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Tara Scalzo

Tara Scalzo

Aurora,IL

Summary

A detailed, results-driven expert in marketing and brand representation, specializing in content writing, marketing management, sales and multimedia production.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Marketing Ambassador

Adult Beverage Solutions
06.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for securing tasting locations all over the Chicagoland area, setting up staging, performing education and sampling to the general public, break down of staging, and completing detailed follow-up reports to corporate.

Creative Writing Instructor

Waubonsee Community College
09.2016 - 08.2020
  • Responsible for drafting and implementing an 8-week curriculum per semester. Instructs students on how to enhance their writing skills by using unique methods and exercises, created to help inspire them, allowing their creativity to flow free while building a fiction story.

Freelance Blogger

Chicago Tribune Media Group
01.2012 - 08.2022
  • Responsible for designing a Wordpress site, adding daily content, marketing my blog, responding to all comments and questions, and overall basic site management. Featured on WGN Morning News and WLS Roe and Roeper radio show.

Marketing & Sales Executive

PRP International
08.2015 - 03.2016
  • Responsible for selling vouchers for in-home wine tastings, conducting 90-minute in-home wine tastings, and closing all sales.
  • Also responsible for researching and booking banner stands at various charity/public events (sampling wines, providing wine education, etc.), and maintaining relationships with old/new clientele.

Copywriter/Marketing & PR Specialist

Lotus Blu Media
11.2009 - 08.2015
  • Provided clients with advertising copy (print ads, press releases, websites, blogs, TV/radio scripts, etc.)
  • Proficient with building and maintaining social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, TikToc, Instagram, etc.)
  • Met with small business owners to access their marketing needs and create a specialized campaign
  • Coordinate and provide on-site management of live PR events (location scouting, hiring vendors, contacting media reps, acting as liaison between client and guests/press, etc.)

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Professional content writer
  • Marketing specialist
  • Social media/SEO expert
  • PR/Event coordinator
  • On-site production mediator
  • Project management
  • Award-winning sales experience
  • Media buyer/Budgeting specialist

Timeline

Marketing Ambassador

Adult Beverage Solutions
06.2018 - Current

Creative Writing Instructor

Waubonsee Community College
09.2016 - 08.2020

Marketing & Sales Executive

PRP International
08.2015 - 03.2016

Freelance Blogger

Chicago Tribune Media Group
01.2012 - 08.2022

Copywriter/Marketing & PR Specialist

Lotus Blu Media
11.2009 - 08.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Columbia College Chicago

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