Brad Obermeyer

Experience

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  Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau

  Jun 2004 - Sept 2004

  Sales & Marketing Intern

  • Organized successful 2-day phone blitz promoting Northern Kentucky region to national convention planners, resulting in 33% increase in hotel room nights/occupancy

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  American Medical Association Foundation

  Dec 2005 - Jul 2006

  Development and Program Assistant

  • Preparation for annual Celebration of Giving held at the AMA Annual Meeting, organizing event collateral and materials, and soliciting corporate sponsors and securing over $20,000 worth of raffle gifts in under two months• Administration of AMAF Health Care Recovery Fund, which raised approximately $100,000 in its initial year, to aid physicians affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma• Helped administer AMAF Scholarships Program providing financial aid to medical students, residents, and fellows Show less

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  Wunderman

  Jul 2006 - Aug 2007

  Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Coordinator

  • Processed invoices and purchase orders, and recorded cash receipts for entire agency

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  Hearst Magazines

  Oct 2007 - Aug 2008

  Midwest Advertising Assistant

  • Wrote and implemented monthly direct marketing mailings to current and prospective advertisers• Efficiently supported sales teams of six major publications in their daily activities

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  361 Experiential

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2008

  Account Assistant

  • Assisted implementation of Kmart's "New Day, Your Way" weight loss competition, held in Kmart retail stores nationwide.

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  Chicago Canine Rescue

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2010

  • Assisted with planning and set-up, and worked at special fundraising events, such as annual Mutt Strut, Valentine’s Party and Hop Around the Shops, including overseeing volunteers• Planned and implemented marketing and PR initiatives to raise awareness of shelter and adoption• Promoted shelter mission, writing content for bi-weekly email newsletter, The Pupdate• Kept website up-to-date with profiles of all currently adoptable dogs; monitored profiles on social networking sites • Ensured smooth daily operation of shelter housing 30-40 dogs• Built and maintained professional relationships with partner shelters, veterinary offices, food distributors, etc.• Assisted all visitors to the shelter, including adopters, volunteers, and donors• Created weekly employee schedule

  • Marketing & PR Committee

    Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Assistant Shelter Manager

    Aug 2008 - Dec 2010
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  Groupon

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2020

  Audited work of 60+ Editorial Content Specialists based in Chicago and Poland, proofreading to ensure accuracy and adherence to company policies and in-house style guidelines, and identifying error trends. Collaborated across departments domestically and internationally to increase agent efficiency and accuracy with improved processes and tools. Maintained multiple Editorial resources, keeping them current with policy, style, and process changes.• Drove 40% reduction of critical compliance errors after working with Engineering team to improve functionality of existing tool.• Consistently exceeded weekly productivity expectations.• Routinely scored above team average in weekly calibration sessions with scores improving each quarter. Show less Responded to requests from Sales and Customer Service teams to make pre-live and live deal edits, balancing merchant requests against customer needs and internal limitations, and working to find the best solution for all parties. Liaised between Sales and Engineering teams to troubleshoot technical bugs affecting internal and external users.• Received Groupon Global Green Award for embodying “Customers” Corporate Value in November 2018.• Consistently maintained one of the lowest error rates of the team.• Developed multiple Google Sheets–based tools to automate manual tasks driving overall team efficiency. Show less

  • Quality Content Lead

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Senior Site Editor

    Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Senior Redemption Coordinator

    Oct 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Redemption Coordinator

    Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  • Quality Assurance Editor; Site Admin Multi-Market Team

    Nov 2011 - Oct 2012
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  Resurgent Capital Services

  Mar 2021 - now

  IT Business Analyst