Writer in Alpharetta, Georgia

It is the objective of this resume to couple my experiences and expertise with a career opportunity that will allow me to continually grow in a challenging, yet rewarding, position. As an ENTJ personality, I am a results-oriented, high-energy, hands-on professional with a successful record of accomplishments in networking, sales and marketing, training, and business-to-business communications. I have extensive experience in freelance and technical writing, editing, publishing, employee training, quality assurance, and customer service.  Other my qualifications include: * Over twenty years experience in marketing, journalism, visual communications, advertising,  * Over ten years of experience writing professional copy in an online environment, * Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, QuarkExpress, CSS, HTML, Windows/Mac and MS Office (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) * Creation and control of all offline advertising and direct marketing initiatives, * Development of all web content to maximizes opportunities for indexing and SEO ranking, * Strong understanding of search engine marketing and technical copy writing,  * Strong written and verbal communication skills to senior level audiences – both face to face & remote, and  * Financial acumen and experience in establishing effective metrics and measurements to demonstrate project results Experience American Express B2B Client Manager Priority Payment Systems April 2012 – Present, Alpharetta, GA • Spearheaded 5 buyer campaigns; adding volume of over $6M in sales in 6 months • Created training guides for client manager organization now available through internal platform • Created enrollment email templates currently used by entire team for all communications • Innovative thinker who utilized all available tools to achieve goals and maintain team metrics • Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals and assisted entire sales floor achieve targets • Managed an extensive multi-million dollar portfolio of 100 client managers and their accounts  • Relayed valuable B2B sales information necessary to secure monetary gains • Tracked volume disparities; uncovering strategic sales solutions for client managers  • Educated client mangers and customer pool on all payment platforms and their advantages Editor in Chief / CEO PERSONA Magazine January 2004 – Present, Atlanta, GA • Creates brand recognition of smaller businesses to readership of over 75,000 in immediate area • Holds monthly networking meetings to reinforce economic strength of entrepreneurship • Educates businesses on tax shelters, D&B, reinvestment practices, marketing and advertising • Offers public relations and social media outlets as well as SEO for patronizing advertiser base • Recognizes strides toward achievement through annual awards presentations • Serves as publicist, journalist, consultant and marketing strategist for client base Social Media Specialist Ashworth College March 2009 – April 2012, Norcross, GA • Spearheaded creation of video / web content that for organizational policy and procedure  • Maximized business SEO through meta-tagging while corresponding with 120K students  • Handled all BBB / DEA correspondence; maintained highest approval rating for organization • Excellent written and verbal communication skills  • Excellent project management skills geared towards managing multiple activities Assistant Branch Manager HSBC January 2002 – November 2008, Atlanta GA • Proven sales executive with over 10 years experience in banking, financial and mortgage industry • Continually exceeded personal sales goals of $250K in loans monthly • Exceeded annual goal of $4M mortgage loans annually • Managed and coached branch employees on developing, managing and growing profitability Employee Satisfaction Coordinator American Express January 1999 – January 2002, Greensboro, NC • Created all monthly rewards and recognition programs for 4,000 man telesales center • Orchestrated use of internal / external vendors while staying within budget allocations  • Presented monthly to Senior Leadership Teams and advised on all programs / alternate programs designed to maintain internal morale and increase employee retention Editor / Publisher GFA Horizons Magazine January 1998 – January 2002, Fayetteville, NC • Created brand recognition of smaller businesses to readership of over 125,000 in immediate area • Held monthly networking meetings to reinforce economic strength of entrepreneurship • Educated businesses on tax shelters, D&B, reinvestment practices, marketing and advertising • Served as publicist, journalist, business consultant and marketing strategist for client base Air Personality 91.9 FM Fayetteville State University January 1991 – January 1995, Fayetteville, NC Air Personality Military Air Wing Radar Repairman US Marine Corps January 1986 – January 1994, 29 Palms, CA Education Ashworth University Associates, Marketing 2009 – 2... Prairie View A&M University Bachelor of Science (BS), Electronics Engineering 1988 – 1... ** References available upon request.