative and quantitative research of athlete’s home field as well as birth place.
  
  *Responsible for designing sponsorship packages, event planning and creating event recaps, and assisting in securing sponsorships with corporations specifically for events and foundation campaigns.
  
  *Responsible for creating and marketing athlete identity campaigns, promotional events, media budgets, and foundation campaigns.
  
  *Designed the SOP (standard operating procedures) manual for new events, client management and daily business operations.
  
  *Design and maintain web sites that include dynamic content, e-promotion development, fan club buzz generation, and management of retail operations.

• Sponsorship Accounts Assistant

  Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, LLC.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Sports industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

  *Assisted in the corporate sponsorship department in the areas of account maintenance, special event planning and promotional campaigns.
  
  *Handled Galaxy athletes during player appearances and promotions involving the athletes.
  
  *Coordinated game day promotions by acting as the liaison between the fans, the control booth and the camera crews as well as editing game day scripts.
  
  *Created sponsorship recap books with impression calculations, photos of the events and goals that were achieved.
  
  *Assisted with trafficking radio and television spots in the media department for corporate sponsors.
  
  *Trained other Interns about game duties.

CharLee Christian’s Education

• University of Redlands

  MBA , Global Business , 2003 — 2005

  • Graduated with Honors, Cum Laude

  Activities and Societies:

  • Awarded the Whitehead Leadership Society Award for excellent Leadership abilities.

• California State University-Dominguez Hills

  Bachelors , Business Marketing, Classical Management, with an emphasis in Advertising , 2001 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  • Joined the student chapter of the American Marketing Association and participated in on campus Marketing and Promotional initiatives

• Los Angeles Harbor College

  Associates , Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Multi Media Design , 1997 — 2001

Additional Information

CharLee Christian’s Websites:

• My Website
• Facebook

CharLee Christian’s Interests:

business, marketing, graphic design, art, multi-media, camping, hiking, backpacking, animals, dogs, cats, salt water aquarium, photography, painting acrylic and oil, mixed media design, reading, philosophy, science

CharLee Christian’s Groups:

American Marketing Association, Graphic Artists Guild

•    Emerging Professionals at Warner Bros. Studios
•    Warner Bros. Alumni
•    University of Redlands

CharLee Christian’s Honors:

Whitehead Leadership Society Award

CharLee Christian’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch