Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)

Current

Seattle Motherhood Examiner at Examiner.com

Past

Marketing Manager at Vigilos
Director, Marketing Services at Weyerhaeuser
Marketing Director - Retailers at Weyerhaeuser

Retail Marketing Manager at Weyerhaeuser
Creative Director at GenGia Marketing (Sole Proprietorship)
Account Executive at Evergreen Monthly magazine
National Marketing Manager at Landata Systems (Stewart Title)

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Education

Highline Community College
Green River Community College
Green River Community College

Houston Baptist University
University of Houston
Los Angeles Pierce College
Van Nuys Performing Arts Magnet High School

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Summary

Student of life
Writer
15+ years of advertising and marketing exp on both ad agency and client sides of biz
MBA in Intl Mgmt
Interest in community outreach and education, public service and public administration
Dedication to the world we live in - both from a social/human services angle, as well as environmental

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Specialties:

budgeting
concept development
copywriting
customer service
editing
event planning
lead generation
management
market research
media planning and buying
product development
relationships
sales
strategy
sustainability and LOHAS market expertise
identifying <trends> as they are about to hit mainstream
volunteerism - experience with Child Advocates, City of Auburn Human Services Committee, Seattle Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Nature Conservancy of Washington, Greyhound Pets of America

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Experience

Seattle Motherhood Examiner

Examiner.com

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

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Marketing Manager

Vigilos

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

September 2008 — August 2009 (1 year )

Market assessment; identify which market segments to pursue; develop marketing strategy and tactics; lead generation and list maintenance; sales tool development; press releases; media relations; product marketing tools and training materials and presentations.
Vigilos improves the profitability and effectiveness of companies by providing products that enable them to respond to operational events and physical security incidents by connecting systems, facilities and geographies.
Director, Marketing Services

Weyerhaeuser

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WY; Paper & Forest Products industry)

August 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Handle issues that impact the entire business; manage marketing services team; accountable for vendor management, advertising, branding, development of collateral materials, traffic manager for projects; market research; segmentation and strategy development; media planning and buying; trade show coordination, lead generation; product and service training, cost control and budget management, etc.
Sustainability and LOHAS market expert for the CBPR business. Exciting stuff.
Marketing Director - Retailers

Weyerhaeuser

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WY; Packaging and Containers industry)

March 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Marketing of Weyerhaeuser's in-store merchandising (P-O-P and retail packaging) offerings to retailers.
Sustainability and LOHAS market expert for the CBPR business.
Co-author of POPAI's Marketing At-Retail textbook, Revised Third Edition, Chapter 15
Retail Marketing Manager

Weyerhaeuser

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WY; Packaging and Containers industry)

September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)

Marketing of Weyerhaeuser's in-store merchandising (P-O-P and retail displays) offerings to retailers and CPGs.
Sustainability and LOHAS market expert for the CBPR business.
Creative Director
GenGia Marketing (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Marketing services for socially responsible (LOHAS-minded) businesses.
Account Executive

Evergreen Monthly magazine

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 5 months)

Building client base by selling advertising for start-up LOHAS magazine.
National Marketing Manager

Landata Systems (Stewart Title)

(Real Estate industry)

September 1997 — September 2002 (5 years 1 month)

Created marketing department from scratch: developed marketing campaigns - print and online, including trade show presence, developed monthly e-zine, software product demos, branding, budgeting

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Education

Highline Community College

Certificate , Human Services , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
Green River Community College

Certificate , Write Your Life Story , 2009 — 2009

January 2009 - March 2009.
Memoir writing course.
Green River Community College

Certificate , Writerrific: Creativity Training for Writers , 2009 — 2009

March 2009 - June 2009.
Houston Baptist University

MBA , International Management , 2000 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

Houston Advertising Federation, Ad2 Houston, American Advertising Federation, International Association of Business Communicators, American Marketing Association, Public Relations Society of America - Houston Chapter
University of Houston

BA , Journalism & Political Science , 1990 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

Ad2 Houston, Houston Advertising Federation, PRSA, Vice President of Ad Club
National winner of National Student Advertising Competition - member of presentation team
Los Angeles Pierce College

A.A. , Journalism , 1988 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Writer and editor for "The Roundup" newspaper and "The Bull" magazine.
Numerous writing awards for arts and opinion columns.
Van Nuys Performing Arts Magnet High School

Drama, English, Voice 1986 — 1988

Roles: Anne in "Stage Door," Etta in "Going to See the Elephant"
Vocal performances: Disneyland, Hollywood Bowl and others not quite as memorable
Activities: Thespians, Powerhouse Players traveling drama troupe, Shakepeare competitions and others

Activities and Societies:

Vocal Ensemble, Play Production

Additional Information

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Interests:

My family, writing, gardening and landscaping, community service, making the world a better place, laughing and dreaming, working with my hero, Dennis Kucinich one day, telling stories to lift hearts and minds, getting published.

Kathyrn Kemp Chociej (katchociej@yahoo.com)’s Groups:

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (www.scbwi.org), Pacific Northwest Writer's Association (http://pnwa.org), P.E.O, Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, ASPCA