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Ambitious Recent Grad Seeks Experiential or Brand Marketing/PR Role

Today’s candidate is an ambitious recent college graduate who is excited about beginning a career in experiential or brand marketing/PR.  This candidate spent his/her first summer out of college working at a NYC-based ad agency and also completed a marketing internship with Tops Markets.  The candidate’s name has been removed for confidentiality, but if you have an opening and are interested in speaking with the candidate, please feel free to reach out.

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Skills & Experience:

Highly trained in networking and engaging with individuals of all ages.  Strong brand communications skills.  Excellent group leadership and collaboration.  My background in marketing and psychology has given me invaluable people skills and experience in relating to different audiences.

Key Highlights:

  • Co-founded Buffalo State Marketing Club.
  • Participated and helped execute Tops Taste of Buffalo and Tops 5K Run.
  • Responsible for set up and break down of events as well as interacting and promoting non for profit organization- Buffalo CarShare.
  • Kept social media outlets up to date and interact with users for Valpak clients.
  • Temporary job placement at an ad agency in NYC for the summer of 2013, gave me an incredible amount of experience and ability to learn and adapt quickly.

About Me:

A young, ambitious and conscientious individual who has a strong passion to combine my love for traveling and meeting people with my career.  Looking to further myself with knowledge and experience.  Strong willed and very personable.

My Optimal Opportunity:

To find a potential opportunity where I will be able to travel and interact with people.  Looking to become the “face” of a product or brand and help with marketing.  Would love to travel nationwide and attend different events to market.

Interested in this Candidate? 

E-mail md@amdgpublicaffairs.com for more information.

 

 

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Seasoned event manager with expertise in government, development, public relations and marketing, seeks exciting new chapter

Today’s candidate is a dynamic professional who started his/her career working for the NYS Assembly and the late US Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, moved into fund raising, advertising sales and event planning.  The candidate seeks a position in an organization that will capitalize on his/her strengths and considered an integral part of the team.

The candidate’s name has been removed for confidentiality, but if you have an opening and are interested in speaking with the candidate, please feel free to reach out. Want to be the next Featured Candidate on this site?  Just let me know…

Skills & Experience

Very good at getting to the heart of a project or client’s need. Quick study: able to read people well; listen and synthesize a plan quickly and put it into action.  Budget conscious, cultivated a helpful network of colleagues; resourceful, and able to straddle the careful line of working with volunteers and board members.

Key Highlights

  • Helped launch Leadership Buffalo 25 years ago.
  • Served on the boards for the early years of Taste of Buffalo and the Allentown Art Festival.
  • Directing protocol for the World University Games in 1993 led to fundraising stints at UB, the BPO and the United Way.
  • While selling advertising at Buffalo Spree, rose through the ranks to become Buffalo Niagara Event Professionals president, where the candidate led them to attract a more regional membership.
  • Coordinated all of the opening events of the new Burchfield Penney Art Center, which included a 31-hour simultaneous opening weekend that attracted thousands.

About Me

This candidate was a “Buffalo Booster” long before it became mainstream.  Always watching, participating and running events, showcasing the best of Buffalo.

My Optimal Opportunity

I would love to combine my passion for venues and running a successful event with an organization or company’s goal; whether it is to raise money or friends, honor an employee, or showcase and educate the public about what they do.

Salary Range

$40,000-$50,000

Interested in this Candidate? 

E-mail md@amdgpublicaffairs.com for more information.

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Emmy-nominated broadcast professional seeks public relations or marketing opportunity in WNY

Today’s candidate is an experienced media professional.  This individual is new to the WNY area and is looking to translate his/her strengths as an expert communicator to a role in public relations or marketing.  The candidate’s name has been removed for confidentiality, but if you have an opening and are interested in speaking with the candidate, please feel free to reach out.

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Skills and Experience:

Emmy-nominated communications/broadcast professional with strong public speaking/presentation skills looking to transition 10-year career to public relations or marketing.  Candidate is able to work at a high level under pressure situations meeting tight deadlines.  Has also been counted on to manage and delegate responsibilities in a department setting and communicate decisions to other departments within company.  Enjoys working in a team environment as well as handling individual duties executing at a high level.

The candidate’s experience in roles such as sports anchor, reporter, sideline reporter, producer, photographer, editor have allowed for experience in many different pressure situations.  The candidate has also worked as a marketing consultant for a non-profit, handling all aspects of video presentations.  The candidate was responsible for ground floor ideas and concepts behind video all the way through to the labor of shooting, editing, and producing the final product. The candidate also understands the importance of building relationships to further advance the prospective company’s goals and overall ideals.

Key Highlights:

* Filter 20-30 press releases per week determining news content value; generate 3-4 local stories for on air presentation; handle all duties from writing to shooting to editing.

* Coordinate highest sponsored program in station; Student Athlete of the Week program runs from September to June; responsibilities include but not limited to selection of candidates, story production, and emcee of end of the year banquet.

* Ability to effectively communicate with high profile individuals on a routine basis.

* Earned Emmy nomination and named statewide Associated Press Best Feature Reporter.

About Me:

I’ve recently relocated to Buffalo, NY.  My wife and 16 month old daughter reside in North Buffalo and are looking forward to becoming an active part of the WNY community.  I enjoy sports, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends.

My Optimal Opportunity:

I am ready for a fresh start that will allow me to build a new career here in WNY.  My career in broadcasting helped strengthen my ability to build relationships, manage, and work both as part of a team and independently to see both short term and long term projects through to a high level finish.  I spent nine years with the same company previously and I’m ready to make a positive, long term impact here in WNY.  I will represent my employer with honesty, integrity, and an unmatched work ethic.

Salary Range:  

$45,000 to $55,000.

Interested in this Candidate? 

E-mail md@amdgpublicaffairs.com for more information.