Wendy Jurgens
Pickrell,NE
Summary
Seeking full-time, long-term, challenging employment with the opportunity to utilize my skills and abilities with prospects of advancement and to enrich my knowledge through new opportunities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Marketing Director
Farmers Union Midwest Agency
Lincoln, NE
07.2023 - Current
- Managing all marketing for 70 agent location. Working with agents to streamline marketing, Social Media Management, Working within Epic Marketing Automation, SMS Marketing, Redoing all websites including agents, establishing consistent brand messaging in all aspects of marketing, including public relations and social media, website management.
Account Executive
Nebraska Press Association/One Press
Lincoln, NE
07.2021 - Current
- Managing Key accounts base, prospecting for new clients, collaborating with media and marketing teams to develop effective advertising solutions and assisting newspapers to secure new revenues.
Advertising Director
Ivy-Rose Publishing/DCI Media
Hickman, NE
03.2018 - 06.2021
- Manage $2 Million portfolio of accounts for three publications including The Voice News of Southeast Nebraska, Gretna Guide and Douglas County Post Gazette, only person doing sales for all three publications, negotiated and closed all contracts with businesses, creation & Implementation of advertising campaigns, proofing of ads, work with customers to design an advertising campaign that fits needs and budget of the business, training of new staff, collection of accounts when needed, create campaign lists within our operating systems, manage all advertising for the counties of Gage, Lancaster, Johnson, Otoe, Sarpy and Douglas County, Develop multi-media presentations.
Human Resource/Marketing Coordinator
Beatrice Ford Lincoln
Beatrice, NE
08.2017 - 03.2018
- Manage the employee roster spreadsheet, updating for new and terminated employees, recruitment and dismissal as needed, manage on-board and termination checklists and new employee welcoming, including sending out new employee welcoming emails, and scheduling follow-up throughout employee on-boarding, administer company handbook content revisions and distribution among staff, administer employee benefits awareness and administration, Administer AccessPerks program for employees and customers, update New Hire packets/applications to be filled out by potential new employees, draft all employment proposals, distribute weekly employee announcement, including PTO update, distribute monthly Company Newsletter in the Friday announcement towards the beginning of every month, track employee’s paid time off on spreadsheet by request forms filled out and approved, send evaluation surveys for employee annual reviews and assist in scheduling review dates, administer company survey annually, and prepare results to presentation, plan and implement employee engagement activities, backup payroll, establishing consistent brand messaging in all aspects of marketing, including public relations and social media, website management, inventory management including taking, cataloging and uploading all vehicle photo’s, create campaign lists within CRM as needed and send mass emails for sales and service promotions, establish tracking and reporting methods for monitoring success of advertising campaigns, design, publish, and/or print marketing material as needed, provide ad copy to third parties, amend and approve third party print, radio, tv, and digital ads, manage dealership Consumer Connection account, direct mail campaigns, quarterly meeting with reps to analyze performance, assist third parties in administering SEO and SEM campaigns and determining audience targeting.
Community Relations Officer
Mosaic
Beatrice, NE
06.2014 - 08.2017
- Developed and executed a comprehensive community relations and donor development plan that enhanced community relationships and raised sustainable funds, organized and executed relationship-building and mission-focused fund-raising event to gain financial support for agency needs, and established and maintained relationships with volunteers, donors, foundations, businesses, churches, media and other networking organizations, recruiting and management of a resource development team and cultivate participation among them, background checks, schedules and files on all team members, developed church relations activities to enhance awareness, established contacts throughout the local faith community and raised funds, identified donor prospects, cultivate relationships, and solicited gifts in coordination with the executive director and mission advancement staff, developed and maintained agency needs list in coordination with local agency staff, worked with national office support staff to research, prepare and submit grant proposals and applications to funding sources, collaborated with Mission Advancement to create print and online promotional materials which supported public and community relation plans, collected data and maintained agency contact lists within Raiser’s Edge, in partnership with national office supports, served as the local agency representative for national annual Employee Campaign to encourage and increase the participation of agency staff to raise funds for local agency needs, Planned and executed regular planned giving seminars.
Account Executive
Z-Wireless
Beatrice, NE
06.2013 - 01.2015
- Meet and greet customers, work with customers to find personalized cell phone and home solution needs, set up and walk through cell phone and home solution equipment, up sell accessories and protection for customer’s devices, sales of Directv service, When necessary go to customer’s home and help them set up internet, home phone and Directv, inventory of devices, work with RQ4 system and Eroes systems, meet and exceed customer expectations, top producing representative each month with the company, help to train new hire employees, worked with other employees in different locations to help with sales techniques, maintain spreadsheet for follow up with customers, highest performing sales Representative in our district.
Owner
Little Red Riding Hood
Beatrice, NE
07.2005 - 06.2013
- Managed all the daily operations, handle all book work, payments and billing, exceed state required guidelines, contracts through state as a respite and special needs worker, seek and maintain new business.
Account Executive
Nelnet
Lincoln, NE
02.2002 - 07.2005
- Highest producer of student loan consolidation, Managed and maintained and supervised all the follow ups of incomplete sales, maintained a near perfect closing rate, trained new hires on selling techniques, highest performing Account Executive, handled accelerated customer service issues, wrote student loan consolidations.
National Account Executive
Polk City Directories
Beatrice, NE
05.1997 - 02.2002
- Supervised and responsible for all the large accounts throughout the Southwest region of the United States, doubled sales revenue every year with the company, helped to expand sales team from 15 employees to 120+ employees, trained new hires on the sales team, was the highest performing Executive each month with the company, Inside and Outside sales, worked with large account customers across the United States to ensure customer service and to build relationships
Education
Bachelors of Applied Science – Business Administration -
Peru State College
05.2017
Skills
- National Account Management, Team Building, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Community Outreach, Customer Service, Public Relations, Public Speaking, Outgoing, Driven, energetic, exceptional multi-tasker fluent with Microsoft office suite
Accomplishments
- 2015 Mosaic Agency Excellence Award
- 2015 Graduate of Leadership Beatrice
Certification
- P&C Nebraska Insurance Licensee
Timeline
Regional Marketing Director
Farmers Union Midwest Agency
07.2023 - Current
Account Executive
Nebraska Press Association/One Press
07.2021 - Current
Advertising Director
Ivy-Rose Publishing/DCI Media
03.2018 - 06.2021
Human Resource/Marketing Coordinator
Beatrice Ford Lincoln
08.2017 - 03.2018
Community Relations Officer
Mosaic
06.2014 - 08.2017
Account Executive
Z-Wireless
06.2013 - 01.2015
Owner
Little Red Riding Hood
07.2005 - 06.2013
Account Executive
Nelnet
02.2002 - 07.2005
National Account Executive
Polk City Directories
05.1997 - 02.2002
Bachelors of Applied Science – Business Administration -
Peru State College
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