Past Experience
Associate Director of Advertising
at
HarperCollins Publishers,
March 1998 –
January 2004
Managed workflow for over $5 million dollars in media
spending as well as conceived and executed
multi-media advertising campaigns for New York Times
bestselling authors.
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Managed workflow and supervised
HarperCollins advertising, totaling $5 million in
media spending.
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Conceived and executed advertising
campaigns for New York Times bestselling
authors, including
multi-media campaigns that included television,
print, online, and radio.
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Wrote copy for national radio,
print, movie screen, billboard, online, and
television campaigns, including
new taglines for New York Times bestselling authors
Elmore Leonard "Always Judge a Book by its Author"
and Dennis Lehane "One Book Won’t be Enough."
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Supervised Advertising Associates
for various genres (academic, mystery, romance,
science fiction, mystery)
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Participated in brainstorming media
campaigns to increase sales and visibility of
authors and titles.
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Organized and oversaw contracts,
media estimates, and booked media.
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Found low-cost media solutions
reaching national audiences.
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Created department procedures and
proofreading standards for newly formed in-house ad
agency.
Skills
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint &
FrontPage 2003
Adobe
Creative Suite 2: InDesign, PhotoShop & Illustrator
Awards/Interests
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The DeVilliers Distinguished Volunteer Award
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Bronze Presidential Service Award
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Broadening horizons through cooking, sewing,
Spanish classes, and art history classes.
Education
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Simpson College, Indianola, IA – Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Communication Studies, Minor in Management
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Micro Train
Technologies Classroom Seminars: Adobe InDesign CS, Levels 1 & 2;
Adobe Illustrator CS, Level 1

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