MarCom Manager For Startups, Part-Time or Contract
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Date: 2007-11-27, 8:55AM PST
I've been supporting technology startups for many years with comprehensive services that include collateral production, product photography, trade show management, graphics production, web development and more.
One of the companies I support is moving and I'm hoping to find a replacement either part-time or full.
Portfolio available on demand.
OVERVIEW
* 12 years marketing communications (MarCom), web, graphics, photography, event management experience
* Self-starter uniquely qualified with hands-on web, collateral, image manipulation, writing & editing, layout skills
* Eclectic manager of look & feel, design processes, digital repository and human factors information design
EXPERIENCE
Schwerin Consulting - March 07 - Present
* Supporting 10+ clients in areas of marketing communications, including previous employers, referrals
* Collateral development, Web design/maintenance, product shots, writing/editing, graphic design
* Examples: (1) Collateral, web and graphic support for Company A, (2) Web support for Company B, (3) Art, web direction for Company C, (4) Product and Exec photography for numerous companies, (5) Event, web and art direction for Company D
Stoke, Santa Clara - November 05 – March 07 (company-wide layoffs)
Marketing Communications Manager
* Develop and manage marketing communications assets: stoke.com, collateral, brand elements
* Startup environment requiring hands-on development of everything customer-facing
* Graphics, photography, html email, event planning/design/management
* Template design for collateral, presentations, technical documentation, product demos
Fortinet, Sunnyvale - September 03 - November 05
Marketing Communications Manager
* Managing all aspects of MarCom for a growing, successful startup
* Responsible for events, collateral, advertising, brand elements and asset repositories
* Design: Produce collateral templates, look & feel guidelines, graphics, diagrams, web and show elements
* Logo Cop: Manage brand guidelines for medium-sized company's sales organization and channel partners
* Trade show management of strategy, schedule, assets, promotion, ROI and design
* Process development: Event management & content development for web, collateral
Schwerin Consulting, Palo Alto - November 01 - September 03
Marketing Consultant
* Project basis support: HTML, product shots, brochures, presentations, graphics, event management
* Developed and managed web properties: online stores, html email campaigns, web promotions, lead-gen tools
* Product, brand development for startups: design, look and feel templates for collateral, presentations, trade show
* Messaging, campaign & program development
Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park - November 97 - August 01
Marketing Communications Project Manager
* Intermediary between Engineering, Sales, and Product Marketing that manages the development of projects like promotional events, online communities, collateral, presentations
* Project Management: Successfully led cross-functional teams on complex projects. Role involved vendor evaluation, budget & schedule planning, writing & editing, print & web expertise, product marketing, technical skills
* Field Marketing Role: Produce events and marketing tools that promote campaigns messaging and brand identity through online community tools, collateral, web development, seminars, direct mail, tech docs, presentations
* Designed and managed creative brief, localization and collateral inventory systems
* Managed internal sites, vendors, support team and project schedules
TOOLS
Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, ImageReady, Flash, Camtasia, DreamWeaver, BBEdit, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Google Adsense, HTML, Quark, PHP, Javascript, Documentum, Teamsite & MODx.
EDUCATION
1988-1992 University of California, Riverside - BS Degree, Business Admin - Marketing
1993-2001 UCSC - Courses in Project Mgmt, Advanced Photoshop, Product Marketing, Web Design
- Location: SF & Peninsula
- it's ok to contact this poster if you are a potential employer or other principal
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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