WES LEE THOMAS
Washington,D.C.
Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented professional with a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and a diverse background in marketing, real estate finance, and project management. Proven ability to lead successful campaigns, develop business systems, and deliver data-driven results across multiple industries. Skilled in financial modeling, client relations, and digital marketing, with PMP training.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Guest Services and Usher
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
09.2023 - Current
- Check tickets and usher fans at wheelchair accessible entrances
Artificial Intelligence Trainer
OUTLIER APP
06.2023 - Current
- Write prompts, edit, analyze and rate A.I. chatbots’ responses in different situations and subjects
Marketing Associate
STARS ALIGN DATING APP
08.2021 - 06.2025
- Designed app content and, once, company merchandise (80 beanies) as a paid design gig upfront and upon completion and other tasks.
- Launched a very successful marketing campaign that raised the app’s rating from 3/5 to 4.7 out of 5 stars
- Earned the job due to a remarkable Marketing presentation with the CEO which led to our own merch among other marketing campaigns
Chief Marketing Officer; Sales, Fin., & Dev. Associate; Project Manager
LINKED R.E.D. BY THE THOMAS GROUP LLC
01.2021 - 09.2024
- Promoted to Chief Marketing Officer of our family brokerage while still a Sales Marketing, Financial, & Development Analyst (& On-site Project Manager) & recently have been sponsored to a Mortgage Loan Originator already now registered & certified on the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System
- Developed Marketing & Business plans including various logos of a website called “Mortgage Wizards” for The Thomas Group & PRMG after being registered & certified nationally & almost full licensure in D.C. & nationally with website subject to change or branch into LinkedR.E.D./ThomasReps or developed into a new website & app with some automation & analytics as well as CTA’s with resources
- Developed new marketing plans for ThomasReps.com Real Estate Properties which is used for our team of owners’ emails & now redirects to the current rebranded & expanded site, LinkedRED.com, which is our new Real Estate Development Resource & Services Database for wholesale or single-family buyers, contractors, sellers, & wholesale, Mortgage, & hard money lenders I helped develop & sustain
Account Executive
FAIRWAY ASSET CORPORATION
06.2021 - 06.2024
- Operate daily under a Mortgage Brokerage under Michael Kim to whom I have brought seven loan deals
- Developed my own lead generation database system and special in FHA and VA loan hand-offs
Analyst Intern then later Full-time Analyst
MR SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
10.2014 - 09.2015
- Invited to return with promotion to part and full-time assist one of Washington, DC’s leading Residential & Multi-Family Buying & Selling Agents w/ DC’s most established brokerage
- Operated on day-to-day sales & marketing organizational and lead generation strategies then for The Gibson (was 90% sold in first three weeks) & then again for Lawrence House DC (was– 75% sold in first two weeks) and sent daily mailers
- Crafted advanced comparable market analyses that factored in surrounding & upcoming developments as valuation of factors of price per square footage
- Helped sort pools & calibrate targets for online & print ad campaigns, review & edit materials with counterparts, & then contact targets
- Launched, developed, & maintained sites w/ live content for both multi-family projects using GoDaddy, SquareSpace & Javascript for expanded exposure
- Assessed all local Development activity into comprehensive reports of delivery dates, price per sq ft, comparables, and contact info for prospects
Commercial Real Estate Development Analyst Intern
JBG SMITH (previously THE JBG COMPANIES)
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Operated within the Development Department, benefitting from exposure to JBG’s only winter Development Intern also shadowing Project Management
- Coordinated day-to-day, full-time within the Finance & Acquisitions-focused Development team around three months working on construction financing, commercial contracts, permits, easements, & projections for the R.E.I.T.’s Fund VII
- Rotated flexibly among three asset classes—Retail, Multifamily, & Office—since many of JBG developments are mixed use, mainly multifamily anchored by an ancillary trophy office, or example I helped jumpstart construction in the 14-story 4733 Bethesda Ave. now 4747 Bethesda Ave. JBG’s new HQ by finishing the RFP for its anchoring 200,000 square foot, too story additional office space at 4735 Bethesda Avenue
- Coordinated daily at my team’s request or another, as with both JBG’s Investment & Investment Department staff to obtain new information & edit deliverables
- Spearheaded & timely completed a first formal draft of a construction loan request (18m, 70% LTC) tied to redevelopment of an older project within Fund VII
- Helped revise my formal draft into a team-wide RFP & helped my team edit & pass our RFP’s first and second Department screenings by a JBG Inv. VP & Inv. Analysts with praise & minor edits, and the adjoining building and itself are now fully adjusted into their new trophy office Headquarters!
