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Marketing Coordinator / Production Manager / Traffic Manager

dc4b8fae@westpost.net / 818-212-9514
OVERVIEW
What is different about me?
20+ years of working experience in the marketing and creative arenas. I have ext
ensive hands-on, working knowledge of virtually every key aspect of marketing an
d creative, as well as extensive managerial experience.
KEY SKILLS
I'm very well-versed in marketing, graphics, printing, direct mail and related p
rocesses. My strength is print, but also have web experience (creative and marke
ting). Proficient in Quark XPress, Photoshop and MS Office. Working knowledge of
InDesign and Illustrator. Personable and efficient. Mac and PC platforms. Many
years of experience working with freelancers and vendors of all types.
February 2009-Present
SCS DYNAMICS / Santa Monica, CA
Software Company / 50 Employees
Marketing Director
Managed a staff of one / established marketing plans / project management / moni
tored response to direct mail and web / analyzed campaigns / quality control / r
esearched new promotional methods / print buying / vendor liaison / new vendor p
rocurement / managed referral program / seminar coordination and production
Achievements: Have established a direct mail marketing campaign in select vertic
al markets. SCS was among the highest-producing sales vendors for Microsoft in '
09 due in large part to the marketing efforts.
January 2007 - August 2008
HELIO / Los Angeles, CA
Wireless Company / 400 Employees
Creative Production & Services Manager
Directly reported to the Creative Director and Business Owners on everything int
o and out of Creative
Recruitment / facilities / traffic management / assets management / job tracking
/ quality control / proof reading / approval of all proofs / press checks / man
aged invoices and payment / direct mail and fulfillment / ad specialty / project
management
Achievements: I was able to reduce the printing expenses by approximately 20% (
or $250,000/year) while improving quality and speed of print production. I incre
ased the production output of the Creative team by 25% on average.
October 2005 - January 2007
THE DOHRING COMPANY / Glendale, CA
Market Research firm / 10 Employees
Administrative Services Manager
Recruitment / facilities / office management / building liaison / reception serv
ices / conference planning / mail handling and distribution / materials scheduli
ng and distribution / records management / telecommunications management / secur
ity / parking / vendor liaison / graphic design / print buying / internal event
planning
June 2005 - October 2005
PACIFIC OUTDOOR LIVING / Sun Valley, CA
Construction / 50 Employees
Marketing Manager
Head of in-house Marketing department
Managed a staff of four / established advertising plans / project management / m
onitored response to advertising and direct mail / analyzed campaigns / quality
control / researched new promotional methods / print buying / vendor liaison / n
ew vendor procurement / proofing and blue line checks / press checks
July 1996 - May 2005
THE ADVANCED ORGANIZATION / Los Angeles, CA
Non-profit / 100 Staff
Promotion & Marketing Director
Head of in-house Marketing/Creative
Questionnaire development / survey interviewing / tabulation / analysis of surve
y data / project management / budgeting / graphic design / production art / pri
nt buying / proofing and blue line checks / press checks / direct mail planning,
logistics and distribution / photo shoot preparations, planning and supervision
.
January 1990 - July 1996
THE DOHRING COMPANY / Glendale, CA
Market Research Firm / 50-75 Employees
Marketing Coordinator
Head of in-house Marketing/Creative, Business Development
Graphic design / production art / print buying / vendor liaison / managed weekly
direct mail campaign / Assistant Editor of monthly newsletter
Human Resources Manager
Head of the Human Resources Department
Managed department of five employees / recruitment / terminations / training pro
gram authoring / created and maintained organizational chart / employee relation
s / oversaw or directly performed office manager functions
Vice President Administration
Manager over Marketing and Human Resources Departments
Managed staff of eight to twelve employees /conducted daily and weekly productio
n meetings with direct reports / handled disciplinary issues / established tacti
cal planning for departments / production analysis / assisted with recruitment f
or each department
Additionally, was head of the company Financial Planning Committee for about 3 y
ears, which met weekly to coordinate and establish each department's budgets and
general income-making plan for the week.
May 1987 - November 1989
SCENERY PAINTER (Non-union)
Feature films: The Blob, Darkman, Child's Play II. Television: Twin Peaks, Get S
mart, Again, DEA: Desperados.
Prep work / paint mixing & color matching / basic set painting / technique testi
ng / sketching large-scale murals from blueprints / faux finishing / styrofoam s
culpting
Interests: Art, all types of design, picture-taking, fashion, movies, eating gre
at food, cooking, making people laugh (hopefully not at my cooking), writing, ha
ving fun, being a good person, hockey (Kings fan), baseball (Dodger fan).
Job and vendor references available upon request.