Justin Mills

Experience

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  Winona State University

  Aug 2002 - Apr 2003

  Admissions Counselor

  Selected Highlights: Planning and scheduling high school visits; recruiting prospective students. Representing the University at career/educational programs, fairs, and student/family visit days. Interviewing/evaluating prospective students; assisting in application process from start-to-finish.

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  Post-Bulletin Co., LLC

  May 2003 - Apr 2006

  Senior Account Executive

  Selected Highlights: Choosing advertising/marketing plans to meet client’s goals and needs for successful business ventures/marketing campaigns. Sales strategies utilizing constant follow-up, customer care programs, and in-depth focus meetings for researching new marketing ideas. Making cold calls to pursue new clientele base. Responsible for selling and producing several different media products to ensure right exposure for advertisers – Media products include daily newspaper, Rochester Magazine, Simply MN Magazine, Southeast Business Journal, and Total Market Coverage products. Utilization of various communication tools such as face-to-face selling, email, video conferencing, fax, phone, and written correspondence. Handling the top clients of the company; averaging over 1.4 million dollars a year in revenue. Show less

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  Flexsteel Industries Inc.

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2016

  Director of Advertising & PR

  Selected Highlights: Responsible for corporate National Advertising, as well as, leading advertising and marketing campaigns for residential, commercial, and vehicle seating divisions. General Manager of Printing and Sampling Division, responsible for overseeing all design, print production, mail room, and sampling operations. Director of photography, graphic design, advertising and public relations. Manages staff of graphic designers, Printing and Sampling personnel, photographers, and an advertising assistant. Responsible for entire corporation’s marketing materials, sales tools, point of purchase displays, catalogs, direct mail, circulars and other various types of media. Oversees and manages all company websites – i.e. Flexsteel.com, backroom websites for sales representatives and retailers, and online image bank website. Responsible for company’s patents and trademarks, working closely with patent and trademark attorney’s to ensure company integrity is maintained. Prepares budgets for National Sales, Printing and Sampling, and Advertising. Works directly with President, Senior Vice Presidents, and Vice Presidents of the company to ensure needs are met in advertising and marketing for each division/department of the company. Show less

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  A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.

  Jun 2016 - now

  Director of Marketing

  *Develops and coordinates promotional campaigns and advertising materials to promote the company, it's affiliates, and their products.*Provide oversight of internet, intranet and external websites, including CMS, SEO, and all multimedia.*Maximize the return on the marketing depart resources and budget.*Manage electronic media and custom promotional campaigns.*Assist in development and implementation of company marketing strategy.*Act as project manager/lead to assure marketing plans and actions are being implemented.*Develops and maintains the Agency Style Manual. Enforces brand standards with all vendors and internal projects.*Plans and coordinates various company events as needed; including the National Sales Meeting, National Trade Shows, etc.*Develop creative messaging and identify the ideal mediums for execution.*Directly lead co-workers in the Marketing Department.*Member of the Executive-Director Team. Show less