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Christina Dowers

Summary

Content Manager with over 16 years of experience in creative storytelling, managing freelance writers, maintaining content calendars and SEO. Core competencies include project management, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, time management and multitasking.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Marketing Content Director

Upwork, Creative Circle And Referral-Based Project
2012.01 - Current
  • Created and executed email marketing campaign that led to a 20% increase in open rate
  • Created and executed social media marketing campaign that led to a 72% engagement rate increase
  • Developed a robust communications plan for thought leadership marketing campaign that led to 40% engagement across social and blog channels

Marketing Manager

Caliber Collision
2022.11 - 2023.11
  • Established an email marketing calendar to cut out five steps in monthly process
  • Worked in five-person team while leading our outside agency to ensure a cohesive monthly content strategy that led to 15% engagement rate increase for email

Content Marketing Manager

Mortgage Coach
2021.10 - 2022.10
  • Brought in 25 leads through email, social media and webinar content efforts
  • Pitched SEO and social media strategy to five-person executive team, and it will be implemented in Q1 2022

Content Creator

FleetPride
2020.08 - 2021.10
  • Wrote 200+ pages of monthly product content that has contributed to a 68% increase in website sessions and 2% increase in conversions

Assistant Marketing Manager

Southwest Solutions Group
2020.01 - 2020.06
  • Executed a new content process while managing one full-time writer, two freelance writers and an intern

Client and Project Manager

Blue Sky Marketing
2018.11 - 2019.04
  • Collaborated with internal creative team, external ads team, freelancers, and vendors to guide the content strategy for five clients

Web Content Specialist

Regis University
2016.04 - 2017.02
  • Collaborated with 25 departments across campus to strategize, create, edit and proof web content

Senior Writer

Customer Communications Group
2015.05 - 2016.03
  • Increased email open rates by 12% and click rates by 2% for three clients through compelling subject lines and calls to action

Content Manager

Fruition
2014.10 - 2015.03
  • Strategized content marketing for 11 clients in the areas of healthcare, finance and retail

Communications Specialist

Healthy Image Marketing
2014.05 - 2014.10
  • Oversaw five marketing campaigns that involved proposal writing, website strategy, social media editorial calendar creation, email marketing segmentation, print ad creation and story pitches to Thrive Magazine

Communications Specialist

University of North Texas
2009.08 - 2014.01
  • Coordinated 10 departmental website projects while writing website copy and strategizing information architecture best practices, resulting in a 40% increase in prospective student activity

Media Relations Intern

Griffin Communications Group
2008.08 - 2009.01
  • Assisted with satellite media tour for NASA's 50th anniversary by securing 20 media interviews with Gene Cernan

Account Coordinator

Pop Labs
2007.08 - 2008.08
  • Managed 11 clients with a combined $80,000 monthly budget to increase conversions via SEO content

Education

Inbound Marketing Certification -

Hubspot
2018

Search Engine Optimization And Digital Marketing Training Certificate -

Boulder SEO Marketing
2016

Master of Journalism - Strategic Communications

University of North Texas
2011

Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations, General Business

University of North Texas
2007

Skills

  • Content management systems: Drupal, WordPress, Sitecore, MODX, iContact, Kentico, Joomla
  • Project management and collaboration tools: Robohead, Basecamp, Workamajig, Mavenlink, Asana, QuickBooks, Monday.com, Slack, Subversion, Google Docs, Shared Drives, GatherContent, Wrike, Smartsheet
  • Social media tools: Facebook Creative Hub, Hootsuite, CoSchedule, HubSpot, BuzzSumo
  • Analytical and online ad tools: Google Analytics, Semrush, Omniture, ReportGarden, Google Ads and Facebook Business Manager
  • CRM and email marketing tools: Microsoft Dynamics 365, HubSpot, Salesforce, MailChimp, Constant Contact, HubSpot, Dotdigital

Timeline

Marketing Manager

Caliber Collision
2022.11 - 2023.11

Content Marketing Manager

Mortgage Coach
2021.10 - 2022.10

Content Creator

FleetPride
2020.08 - 2021.10

Assistant Marketing Manager

Southwest Solutions Group
2020.01 - 2020.06

Client and Project Manager

Blue Sky Marketing
2018.11 - 2019.04

Web Content Specialist

Regis University
2016.04 - 2017.02

Senior Writer

Customer Communications Group
2015.05 - 2016.03

Content Manager

Fruition
2014.10 - 2015.03

Communications Specialist

Healthy Image Marketing
2014.05 - 2014.10

Marketing Content Director

Upwork, Creative Circle And Referral-Based Project
2012.01 - Current

Communications Specialist

University of North Texas
2009.08 - 2014.01

Media Relations Intern

Griffin Communications Group
2008.08 - 2009.01

Account Coordinator

Pop Labs
2007.08 - 2008.08

Inbound Marketing Certification -

Hubspot

Search Engine Optimization And Digital Marketing Training Certificate -

Boulder SEO Marketing

Master of Journalism - Strategic Communications

University of North Texas

Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations, General Business

University of North Texas
Christina Dowers