Sales and Marketing Proffessional
Burlington, Vermont Area
- Past
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- Customer Service Rep / Marketing Professional at Production Advantage Inc
- Customer Service Rep / Marketing Professional at Stageworks Lighting Ltd
- Stagehand/Master Carpenter/Assitant Technical Director at Johnson State College / Dibden Center for the Arts
- Education
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- Johnson State College
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Neill Burgess’s Summary
Marketing and sales professional with 10 years experience in building and maintaining easy to use websites, as well as b2b and b2c sales. Skilled in HTML coding by hand and with use of industry standard web design programs, cascading style sheets, and use of Java Script. Experienced in a variety of environments requiring teamwork and use of exceptional interpersonal skills to meet imminent deadlines, including putting on theatrical and musical entertainment productions, sharing sales duties with a team to allow for optimum performance, and working in marketing groups to facilitate company objectives.
Career objective: Secure a position where my experience in sales, marketing, and advertising, can be utilized in a professional atmosphere to expand client and / or corporate visibility, accessibility, sales, and profitability.
Neill Burgess’s Specialties:
Theatrical experiece:
Sales and expansive industry product knowledge, experienced stagehand, followspot operation, lighting control console operation, lighting design, set design, carpentry, limited rigging experience, limited sound technician experience.
Marketing experience:
Web design and maintenance, catalog design and production, marketing initiative brainstorming, design, and roll-out.
Neill Burgess’s Experience
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Customer Service Rep / Marketing Professional
Production Advantage Inc
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 1999 — December 2008 (9 years 10 months)
- Responsible for design, content, and upkeep of the company website for 8 years.
- Member of the company marketing team to oversee new marketing initiatives, including web and e-mail promotions.
- Receive and process incoming sales calls, requests for information, and requests for bids or quotations.
- Manage supply chain for orders processed by myself and sometimes others. -
Customer Service Rep / Marketing Professional
Stageworks Lighting Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
April 1997 — March 1999 (2 years )
- Was responsible for design, content, and upkeep of the company website.
- Compiled materials, designed format, entered data, and coordinated the printing of a new sales catalog.
- Received and processed incoming sales calls, requests for information, and requests for bids or quotations.
- Managed supply chain for orders processed by myself and sometimes others.
- Picked and packed orders for shipment.
- Helped prep rental packages of theatrical lighting gear.
- Worked as a stage hand on rental and production jobs sites. -
Stagehand/Master Carpenter/Assitant Technical Director
Johnson State College / Dibden Center for the Arts
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 1992 — May 1996 (3 years 9 months)
Stagehand - Starting position in technical theatre. Duties include, hanging / focusing / maintaining fixtures, running & taping cable for safety, loading / unloading trucks.
Master Carpenter - Builds sets and stage elements working with woods and metals to build set pieces, including some standard elements -- flats, platforms, and columns, as well as pieces of the stage. The MC oversees subordinate carpenters and stagehands.
Assistant Technical Director (ATD) - Assistant to the Technical Director - The TD is the most senior technical person within a theatrical company. It is their job to make sure the technical equipment in the theatre is cleaned and safe; these duties are usually delegated to the ATD. A Technical Director is also responsible for budgets, staffing, schedules, and coordination between departments.
Neill Burgess’s Education
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Johnson State College
BA , Business Management / Marketing , 1992 — 1996
Worked my way through college by working in the theatre program. Positions held: Stagehand, Master Carpenter, Assistant Technical Director.
- Activities and Societies:
- Fencing Club, B.A.C.C.H.U.S. (Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students - Treasurer / Vice President), Peer Counselor, Student Congress
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Neill Burgess’s Interests:
Internet technologies, theatre, music, sports: baseball, football, soccer, basketball, softball, fencing, science fiction novels & movies, "Green" technologies, history of aviation, dancing
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