Marketing/Communications Specialist at
Greater St. Louis Area
- Current
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- Marketing Communications Specialist at Integrated Payroll Services (iPS)
- Board Member at AIME (Association for Interactive Media Education)
- Catalyst at Referral Network Director
- Past
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- Sales Consultant at Integrated Payroll Services (iPS)
- Volunteer Researcher / Scriptwriter at Civil Pictures 501(c)(3)
- Education
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- Webster University
- Webster University
- Webster University
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Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Summary
A highly educated and smart individual, one who while accomplishing my degreed studies also worked on a full-time basis and went to every home Blues Hockey game without a conflict in my course schedule. I can communicate well, and excel in both writing and oral communications.
I have the highest level of EQ (Emotional Quotient) or Emotional Intelligence that probably exists, for I can make anyone feel at ease in my presence and have a knack for building relationships and trust. Also, I put my customers’ needs before my own because I care about them and have a strong desire to be helpful and offer them real solutions.
Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Specialties:
Writing, Oral Communications, Marketing Research, Marketing Development, Marketing Strategy & Identity, Networking, Client Relations, Print Media, and Internal/External Communications
Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Experience
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Marketing Communications Specialist
Integrated Payroll Services (iPS)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Facilities Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Creates company communication and correspondence with clients, prospective clients, and the public at large to describe and promote iPS & our simpler automated Payroll and HR solutions and other UNIQUE services & capabilities. Manage the research and development of such content that illustrates HOW our clients could effectively and efficiently improve their company’s payroll process both financially and functionally. Also, responsible for grass-roots marketing promotion efforts. Oversees preparation of presentations and materials and conducts a variety of other tasks under the broad creative umbrella necessary to perform such responsibilities.
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Board Member
AIME (Association for Interactive Media Education)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
My Media Communications Master with Media Literacy Emphasis and additional MBA is the blend she liked and why the founder approached me, for she has the Media Communications and Educational background.
AIME is a 501 (c)(3) itself; its purpose is to assist groups of its kind to acquire funding and complete production of educational interactive media. No matter the medium, all interactive programs are educational and intended as resources to be used in various learning environments.
AIME researches and specifically completes each project’s grant application, recruits an advisory board of content experts, and assembles a team of professional media freelancers. Part of the process is a final evaluation, included to integrate feedback from the target audience which ensures the integrity, usability and effectiveness of the final project. -
Catalyst
Referral Network Director
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)
January 1970 — Present (39 years)
Referrals are the easiest, least expensive, yet MOST effective, form of marketing. If these referrals are from peers who are respected and trusted, all the better... I have been dubbed the “Networking Queen” by many who know me. Yet, I prefer my favorite self-proclaimed title of Catalyst. When I meet someone for the first time, it’s all about them. I QUICKLY assess WHO I know that they NEED to know & I somehow keep it all straight. It is irrelevant to me whether I personally gain anything from the introduction I inevitably make.
I have lectured on several occasions HOW to network a room most effectively, given tips to those who are more timid, and sometimes train or offer to be a “wingman” to those that do not possess such innate qualities. I NEVER had fear talking to anyone, and I can talk knowledgeable about nearly any subject, which only helps being a valuable resource to others I meet. -
Sales Consultant
Integrated Payroll Services (iPS)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Facilities Services industry)
June 2006 — February 2007 (9 months)
Guide for St. Louis businesses (& beyond) to simpler automated Payroll and HR solutions; such solutions normally only available to larger corporations. Consults with clients on how they could effectively and efficiently improve their company’s payroll process both financially and functionally. Skillful at developing relationships and strongly believes that a higher level of service, or what seems extra, is not a dying art.
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Volunteer Researcher / Scriptwriter
Civil Pictures 501(c)(3)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2003 — February 2004 (1 year 2 months)
Civil Pictures is a nonprofit company dedicated to preserving history through cinema.
I was one of the lucky volunteers to work on a feature-length, award winning, Hi-Def documentary on the St. Louis, 1904 World’s Fair. Researched and wrote for the segment entitled, “A Woman’s View,” on Jessie Tarbox Beals and the narration between the first interviews of “Savagery on Display” segment.
"The World's Greatest Fair" won the CINE, Telly, and Emmy© awards. It was directed by first-time documentarians Bob Miano & Scott Huegerich and produced at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis Missouri's oldest and largest production facility, by Civil Pictures. The overwhelming success of The World's Greatest Fair can be measured by its sold-out premiere at the Fabulous Fox theatre, along with 20 other sold-out screenings. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch described the documentary as "one of the greatest gifts to the city of St. Louis since the Gateway Arch."
Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Education
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Webster University
Master, of Business Administration, 1998 — 2001
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Webster University
Master, of Arts, Media Communications with Media Literacy Emphasis, 1998 — 2000
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Webster University
Bachelor, of Arts, Media Communications with Media Literacy Emphasis & Psychology, 1995 — 1998
Additional Information
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Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Interests:
Professional Networking Film / Movies Bicycle Riding Travel
Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Groups:
Media Communications Association International
AdClub St. Louis
ANXILLIARY EXPERIENCE: ~ Lecturer, St. Louis, MO
• Networking: Lectured at various BNI and Chamber of Commerce groups; demonstrated effective techniques on how to be remembered, and offer helpful tips for the more timid.
• Media Literacy: Lectured to collegiate classes on the keys to effective media literacy empowerment and content analysis.
• China Experience: Requirement for independent study at Webster University was to discuss to various groups what was encountered, learned, and witnessed during the cultured research and NGO experience in China.
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Missouri Bicycle Federation
Kimberly Van Gels Althage’s Honors:
• Generated new business in markets not previously tapped, & as a result, opened the most new accounts for the St. Louis region for February of 2006.
• Closed one sales transaction, which won two separate company contests, having the highest dollar transaction and the highest number of items for a single sale (1995).
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