Blake B.

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Timeline
About me
Content manager
Education
- North Park University
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  Biology Botany/Plant Biology
  Activities and Societies: Capt Varsity Baseball
Experience
- North Park University
  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
  Admissions
- Integrated DNA Technologies
  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
  Laboratory scientist
- Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
  Project manager - USACE contracts
  o Successful close out of 5 year, USACE $4.7 million dollar contract o Lead on operations, planning, purchasing, submittals, meetings, scheduling and hiring o Conducted GIS surveys to ensure compliance of performance standards o Communicated project status to a wide array of partners, including state and local officialso Developed progress maps on AutoCADo QCS and RMS programs for Submittals, Payments & Scheduling, ArcGIS, AutoCAD
- Hogsalt Hospitality - Au Cheval
  Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
  Assistant General Manager
  o Embracing a highly sought out Michelin Bib Gourmand award winning restaurant o Immersed in Food, Cocktail, Wine, and Espresso culture with continuous education, as well as a work-trip to San Francisco to research some of the best restaurants in the worldo Logistical operations to ensure the restaurant was always stocked
- EatTravelTrek
  Jan 2015 - now
  Web Content Manager
  o Creating engaging content to attract visitorso Developing brand strategies to nurture visitors and stay consistento Daily analysis across multiple platforms o SEO Specialist including front-end user experience & back-end optimization
- Spoon and Stable
  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
  Assistant General Manager
  o Opportunity to learn from one of the best Chefs and leaders in the country, James Beard award winner, Gavin Kayseno Managed, Mentored & trained over 50+ people within a James Beard award-winning restauranto Point on curating guest experiences and operating within a high-intense, high-expectation environmento Logistical operations
- Landbridge Ecological
  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
  Web content specialist
  o Content writer and photographer for social media & bloggingo Analyzing marketing trends o Researching target audience
- PARQA
  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
  Digital content specialist
  o Developed SEO optimized content for B2B & B2C organizations across Finance, Healthcare, IT, Manufacturing & more for a start-up marketing agencyo Interviewed SMEs to ghost write articles o Researching voice, brand style and purpose to engage specific audiences for specific companieso Created product descriptions for Polaris Industries
- Wells Fargo
  Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
  Business initiatives consultant
  o Managing content for 250+ public webpages within Deposit Products (Checking, Savings, Debit) o Content author ensuring compliance standards and brand style guideline objectives were meto Traffic analysis and KPI tracking
- Direct Benefits, an Alera Group Company
  Jul 2020 - now
  Content Manager
  o Content strategy across all brands - Spirit Dental, Denali Dental, Direct Vision, Direct Benefits Marketplace - and channelso Content manager ensuring voice, SEO, UX and best practices are met o Content writer, long and short-form - social, email, blog, webpages, white papers, graphics, etc. o Analyzing and tracking metrics on performance
Licenses & Certifications
- Google Analytics
  Google
  Feb 2019
- Quality Construction Manager
  US Army Corps of Engineers
  Jan 2011
Volunteer Experience
- Volunteer
  Issued by Friends of the Chicago River
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- Volunteer
  Issued by Habitat for Humanity International
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- Volunteer
  Issued by Ronald McDonald House Charities on Dec 2017
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- Volunteer
  Issued by Community Emergency Service on Oct 2018
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