
Creative Communications & Marketing professional searching for employment
Columbus, Georgia Area

Creative Communications & Marketing professional searching for employment
Columbus, Georgia Area
Former marketing & customer service specialist looking for employment in Columbus, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, or anywhere in between. I have experience in marketing, sales support, customer service, purchasing, production management and administrative duties.
I am interested in marketing and communications opportunities at a company with room to learn and grow. I am a hard worker and a fast learner with excellent organizational skills and a passion for communication. I have a strong interest in internal and external corporate communications, writing, copyediting, marketing and advertising, customer relations, social networking and social media.
- Effective communicator, written and verbal
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to write and edit using AP Style guidelines.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Internet research and social media.
- AccPac software
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
October 2009 — Present (3 months)
(Consumer Goods industry)
September 2003 — April 2009 (5 years 8 months)
Marketing and Customer Service Specialist
Purchasing and Office Assistant
While at DeepRock, I had many different roles ranging from marketing to purchasing to administrative duties. I worked at DeepRock part time while in college (September 2003- May 2007) and full time after graduation until being laid off in April.
Marketing
- Assisted in concept, design, layout and proofing of 12 print advertisements per year
- Created new specification sheets for several models of water well drills
- Proofread pages and helped with layout and design of new company website
- Initiated new plan to condense information packages and saved over $400 per month in postage expenses
Sales and Customer Service
- Assisted sales manager with customer calls that generated over $40,000 in monthly sales
- Answered e-mail inquiries about equipment, pricing information and technical problems
Purchasing
- Maintained relationships with over 50 vendors
- Ordered materials weekly for manufacturing warehouse while remaining within budget constraints
- Coordinated new purchasing procedures including purchase requisitions to organize purchasing processes and maintain inventory control
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
Production Management Intern, Communication department/ Auburn Magazine
I completed an internship at the Office of Alumni Affairs during my last semester at Auburn University. The internship gave me the opportunity to learn about the creation of advertisements and other projects for association events. I was the first intern in this position and enjoyed the opportunity to set the tone for future interns.
- Tracked up to 30 printing jobs at a time from design to completion for alumni association and magazine
- Organized files from the past four years of printing jobs in order to streamline processes
- Maintained project updates, vendor bid sheets and print production website to improve internal communication
- Researched university alumni associations, alumni magazines, production management software, etc. to improve creative capacity of communication department.
- Worked with graphic designer and creative director to learn more about magazine and ad design, editing, layout and distribution.
- Established daily responsibilities for the intern position. Trained incoming intern for the summer semester. Created reference folder for future interns.
BA , Communication , 2003 — 2007
Minor: Psychology
GPA 3.4
RELEVANT COURSES
Principles of Marketing • Foundations of Public Relations • Writing for Public Relations • News Writing • Small Group Communication • Speaking Before Audiences • Interpersonal Communication • Foundations of Mass Communication • Newspaper Fundamentals
Blogging, communications practices, social media
National Dean's List 2006
Auburn University Dean's List 2004 & 2005