Pleasanton, California, United States
1. Exceptionally strong in sales abilities and executing business strategies 2. Strong ability to present new and innovative ideas and follow through with planning execution 3. Outstanding people skills and ability to communicate on all different levels with individuals. Creative writing abilities 4. Strong management and organizational skills combined with strategic event planning 5. Well read and well traveled, closely connected to the international community. Bilingual in English and German Seeking full/part time position and challenging opportunity in: Aesthetic promotion/marketing for medical spa, Art related public relations, Fashion/cosmetic/design consultant and management
Created and responsible for personal investment account with E-Trade Financial Investment Services while participating in stock market activities. Successfully developed and managed investment portfolio. Carefully analyzed economic strategies nationally as well as globally while executing trades accordingly. Gained knowledge in option trading as well as swing trading strategies where high risk/low risk trading techniques are required and executed
Developed, promoted and managed public relation events for late artist Jesse Reichek (www.reichek.org) to major art markets. Artist has been painting for 30 years in seclusion, creating a body of 3,000 works. Creative writing of press releases and special events featured in various news papers/magazines. Exhibition UNM Museum Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October to December, 2008. Organized, developed and managed all preliminary steps that are necessary for major museum exhibition. Established national and international contacts with major art museums and art schools such as the Guggenheim Museum, LOCMA, MOMA and Bauhaus for future exhibit opportunities. Established contact with the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany for gift donation and permanent installation of artist’s work: Booklets of lithographic prints, a Homage collection created for Klee, Kandinsky and Mondrian, published 1966 Established contact with Robert Johnson, Curator, Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco for gift donation and permanent installation of two of artist’s works, Poetry etchings by Rene Char: ‘Frontis and La Montee De La Nuit - Poemes De Rene Char 1961’ Gift donations are in The Achenbach Graphic Art Gallery, the worlds largest illustrated book collection. Recent museum exhibit included Picasso’s illustrated art books.
Developed and promoted public relations project for artist Lorraine Almeida’s (www.lorrainealmeida.com) Retrospective exhibit in September, 2007 at Toby’s Barn Art Gallery, Pt. Reyes. Major responsibility included creation of press releases and event schedules to be published by various news media such as radio, 23 major newspapers, and local magazines
Developed and created major public donation program and campaign with Marin French Cheese Company ‘Rouge et Noir’, Petaluma, California, for ‘Marine Mammal Center’, Sausalito, California. A nonprofit center that rescues marine mammals up and down the coast of California Wrote and created a press release which was published in 17 major national and community newspapers and magazines. The event was covered by three major radio stations for public announcement within the greater Bay Area, Northern California Organized and managed participation/donation from Rouge ET Noir for gala and special events held by Marine Mammal Center to benefit fundraising programs
Created and structured a Cosmetic Dermatology division for a General Practitioner. Established, managed and rendered consulting services to expand a start-up medical practice. Developed business from ground up, generated after 6 months revenue of $20,000 plus monthly. After one year the Cosmetic Dermatology division generated consistently monthly a 3 to 6 times greater revenue than the medical division of the practice. Peak was in March 2002 of $63,000. Full range of services provided included: marketing and strategic positioning, research and recommendation of product lines and equipment, development of the client handling process and clientele, development of all print materials, sales campaigns, initial client/patient contact, consultation process with final contract agreement and up-front payment collection for future procedures.
Established and developed a promotional marketing agency for selectively hired and trained promotional personnel to develop new product lines for major cosmetic companies such as Lancôme, Chanel, Estee Lauder and major fragrance houses. Sales and demonstrations were conducted for major department store chains throughout Northern and Southern California such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Macys, and Saks Fifths Avenue, managing a staff of 30 people