Mar 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos

• I've helped nearly 500 clients find $100K+ jobs through proven systems that get results.
• We work together to examine your skills and abilities, along with your needs and work style, to find new roles in an environment that maximizes your talents and brings out your best work. I serve:
• Individuals who want to make a professional leap and advance to the next level.
• College students who want to clarify their goals and need help launching their career.
• People in career transition exploring the next best step.
• Those who want guidance navigating an effective job search in today's complex environment.

Aug 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

• ● Conducted market & competitive analysis, determined company positioning, and directed market penetration plans and related product positioning.
• ● Crafted marketing communications to include branding, public relations, advertising, white papers, seminars and events, collateral materials and website design and content.
• ● Managed relationships with a diverse group of external agencies and vendors.
• ● Measured product portfolio performance and determined creative direction.
• ● Designed approaches to marketing, training and events that contributed to ongoing positive shifts in culture.
• ● Supervised a staff of four professional direct reports.
• ● Worked closely with the leadership team to ensure strategic alignment with operations, research and development, and the sales team to effectively implement channel strategies and programs.
• ● Forecasted, prepared and managed budget in excess of $1 million.

Jan 2003 – Aug 2012 · 9 yrs 7 mos

• ● Directed the company’s recruitment promotions, public relations, and reputation management efforts.
• ● Served as corporate media spokesperson.
• ● Implemented and maintained consistent branding messages, including design and content management for corporate websites and collateral materials.
• ● Engaged an active Academic Advisory Board of preeminent scholars in marketing and sales to advise the company on issues related to the marketing environment, consumer attitudes, and sales strategies.
• ● Regular motivational speaker and presenter at sales conferences.
• ● Developed and supervised Cutco in the Classroom, which is an experiential learning program that incorporates a Cutco selling experience into the business curricula.
• ● Maintained financial and budgetary responsibility for budget of nearly $500,000.

Jan 1992 – Jan 2003 · 11 yrs

• ● Conceived and implemented a comprehensive approach to recruitment marketing focused on campus relations, established an internship program, campus guest lecturing, and corporate sponsorship of academic and student associations.
• ● Worked with executive leadership to shift corporate culture, leading to fundamental changes in recruiting practices.
• ● Directed the growth of recruitment marketing and campus relations from a single professional to the supervision and management of a department encompassing nine recruiters working regionally across North America.
• ● Supervised a staff of six professionals, one support staff, and multiple external contractors
• ● Maintained financial and budgetary responsibility for $500,000 budget.

Jan 1988 – Jan 1990 · 2 yrs · Chester, PA

Oct 1986 – Jan 1988 · 1 yr 3 mos