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Resume

Professional Summary

Successful team leader in all aspects of Marketing, with expertise in Digital Marketing and demand generation. Vast knowledge in the financial technology and merchant services industry.

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Experienced in:

  • Campaign Management 

  • Email Marketing

  • Paid Advertising

  • CRM Administration

  • Web Management

  • Digital Marketing Funnels

Skills

Salesforce  Google/Facebook Ads    HubSpot    Pardot 
Content Management 
  SEO/SEM    Strategic Leadership    Strategic Leadership  WordPress  Shopify  Adobe Creative Suite

Work Experience

October 2020 - present

Marketing Director - GOAT Payments

  • Plans and executes demand generation initiatives to drive new merchant and agent acquisition

  • Crafts collateral for internal and external teams such as sales presentations, flyers, and operational guides

  • Manages CRM and builds custom reports for executive team and conducts custom development

  • Implements and utilizes marketing automation tools to build marketing funnel to maximize conversions

  • Builds custom and integrated vertical-centric landing pages for targeted marketing campaigns

August 2016 - October 2020

Marketing Manager - Quantum Electronic Payments

  •  Develops and manages annual digital marketing strategy

  •  Plans and creates B2B lead generation campaigns

  •  Oversees and manages a team of full-time employees

  •  Maintains Salesforce CRM and conducts custom development initiatives

  •  Builds and executes robust marketing automation workflows

September 2013 - August 2016

Lead Marketing Specialist - Paysafe

  •  Defined and created comprehensive marketing and sales go-to-market strategies

  • Developed marketing collateral and managed internal and external requests

  • Planned and managed successful marketing campaigns that generated quality leads for company-wide sales channels

  •  Managed all marketing collateral and digital marketing initiatives

  •  Led a team of full-time employees and part-time interns

April 2013 - August 2013

Marketing Intern - Audi Mission Viejo

  • Conducted market research initiatives to inform strategic decisions

  • Coordinated digital advertising efforts and utilized Google Adwords

  • Created backlinks and tracking parameters to monitor and increase online traffic

  • Implemented tactics aimed at Search Engine Optimization for the company website

  • Generated online product comparisons to help increase and promote sales

  • Built and maintained site blog and generated all creative content

Education

2011 - 2013

Chapman University

Bachelor of Communication Studies, Minor: Leadership

2008 - 2010

Santa Barbara City College

Associate of Arts, Math & Science

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