Gayle Williams

Current

• Vice President at Design Marketing Group (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Correspondent at Sarasota Herald Tribbune
• Development Director at Women's Resource Center of Sarasota County
• Marketing Director at Florida West Coast Symphony

• Assistant Director, Career Services at Cleveland State University
• Associate Director of International Studies at Hiram College
• Program Officer at Cleveland Council on World Affairs

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Education

• Cleveland State University
• Baldwin-Wallace College
• Chicksaw Elementary - Colonial HS

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Gayle Williams’s Experience

• Vice President

  Design Marketing Group (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2003 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  Responsible for client development and consulting in marketing and public relations. Clients represent sectors of performing arts, non-profits, education, government agencies, professional services-law, medicine, banking, health industrial manufacturing - marine, defense, auto OEM's.
  Specific expertise in branding, audience development, fund development and marketing communications-all media.

• Correspondent

  Sarasota Herald Tribbune

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2001 — 2008 (7 years)

• Development Director

  Women's Resource Center of Sarasota County

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

  September 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 7 months)

  Responsible for raising $1.5 million in annual funds, individual gifts and foundation grants as well as event planning and management. During this time we revised programs adding measurable outcomes, completed a success for matching grant of $100,000 and significantly upgraded computer faciilities at the Center.

• Marketing Director

  Florida West Coast Symphony

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  April 1996 — July 2000 (4 years 4 months)

  Managed all marketing activities of this regional symphony orchestra and major national chamber music festival during 3 seasons which contained major concert series completely filled by subsciptionsas result of a highly successful strategy introducing a new artistic director.

• Assistant Director, Career Services

  Cleveland State University

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

  March 1990 — April 1996 (6 years 2 months)

  Advanced from Program Coordinator to Director of Cooperative Education managing staff and services for the 3rd largest optional Co-op program in the United States. During this time, developed procedures and special services for international students, spoke at national and regional professional conferences, and produced/directed cross-cultural training films on job search issues which were sold nationally.

• Associate Director of International Studies

  Hiram College

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  April 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 5 months)

  Managed all international student advising and admissions services and directed the study abroad program for U.S. students. Resposnible for trip management, recruitment and working with faculty on curriculum development.

• Program Officer

  Cleveland Council on World Affairs

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; International Affairs industry)

  September 1983 — February 1990 (6 years 6 months)

  Served as the Cleveland liaison for the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Program working with Washington-based agencies on short term international visitor programs in Northern Ohio. Also coordinated community-based services for international students studying at universities in Northern Ohio.

Gayle Williams’s Education

• Cleveland State University

  M.Ed., Higher Education Administration, 1988 — 1990

  Thesis work and graduate project on adapting career services and advising for international students

  Activities and Societies:

  Focus on Adult Learning & Development and International Education

• Baldwin-Wallace College

  B.A., Music, Business, German, 1979 — 1983

  Grduated magna cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  Mu Phi Epsilon - music fraternity, Dayton C. Miller Honor Society, German Honorary Society, Symphonic Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Choir

• Chicksaw Elementary - Colonial HS

Additional Information

Gayle Williams’s Websites:

• My Company

Gayle Williams’s Interests:

performing arts, classical music, dance, audience development, fundraising, internet marketing and communications, international travel - South America

Gayle Williams’s Groups:

Florida Public Relations Association

•    ThoseInMedia (The who's who in all the media markets) member

Gayle Williams’s Contact Settings

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