Kimberly Manns

Experience

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  Kinko's Copies

  Aug 1984 - Sept 1989

  Senior Regional Manager

  Operations and P&L management included site selection, lease negotiation, construction coordination, staff recruitment and training. I opened 15 stores for the corporation.Acquired competitor's operation and increasesd sales 104% in first year.Presented best practices to audience of 475, which then became performance standard for enterprise. Proposed and awarded contract, over four competitors, for Ohio State Univesity in-house facility.

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  Allmerica Financial

  Mar 1994 - Nov 1999

  Marketing Director, Pittsburgh

  1994-1999 / Marketing Director, Allmerica Financial, formerly State MutualWorked with "home office" and managing director to launch client cultivation strategy. Executed tactics in event planning, sales collateral materials, individual coaching and action plans.

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  Lifetime Financial Growth

  Nov 1999 - Apr 2014

  Vice President (promoted from Marketing Director), Marketing and Organizational Development

  Lifetime Financial Growth is a regional financial services firm in headquartered in Pittsburgh with offices and alliances in OH, KY, WV. The Lifetime Financial Growth (LFG) organization represents The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York NY. While working with LFG, I was recognized by Guardian for numerous successful initiatives in the areas of Brand Development, Web Cooridinator, Event Sponsorship, Training and Development Symposium, Compliance Liaison, Individual Practice Development Strategies.ACHIEVEMENTS SUMMARY - Strategic Marketing and PromotionsDirected marketing initiatives supporting the continual growth of revenues from $4.8M to $16M over tenure. Collaborating with technical specialist, brought firm to #1 in product placement out of 47 agencies nationally.Refurbished brand with new mark, three websites, and collateral materials to support sales process. Sales force enthusiastically embraced the revitalization leading to sales increase. Created and delivered presentations to client audiences of 20 to 30 increasing their propensity to purchase firm’s product.Produced videos to support recruitment objectives. Show less

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  Marketing Consultant / Marketing Communications Manager

  May 2014 - now

  Marketing and Training Project Manager / Management Consultant

  I am consulting with organizations to craft short-term campaigns and long range marketing plans to build their brand equity or develop new clients. Once the vision is clarified, I provide experienced focus in the sustained implementation of an agreed upon plan to assure ROI. Professional services organizations (e.g. Law, CPA, Financial Advisory Services, Real Estate services) that sell intangible products is a particular area of expertise. Recently, my projects have incorporated the development of specialists to managers and I am very pleased to be working more and more with my Master's Degree in Human Resource Development and LeadershipContact: ksmannson@gmail.com about these specialties:Client cultivation programs, event planning, graphic design support, website management, social media strategies, platform speaking, training and development programming Show less

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  Project Execution Network LLC

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2018

  Business Development and Marketing Consultant

  Re-engineering the consulting business to effectively help small and medium size business, Project Execution provides talent, cloud-based tools and analytics ON DEMAND, that are usually not within affordable reach to smaller companies. While we have over 60 independent consultants, we also have 15 IT managers that can facilitate technology’s role in building the business and it’s value. Using game changing analytics, we help the client business identify weakest links and most lucrative opportunities. Then with our technology and ebusiness platform and our "on demand" specialists and consultants, we accelerate the projects to completion. Show less