Stacey Helfrich
Marketing & Design
RESUME
Skills
Professional ​
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
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Social media marketing – social media planning and weekly posting to Facebook
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Website maintenance – content writing and photo uploads to sites
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Newsletter creation – creative writing, client database maintenance for bi-weekly emails
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Business writing – press releases and editorial content
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Graphic Design (please see freelance overview and portfolio for details)
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North American Powertrain Components
Marketing Manager - March 2014 – July 2016
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Plan and implement marketing initiatives - creating a marketing plan and budget, medium booking, conceptualize and design of all advertisements
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Liaison with authorized dealers to collaborate on creating marketing campaigns
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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.
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Social media & online management - Responsible for the creation, content and maintenance of Facebook, Instagram and website for all NAPC & NADP brands
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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
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Graphic design - collaborate and create print advertising, flyers, signage and online marketing
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Tradeshow liaison - book booth space for national and international tradeshows, plan booth layout, source and order promotional material and prep all necessarily documentation
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Event Coordinator - liaison for external events, booking, set up and working the events
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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
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Creation of sales materials – specification sheets, maps, flyers, sales centre information boards and all other collateral for sales team
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Coordination of showhome maintenance - cleaning, lights, etc
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Ad creation - conceptualization to ad layout for print, radio, video, signage and online advertising
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Ad booking and sourcing mediums
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Marketing plan and budgeting – monthly reporting of budget and regular updates to schedule
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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
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Aided in showhome set-up – measurements of spaces, decoration and cleaning
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Filing and clerical work ​

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.
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C. Wilde Designs – Continual marketing and graphic design support, maintenance of social media
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Nelson Technologies - Corporate identity creation and continual design services. Currently designing a tradeshow display and collateral package.
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The Garage Autoshoppe Inc. - Corporate identity creation – branding, logo creation, business cards and website
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Drea Lee Dance Company - Corporate identity creation- logo and business cards
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Tudor Glenn Veterinary Clinic – Signage, advertisements and logo work
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Northgate GM - rebrand and signage creation
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Pipke Mechanical – Brand and logo work
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Flash Distributors - Corporate identity creation, promotional material sourcing/ordering
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Zanti Yoga Studio - Logo creation and t-shirt design
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Nickerson Roberts Holinski & Mercer - Brochure design
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A3 Theatre Company - Theatre program design
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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.
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Sage Furnishings - Brochure and print collateral design
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Hassett Reid LLP - Corporate identity creation – Logo, signage, business cards
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Vinyl Pro Windows & Doors - Print collateral creation, mailer and advertisements
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Vegreville Flying Club – Promotional material sourcing/ordering
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Spring Creek Ranch – Business card and product package design
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Rox On Jewelry – Brand and logo creation
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Vegreville Chamber of Commerce – Event programs
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Spandex Panda - Website support, business card design
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Taneen Rudyk Campaign - Campaign signage and brochures
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Vegreville Ballet - Brochure design
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Vegreville Rotary Club – Annual event programs
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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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