
Communications Director and Project Manager
Portland, Oregon Area

Communications Director and Project Manager
Portland, Oregon Area
My goals are simple - be good at what I love to do. For seven years I worked in technology marketing where I managed emerging tech standards organization from top to bottom - budgets, committees, marketing projects, web site implementations, RFPs, strategy development, events and conferences, and reports.
It wasn't glamorous work but it made me an expert at organization, goal-oriented planning and attention to detail. It gave me my work philosophy that to work for a client is to put their business goals first.
As part of Mad Fish SEO, I get to do all the management and strategy work I love in an exciting, emerging marketing field.
online marketing strategy development, project management, budgeting, content development, blog writing, interactive web planning.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
I lead the writing and communication team at Mad Fish SEO, developing the appropriate content development strategy for our clients and managing the blog, article and press release services.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years )
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 1999 — March 2007 (8 years 2 months)
Worked for VTM, Inc., a technology marketing and management company in Portland, OR. For seven years, I held positions at the company managing the marketing plans, promotional materials, web site development, administrative services, and finances of emerging technology organizations.
Bachelor of Science , Business - Marketing, Writing & Literature , 1995 — 1999
SEO writing, organizing anything (projects, programs, finances, my closet, refrigerator magnets), reading a good book, camping with friends, baking, drinking wine, walking to work