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RESUME

Skills

Professional â€‹

info​​
 

​I have a wide range of marketing and graphic design experience in a variety of industries. I thoroughly enjoy content creation, social media management and executing unique creative campaigns. Creative business writing has been a passion of mine and I have had the pleasure of copy writing for a variety of applications.

Work​

experience​
 

Stacey Helfrich Marketing & Graphic Design

Marketing and Graphic Design Consultant  - September 2012 - Present

  • Social media marketing – social media planning and weekly posting to Facebook

  • Website maintenance – content writing and photo uploads to sites

  • Newsletter creation – creative writing, client database maintenance for bi-weekly emails

  • Business writing – press releases and editorial content

  • Graphic Design (please see freelance overview and portfolio for details)

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North American Powertrain Components

Marketing Manager - March 2014 – July 2016

  • Plan and implement marketing initiatives - creating a marketing plan and budget, medium booking, conceptualize and design of all advertisements

  • Liaison with authorized dealers to collaborate on creating marketing campaigns

  • Brand Management - responsible for target market analysis and establishing methods that create a cohesive brand for our company and in-house remanufactured products. Design all promotional material to support brands.

  • Social media & online management - Responsible for the creation, content and maintenance of Facebook, Instagram and website for all NAPC & NADP brands

  • Collaborate with sales team to create an action plan for customer acquisition and retention - newsletter content writing, thank you cards, mailers, survey creation, contests, etc

  • Graphic design - collaborate and create print advertising, flyers, signage and online marketing

  • Tradeshow liaison - book booth space for national and international tradeshows, plan booth layout, source and order promotional material and prep all necessarily documentation

  • Event Coordinator - liaison for external events, booking, set up and working the events

  • President of the “Black Smoke Mafia” social committee - monthly meetings to come up with fun team building initiatives and events

 

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Carrington Group of Companies

Marketing Coordinator - November 2007 – March 2012

  • Creation of sales materials – specification sheets, maps, flyers, sales centre information boards and all other collateral for sales team

  • Coordination of showhome maintenance - cleaning, lights, etc

  • Ad creation - conceptualization to ad layout for print, radio, video, signage and online advertising

  • Ad booking and sourcing mediums

  • Marketing plan and budgeting – monthly reporting of budget and regular updates to schedule

  • Part time work in showhomes as a sales assistant – helping customers with their home buying process

 

C Wilde Designs Inc  

Design Assistant -  September - November 2007

  • Aided in showhome set-up – measurements of spaces, decoration and cleaning

  • Filing and clerical work â€‹



SUBtitles Bookstore
Sales Associate - Edmonton, AB February-April 2007
• Assisted customers
• Worked with consignment database



Bos Taurus Livestock Limited
Farm Hand - Summer 2004, 2005, 2006
• Operated heavy machinery; seeding, rolling, haying, combining
• Assisted with farm chores; feeding livestock
• Landscaping assistant

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Adobe Creative Suite Programs in PC and Mac environments
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Acrobat



Microsoft Office
Word
Excel
Publisher
Powerpoint
Outlook



Copy writing and editing
Creating/giving presentations
Coordinating/organizing events

Education

School of Business - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB - September 2005 - April 2007 Completed Bachelor of Commerce degree from the U of A
Major:
Marketing
Minor:
Entrepreneurship



Bachelor of Commerce and Management Transfer- Grant MacEwan College September 2003 - April 2005​



Advanced Visual Design Course – NAIT

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Social Media Marketing and Networking Course - Metro Continuing Education

Special

Projects

 

I thoroughly enjoy the collaborative process of working with clients. Having done freelance work for a variety of industries has allowed me to learn and grow as a marketing and design consultant. Here is an overview of some of the clients I have worked with and the projects.

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  • Wilde & Company Chartered Accountants - Continual contract work, ad creation, and branding, promotional material sourcing and ordering. Created a recruitment package and plan for them in 2014 as one of the many projects and had great success with the concept and design.

  • C. Wilde Designs – Continual marketing and graphic design support, maintenance of social media

  • Nelson Technologies - Corporate identity creation and continual design services. Currently designing a tradeshow display and collateral package.

  • The Garage Autoshoppe Inc. - Corporate identity creation – branding, logo creation, business cards and website

  • Drea Lee Dance Company - Corporate identity creation- logo and business cards

  • Tudor Glenn Veterinary Clinic – Signage, advertisements and logo work

  • Northgate GM - rebrand and signage creation

  • Pipke Mechanical – Brand and logo work

  • Flash Distributors - Corporate identity creation, promotional material sourcing/ordering

  • Zanti Yoga Studio - Logo creation and t-shirt design

  • Nickerson Roberts Holinski & Mercer - Brochure design

  • A3 Theatre Company - Theatre program design

  • Vegreville Early Childhood Development Coalition (VDCDC) - Contract work as Project Coordinator - newsletter and event calendar creation, liaison between zone managers and local chapter volunteer committee.

  • Sage Furnishings - Brochure and print collateral design

  • Hassett Reid LLP - Corporate identity creation – Logo, signage, business cards

  • Vinyl Pro Windows & Doors - Print collateral creation, mailer and advertisements

  • Vegreville Flying Club – Promotional material sourcing/ordering

  • Spring Creek Ranch – Business card and product package design

  • Rox On Jewelry – Brand and logo creation

  • Vegreville Chamber of Commerce – Event programs

  • Spandex Panda - Website support, business card design

  • Taneen Rudyk Campaign - Campaign signage and brochures

  • Vegreville Ballet - Brochure design

  • Vegreville Rotary Club – Annual event programs

  • Blue Sword Engineering - Corporate identity creation – Logo, business cards and letterhead

Volunteer​

Work

 

• CHBA Awards of Excellence in Housing Judge
• Carrington Special Events Committee member
• Wendy Brook of Vegreville artwork library creation
• Rotary Club of Vegreville program creation projects
• School of Manville design work
• Christmas Hamper Program volunteer

• KidSport Vegreville

• Parkland Pirates Event Committee

• Black Smoke Mafia Social Committee

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