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customer service | sales | project management | writing & editing 

People Person – Able to connect with a wide range of people in a short period of time
Team Player – Thrive in an interactive, people-focused work culture
List-Maker – Experienced in managing people, resources, scope and ideas
Devil’s Advocate – Able to negotiate and brainstorm by thinking outside of the cubie
Grammar Guru – Schooled in the arts of writing and editing

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
08/05 – current Ad Sales/Editing/Writing PDX Magazine
08/05 – 09/05 Bar Manager Bistro Montage
09/00 – 09/05 Bartender/Marketing Samatha Inc.
04/04 – 12/04 Marketing/Business Dev. Consultant PortlandRE
01/00 – 08/00 Analyst/Surveyor Trillium Inc.
11/97 – 03/00 Exec. Security/House Manager McMenamins
07/98 – 04/99 Teacher/ GED SAT Instructor Cascade Ed. Unit
And then some…

OBJECTIVE

I would like to obtain a sales position within an established yet growing Oregon company. I would like to be given the opportunity to interact with a diverse client base, and put myself into a position where I can be challenged in my day-to-day activities.


RELEVANT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

For ten months, I was consulting and assisting with the development of a for-sale-by-owner real estate company called PortlandRE. My primary focus with this company was project management and business development, which consisted of identifying, cataloging, and contacting people in their target market.

For the last five years, I have been instrumental in developing a bar and its clientele. This includes word-of-mouth campaigning, customer management and development and execution of marketing and sales strategies. These activities led to a 400% increase in sales in the past two years.

This, combined with my past experience managing a staff of over forty part-time employees, displays my competency as a team player and a strategic thinker. As is a necessity for the type of work I have done, communication skills have become a specialty of mine; both conveying ideas to a wide range of personalities, putting the people i interact with at ease almost immediately and strong listening and discerning fortitude.


EDUCATION

BA from Lewis and Clark College with a major English Literature/Writing
One year Portland State University focus on Sociology and Philosophy
AA from Clackamas Comm. College transfer with focus English/Music/Psych/Soc




SKILLS

Project and People Management
Customer Service
Phone Campaigning
Outside Sales
Copy Writing/Editing
Microsoft Suite
Macromedia Dreamweaver