Coordinator Member, PMP Certified
IN2JOB PMP BOOT CAMP
12.2013 - 04.2014
- Earned a Project Management Professional (PMP) training certificate through 50 hours of supervised instruction from a licensed PMP specialist
- Trained professionally with PMBOK in Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resource, Communications, Risk, Procurement & Stakeholder Management
- Coordinated schedules & venues collaboratively for the volunteer boot camp &, with supervision, lead one class on Risk Management to much praise
THE CW WDCW-TV Show Editor, Producer & Content Writer Intern
05.2013 - 08.2013
- Edited segments of on-site & off-site interviews for two shows, wrote descriptive content for DC50 segments on the DC50 website, helped follow through on interviews & events in order to then shoot footage while interning for the WDCW-TV/DC50 show “NewsPlus with Mark Segraves,” an interview-based show with Head NBC Correspondent, Mark Segraves, while also helping as a PA with “Direct Access with Big Tigger” in DC CW studio
Education
Bachelor Degree of Arts - Economics
Amherst College
Amherst, MA05.2017
Diploma - D.C.I.A.P. Span., A.P. Macro
St Albans School for Boys
06.2010
Skills
- LANGUAGES: Working competency in Spanish due to AP & Advanced courses at St Albans & Amherst, Java OOP with A/I in the class, Adobe, SPIP, MLO
- COMMUNITY SERVICE: Habitat For Humanity home building in Lancaster, PA & DC w/ STA , SOME in DC, local math & history tutoring, Vestry & Yearbook ‘09 - winning speech
- PROGRAMS: Microsoft Office, SP, Excel, Google programs inc Sheets & Analytics, Zillow, MRIS, Gov’t Tax Databases, Podio, Bonnerfield, GoDaddy, SquareSpace, Call Tools, YardI, Sdat, Zillion Lenders Resources
- INTERESTS: Financial Modeling for Investments including Stocks, Real Estate, & even Sports Teams, and at times, Investment Club, Poker Club, Rainmakers Basketball Team, Pick up basketball & sports, Website Development, App Development, Stand-up Comedy, DC Sports, PMP license, & newly nationally Registered & Certified Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) Mortgage Loan Originator (NMLS# 2222984) with 17 Hour Online Pre-Licensing Course (Id#10107) completed August 25, 2021 and recent 3-Hour DC SAFE State Law PE Class (ID#11349) on September 19, 2021 State Certification
Timeline
Guest Services and Usher
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
09.2023 - Current
Artificial Intelligence Trainer
OUTLIER APP
06.2023 - Current
Marketing Associate
STARS ALIGN DATING APP
08.2021 - 06.2025
Account Executive
FAIRWAY ASSET CORPORATION
06.2021 - 06.2024
Chief Marketing Officer; Sales, Fin., & Dev. Associate; Project Manager
LINKED R.E.D. BY THE THOMAS GROUP LLC
01.2021 - 09.2024
Analyst Intern then later Full-time Analyst
MR SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
10.2014 - 09.2015
Commercial Real Estate Development Analyst Intern
JBG SMITH (previously THE JBG COMPANIES)
01.2014 - 01.2015
Coordinator Member, PMP Certified
IN2JOB PMP BOOT CAMP
12.2013 - 04.2014
THE CW WDCW-TV Show Editor, Producer & Content Writer Intern
05.2013 - 08.2013
Diploma - D.C.I.A.P. Span., A.P. Macro
St Albans School for Boys
Bachelor Degree of Arts - Economics
Amherst College