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Georgia Dahler

Maple Grove,MN

Summary

Marketing professional with over 7 years of experience driving company growth through creative and innovative strategies. Resourceful team leader skilled at analyzing market trends and customer needs to develop highly effective and targeted marketing campaigns. Successfully drives market share, brand recognition and revenue improvement. Adept at cultivating custom-tailored campaigns. Demonstrated success developing and implementing strategic approaches to drive market growth and bottom-line profitability. Strong communicator with natural leadership talent and high energy. Impactful and successful in building teams and motivating personnel to new levels of performance. Creative Marketing professional with expertise in both online and direct mail marketing campaigns and strategy. Solid understanding of digital marketing and website analytics. Recognized for quickly understanding customer needs and consistently delivering timely and cost-effective solutions. Talented marketing executive with demonstrated record of success in marketing management and campaign development. Successful at overseeing all stages of initiatives, building positive relationships and promoting products with innovative and forward-thinking approaches. Well-versed in tracking market trends and capitalizing on opportunities.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Marketing Specialist

Sandvold Financial Group
09.2019 - Current
  • Managed high-value clients to build long term professional relationships and meet sale goals through creative business strategies and marketing leads
  • Organized promotional events and developed marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness and customer engagement which increased company revenue by 25%.
  • Developed marketing strategies for existing products, services and new product launches.
  • Collaborate and facilitate meetings with Financial Advisors to achieve company growth and initiatives in the desired communities through networking, referrals, and marketing plans that align with customers’ financial goals
  • Experienced in CRM and digital marketing processes to streamline and integrate software system for efficiency, build client loyalty and implemented and ensured 100% follow-up prospect communication opportunities, driving company growth and enhancing client and prospect satisfaction
  • Establish engagement with high-value clients, build long term professional relationships, and regularly connect with new marketing leads while creating additional sales and revenue via new customer acquisition.
  • Responsible for digital media presence, including social media content, branding and marketing for company collateral, advertisements, and events.
  • Lead digital marketing strategies that increased company growth by researching and presenting to leadership, such as implementing an SEO service to drive website traffic, attract potential customers, and improve Google rankings relevant to the target audience.
  • Collaborate on marketing communications with the CEO, leadership team members, and various stakeholders such as clients, prospects, vendors, and wholesalers.

Account Manager

Freelance | Georgia Dahler Designs
06.2002 - 09.2019

(Served in additional marketing roles including, Project Manager, Marketing Manager and Art Director.) Managed accounts for a variety of marketing agencies that include Neon Lizard Creative, Vision Van Gogh, and Quist Marketing to meet project deadline and business objectives.

  • Supervised accounts and processes to ensure precise project management aligned with business goals and accurately executed strategic planning enhancements accurately.
  • Engaged in the promotion and sale of products, services, and business strategies to clients, evaluating their needs and providing suitable recommendations.
  • Communicated with stakeholders to establish and meet initiatives in new business product launches, campaigns, marketing collateral, achieving established goals.
  • Led customer relations, bid development, sales proposal delivery, and product demonstrations through effective presentations.
  • Monitored market and competition developments, communicating relevant information to leadership to better respond to the focuses on buyers’ needs.
  • Managed and developed business plans for clients, achieving a 40% increase in sales revenue using comprehensive marketing services.

Art Director

Vision Van Gogh
06.2002 - 09.2019
  • Strategized with new and existing business accounts to provide solutions aligning with the customers’ marketing and financial objectives from origination to completion effectively
  • Maintained customer activities to identify measurable goals and connected with the marketing team to consistently develop communication strategies
  • Resolved complex customer challenges with proper engagement and analysis of accounts and attention to detail
  • Created marketing communications to established new businesses and satisfying their mission and business requirements with emphasize on brand relevance
  • Generated engaging concepts, pitched ideas to leadership and created actionable work plans that utilized internal resources, prioritized tasks, ensured all outcomes adhered to client guidelines.
  • Developed creative concepts and visual designs for a variety of projects.
  • Supervised junior designers and provided guidance on their work product.
  • Designed promotional materials such as brochures, flyers, posters, banners, newsletters, logos.
  • Participated in brainstorming sessions with clients to identify project goals and objectives.
  • Researched target audiences to develop effective marketing strategies for campaigns.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
  • Provided creative input during client meetings to help shape the vision of a project.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Business Marketing and Graphic Design

North Hennepin Community College
Minneapolis, MN

Skills

  • Client Relationships
  • Project Management
  • Professional Communication
  • Cross-Functional Teamwork
  • Presentations
  • Change Leadership
  • Strategic Planning
  • Innovative Problem Solving
  • Highly-Organized with Attention to Detail
  • Critical Decision Making
  • Resource Management
  • Strong Business Acumen
  • Client-Focused Initiatives
  • CRM Management
  • Relationship Building
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Marketing Strategy Development

Accomplishments

Member, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Affiliations

Provided apparel design for an orphanage in Uganda, Africa. Presented an encouraging message to 10,000 people at an international event.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Marketing Specialist

Sandvold Financial Group
09.2019 - Current

Account Manager

Freelance | Georgia Dahler Designs
06.2002 - 09.2019

Art Director

Vision Van Gogh
06.2002 - 09.2019

Associate of Applied Science - Business Marketing and Graphic Design

North Hennepin Community College
Georgia Dahler