Leslie Van Grove
Marketing Communications
Boulder,CO
Summary
Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Detail-oriented and team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Strong computer literacy skills, creative, out-of-the-box thinking. Excellent work-ethic, thoughtful listener, reliable and responsible to deliver best-practices while working well under tight deadlines. Hardworking, dedicated and resourceful ready to leverage experience and drive to pursue new professional challenges.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Entrepreneur, Owner, Founder
Brain EmPower LLC
05.2015 - 12.2022
- Determined and implemented business plan, mission statement, and vision.
- Generated constructive partner and client relationships, development, sales and marketing and sales.
- Built business by implementing effective content, marketing and customer engagement plans.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Web and content manager, presentation development, manuals, marketing materials and writing blogs.
Owner, Founder, Photographer
Vertu Photographic Artistry
01.1995 - 10.2021
- Established ongoing portraiture, fine art and special event photography business including wedding and events.
- Post-production expertise for print and digital projects.
- Brochure and collateral design and production.
- Wedding and event books produced to celebrate milestones.
Marketing Communications Manager
Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics)
02.1992 - 06.2015
- Supported strategic development and implementation of company and product marketing plans assisting vision of product, sales, marketing and distributor networks.
- Managed global brand identity with sales, marketing and distributor network including consistent design theme, look and content in organizations digital, print and conference presence.
- Created and executed integrated marketing campaigns including social media promotions, online and print advertising, collateral development, and conference presence.
- Worked with public relations team to write product launch press releases and general news announcements, arrange press tours and briefings, provide talking points and presentation materials for executive management.
- Maintained positive relationships with internal and external marketing, public relation teams, graphic designers, photographers, printers and outside vendors optimizing value with collaborative approach.
- Coordinated effective promotional placements and rate negotiation for advertising placements to increase website traffic and generate lead-generation activities.
- Conceptualized, designed layouts and produced content for digital/print advertisements, presentations and collateral using Adobe CS Suites and Microsoft Office Suites.
- Exhibit, meeting and conference management including planning, booth design, technical paper submissions, attendee travel, event activities and on-site management.
Education
Fine Art And Dance
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Honolulu, HIRealtor - Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI) - Real Estate
Honolulu Realtors Association
Honolulu, HITeacher - Yoga Therapy And Teacher Training
Kundalini Research Institute
New Mexico06.2018
Certified Specialist - Alzheimer's Brain Health
Alzheimer's Prevention And Research Foundation
New Mexico10.2016
Skills
- Project management
- Social media and advertising management
- Team and relationship building
- Program coordination
- Business development
- Marketing research and strategy
- Brand building
- Problem solving and time management
- Strategic and creative thinking
- Integrative marketing campaigns
- Self-directed
- Active listening
- Detail -oriented
- Adobe CS Suites and Microsoft Suites software proficiency
Timeline
Entrepreneur, Owner, Founder
Brain EmPower LLC
05.2015 - 12.2022
Owner, Founder, Photographer
Vertu Photographic Artistry
01.1995 - 10.2021
Marketing Communications Manager
Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics)
02.1992 - 06.2015
Fine Art And Dance
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Realtor - Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI) - Real Estate
Honolulu Realtors Association
Teacher - Yoga Therapy And Teacher Training
Kundalini Research Institute
Certified Specialist - Alzheimer's Brain Health
Alzheimer's Prevention And Research Foundation
Yoga teacher
Yoga teacher certification KRI Certification Level IIYoga teacher certification KRI Certification Level II. A 2 year course that certified me to teach Kundalini Yoga, a practice that combines many yoga practices into one modality. I utilized this certification to include in the Brain emPower(tm) LLC program developed to help those with hearing loss with strategies to assuage stressors that accompany this condition. The course was taught 4 years as an in-person course, on-line and in the process of being developed as an on-demand course. For more information visit: www.brainempower.life
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