Carolyn Trauner

Experience

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  Rice Pool and Water Park

  May 2002 - Sept 2007

  Manager
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  Lifeguards Unlimited

  May 2008 - Aug 2008

  Manager

  Managed 40 employees, including schedule and payroll. Oversaw all park maintenance. Revamped swim lessons program to fit current Red Cross guidlines.

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  Creative Director and Project Manager - Senior Project

  Created strategic media marketing plan. Conceptualized and created graphics, posters, logo and campaign tag line. Assigned action items to group members, edited rough drafts and organized final proposal form. Served as communications liaison between group and client.

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  Wilks Communications

  May 2010 - Oct 2010

  Communications Associate

  Responsible for the conceptualization, creation and delivery of press materials for Alpha Books, Penguin Press, The Complete Idiot's Guides and World Vision. Pitched client stories using contacts from company database and CisionPoint software and received coverage from digital and traditional media sources.

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  Kaye Publicity

  Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

  Assistant Publicist

  Wrote and edited client's media websites, press kits and social media accounts. Kept client's book and blog tour schedules. Booked and attended agency networking events.

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  JSH&A Communications (Acquired by L.C. Williams & Associates 2017)

  Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

  Media Relations Intern

  Created content and monitored media for ConAgra, The Hershey Company, Master Lock, Life Fitness and Skil Tools.

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  Iris

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  Account Coordinator

  Project manager for Hewlett Packard North America's HP Promotions email newsletter, reaching more than 4.3M subscribers.Project manager for HP Edge, a promotional email newsletter, reaching 270,000 subscribers in both Canadian English and French. Developed go-to-market plans for HP, SoftwareONE and American InterContinental University.

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  OnPeak

  Oct 2013 - Jul 2016

  Marketing Manager

  Created, executed and managed client marketing strategy, timeline and digital and print assets.Wrote and edited company internal and external communications.

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  Epsilon

  Aug 2016 - now

  Associate Creative Director, Copy, Marketing & Brand

  Write copy that makes complicated B2B tech-speak understandable to everyone.Work closely with Design leads and Marketing teams on concept development, ideation and execution across key marketing briefs for long and short-form content across materials such as website content, campaigns, digital ads, social media content, sales collateral (online and offline) and much more.Ensure the consistency of our brand and highest quality of copy by developing and publishing a brand voice guide and evaluating work for compliance and training internal teams.Work cross functionally with key marketing leads to present creative concepts and solutions against briefs.Partner with the Operations team to efficiently manage multiple projects from conception through completion, ensuring alignment with top company priorities, and collaborate to improve process. Show less