Experience

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  Quirk's Marketing Research Review

  • Media and Event Sales Executive

    • Sep 2019 - Present

    For 30 years Quirk's Marketing Research Review has been providing practical applications in marketing research. Quirk's mission is to be the marketing research information source for those that conduct, coordinate and purchase research product and services. Today Quirk's has over 60,000 subscribers in 110+ countries. Quirk’s offers the Quirk's e-newsletter; Quirk’s Daily News Queue, which provides research and insights news on the go; and our robust and dynamic Website, launched in 2016 that receives nearly 1.3 million visits each year. On top of this, Quirk's actively engages with our audience via Webinars, our two LinkedIn groups and on Twitter @QuirksMR, where we have 18,000+ followers. In 2015 Quirk’s saw another need in the industry and launched the Quirk’s Event, an inclusive event created for the entire marketing research and insights community. In its launch, the Quirk’s Event became one of the largest preeminent events in the industry – with over 1,200 attendees. You can learn more about the Quirk’s Event at www.thequirksevent.com/.

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  Young Chicago Authors

  • 1180 North Milwaukee Chicago IL 60642

  • Director of School and Community Resources

    • Jan 2011 - Aug 2018
    • 1180 North Milwaukee Chicago IL 60642

    YCA pedagogy aims to put young people at the center of their learning experience as a way to engage them in their own education. YCA empowers students, some of whom have been disenfranchised by the educational system, to pursue their academic and artistic ambitions.As the Director of School and Community Resources I led a team to create, market, sell and produce international events and programs. The successful booking model my team developed produced over 300 events annually across the globe, working with 80+ artists each year. Organizations, Corporations, National Conferences and Educational Entities looked to us as leaders and specialists in delivering engaging and world class artistic, cultural and educational programming.Highlights: - Created a National Model for YCA's signature program, Louder Than a Bomb, expanding programming 17 cities- Created a volunteer model, growing it to 800+ volunteers who participated each year- Clients included The Obama Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies; C40 Awards, Today at Apple, and Americans for the Arts - Developed outreach strategies to deliver Corporate Social Responsibility Programming for large scale organizations including JPMorgan Chase, Allstate Insurance and Starbucks

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  eSloan Productions

  • Evanston, Illinois

  • CEO

    • Jan 2012 - Aug 2014
    • Evanston, Illinois

    eSloan Productions is a talent booking agency for visual, spoken word and musical artists focused on creating and delivering events centered on social justice, diversity and inclusion. I founded eSloan Productions to fill a gap in the market for independent artists. Highlights: - Booked and delivered 200 + programs to universities, museums and institutions across the U.S. - Created a booking template that incorporated best practice in promotion, outreach, production and travel for independent artist tours - Hosted large scale events at festivals including O'Miami and The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity - Led collaborative events at renown Universities such as Stanford, Howard, University of Chicago and Princeton

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  Essex Investment Management Company, LLC

  • Portfolio Research Coordinator

    • Sep 2007 - Jan 2011

    Essex investment philosophy is based on the early identification of growth, wherever growth exists.Essex ultimate mission is to provide clients with long-term investment returns consistently above their respective benchmarks.

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  Kirkwood United Methodist Church

  • Director of Children's Programs

    • Jul 2003 - Jul 2006

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  Independent Arts Consultant

  • Independent Event / Arts Consultant

    • Jan 1998 - Jul 2003

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  Brandon Systems

  • Sales Associate / Recruiter

    • Aug 1995 - Jan 1997

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  GC Services Limited Partnership

  • Training Manager

    • Jun 1993 - Aug 1995