Experience

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  Brians Giant Subs

  • Owner

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  Brian’s Giant Subs

  • Dublin, Georgia

  • Owner

    • Jul 2018 - Present
    • Dublin, Georgia

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  Brad Meeks Music

  • Dublin, Georgia

  • Owner & Operator

    • Jan 2007 - May 2022
    • Dublin, Georgia

    Live performance, audio production, emcee, DJ, and more

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  HEATSINC (Hilton Electrical, Automation, and Testing Services, Inc.)

  • East Dublin, GA

  • Director of Marketing, Business Development, and Communications

    • Feb 2016 - Jul 2018
    • East Dublin, GA

    • Oversee marketing projects, including a new marketing and brand initiative for a new subsidiary company• Contacting potential clients via email or phone to establish rapport and set up meetings• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events• Preparing presentations and sales/marketing displays• Contacting clients to inform them about new developments in the company’s products• Developing contracts, quotes and proposals with new and existing clients• Negotiating and renegotiating by phone, email, and in person• Recruiting, hiring, and training personnel and helping team members develop their skills• Grow leads, including marketing-qualified leads, by converting site traffic through calls-to-action, landing pages, and lead generation content• Optimize our marketing automation and lead nurturing processes through email, content, and social channels.• Establish analytics with sales to understand how our inbound marketing activity turns into customers, and continually refine our process to convert customers and contracts• Researching organizations and individuals online to identify new leads and potential new markets• Researching the needs of other companies and learning who makes decisions about purchasing

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  Custom Structures, Inc. (CSI)

  • East Dublin, Georgia

  • General Manager

    • Aug 2016 - Mar 2018
    • East Dublin, Georgia

    -Directs and oversees company budget and coordinate daily business activities, including operations, sales, manufacturing, fabrication, accounting, estimation, and project management.-Manages and directs staff management in sales, engineering, quality, materials, manufacturing and human resources. -Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of direct reports and for carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the policies and applicable laws. -Assures job sites are OSHA compliant and safe work environments for employees.-Read, draft, and detail building, construction, and fabrication drawings-Detail materials ship lists to order components for projects-Oversee marketing campaign, including social media marketing, website editing (WordPress), and more.-Manage all aspects of construction projects, and oversee the project management and estimating team.

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  Laureate International Universities

  • Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Florida

  • Strategic Alliance Manager - Walden University

    • Apr 2015 - Feb 2016
    • Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Florida

    • Provide learning and development (L&D) solutions to large enterprises, education institutions and community colleges, non-profits, and healthcare organizations both domestically and internationally• Consult with healthcare organizations and corporations to build strategic partnerships that support internal professional development initiatives• Demonstrate solutions through the implementation of strategic Laureate Online Education learning solutions from a portfolio of universities that offer accredited certificates, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs. • Recognizing that the development of today’s workforce is critical to maintaining an organization’s competitive advantage, represented an alternative option to augment internal learning and development programs.• Initiating strategic partnerships to allow organizations the opportunity to strengthen the talent and skills of their workforce.• Conduct onsite marketing and recruitment events on a monthly basis to support partner and client organizations• Meet quarterly with partner organization executives to review partnership and devise a plan to address any additional L&D needs• Target a monthly sales budget for new inquiries and enrollments, while minimizing cost per inquiry• Utilize demographic data to develop strategic territory plans, to identify market opportunity for new partners and potential clients

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  Walden University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Field Sales and Marketing Specialist

    • Dec 2008 - Apr 2015

    • Identify hospital and health systems, K-12 school districts, and corporate businesses as strategic clients• Offer a portfolio of degree programs and certificates, as a solution to professional development needs• Conduct a minimum of 10 information sessions and recruitment events on a monthly basis• Target a monthly sales budget for new inquiries and enrollments, while minimizing cost per inquiry• Utilize demographic data to develop strategic territory plans, based on client and partner needs

  • Education Field Representative

    • Nov 2007 - Dec 2008

    • Conduct a minimum of 10 information sessions and recruitment events on a monthly basis• Identify K-12 schools and school districts as strategic clients and partners• Target a monthly sales budget for new inquiries and enrollments, while minimizing cost per inquiry• Utilize demographic data to develop strategic territory plans, based on client and partner needs

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  Laurens County Board of Education

  • Dublin, GA

  • Teacher and Coach

    • Aug 2002 - Nov 2007
    • Dublin, GA

    Delivered a state-standardized curriculum to middle school students, in the areas of Social Studies, English-Language Arts, and Mathematics, while also fostering a meaningful learning environment for students