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*Ruth's Chris Steak House / RPM Management, Inc. Handled all marketing, public relations, promotions, and advertising for Ruth's Chris Steak Houses in Indianapolis, IN; St. Louis, MO; Mishawaka, IN. *Grand Opening for Aveda Lifestyle Store at The Fashion Mall, fall 1995. Handled all details, public relations and media positioning. *Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. Handled all event planning for Foundation from 1994-2000. Yearly events included Bowl-A-Thon, Celebrity Golf Outing, Dinner/Dance Gala, Summer's Largest Office Party, Physicians Torch Dinner. Handled all hotel arrangements, menu selection, decorations, entertainment, sponsorship, public relations and marketing for each event. *Kite Development/Glendale Mall Re-Grand Opening. Worked with Kite Development on the mall's multimillion dollar re-grand opening in fall of 2000. Coordinated a variety of special events throughout the grand opening week and handled marketing/public relations Glendale Mall. *Shula's Steak House and The Westin Hotel Indianapolis. Coordinated grand opening celebration in September 1998 and handled on-going marketing, public relations and advertising for Shula's Steak House and The Westin Hotel, downtown Indianapolis/Starwood Hotels through Nov.30, 2002. *Harrington Bank. Media relations for the Harrington Bank/Fishers, Indiana branch grand opening on January 20, 1996. Handled all public relations and media relations. *On-going public relations and event planning for United Methodist Church of Indiana. Have handled public relations and publicity for Vision 2000 Praise Gathering event held on March 30, 1996; National General Conference held in Denver, Colorado on April 16-20, 1996 and public relations for Larry's Ride. (Larry's Ride was a cross country bike ride to raise money for Indiana United Methodist Children's Home in August, 1996). Also have handled Anti-Gambling public relations conferences in 1998 & 1999. *Simon Property Group. PR and event planning projects for Lafayette Square re-grand opening held in November 1998 and Castleton Square in November of 1999. Worked with media on promoting the completion of the each of the mall's multimillion-dollar renovations. *Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Special event planning for E-Cademy Awards (employee awards/black-tie event). Handle all event details (menu planning, decorations, and entertainment) and also create, write and edit original video to be used in the program. September 1999, August 2000, August 2001 and August 2002. *Golf Outings. Handle all golf
arrangements from invitation, menu selection, beverage carts,
sponsorships, thank-you gifts; raffle prizes, etc. for the following
organizations; *Montgomery, Zukerman, Davis Advertising. Hired as a public relations consultant and freelance expert for Great Clips fundraiser for Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Proceeds from a one week period (September 28-October 4,1996) went towards Indiana Children's Wish fund. Raised $10,000. Hired in May 2003 as a public relations consultant for AERCON Industries and promotion of the "Perfect Home." PR consultant on rally held for Billie Grimes, American hero, who appeared on the cover of TIME magazine. *Marion County Fair, 1996. Handled all public relations, publicity and advertising. Worked extensively with board of directors and volunteers. Fair ran July 25 through August 3, 1996. *Koll Properties, May 1996 to December 1997. Commercial real estate developer. Handled all marketing printed materials from designing to printing. Also wrote press releases, published quarterly newsletter, marketing and advertising media buys. *The Swiss Group. New retail and restaurant developer established in May, 1996. Have handled public relations projects and designed and developed printed materials. *adidas America. NCAA Coaches/Media event. Handled all details for the coaches/media event held in March 1997 and April 2000. Duties included site selection, menu, entertainment, and hotel accommodations. Also, coordinated all suite arrangements for adidas (i.e.: furniture, food, adidas apparel, etc.) *Countrymark Co-op. March 1997. Coordinated annual Swine Convention. Event held at Marriott Hotel March 10 & 11. Wrote all copy for invitations, proceedings, convention brochure, evaluation forms, coordinated all hotel arrangements, meals, and audio/visual show. Annual convention held for 300 swine specialist throughout the State. *Indiana Children's Wish Fund. On-going retainer for not-for-profit client which grants wishes to children who suffer from a life-threatening illness. Handle all media, public relations, promotions, events and celebrity appearances since March 1997. *Neace Lukens Insurance. On-going marketing and public relations client. Have written and produced several brochures, posters, logo design, letterhead, and specialty advertising materials. Created illustrated character "Kozmo" for new company called American Insurance Network. *David A. Noyes & Co. Wrote copy for brochure, creative photo direction for national ad and helped create and design a new logo for special stockbroker division, Bayley Investment Group. *National Association of Farm Broadcasters Annual Convention. Annual three-day event held in May 1998 for radio farm broadcasters, a division of Agri-America Network. Coordinated all convention details from information/registration packages, hotel room reservations, menu selections, off-site evening functions for the three-day convention, hired all entertainment, transportation, etc. *Indiana Coalition of Sexual Assault. Worked as a public relations consultant on a communications/advertising grant that was supported by Purdue University. Statewide advertising/public awareness campaign ran from April 1998 to October 1998. *The Sagamore Club. Handle all public relations, groundbreaking and upcoming grand opening for The Sagamore Club, a new Jack Nicklaus golf club and residential community located in Noblesville. Groundbreaking held in October of 2001. Grand opening took take place in August of 2003. *Salon 01. Handled all marketing, public relations, advertising and community relations for high-end hair salon and spa. Salon 01, located in Carmel, is the official hair salon for the Indiana Pacers' Cheerleaders and the 500 Festival Queen and her court. Work closely with the Indiana Pacer organization and 500 Festival on promotions related to Salon 01. *The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis. Retainer marketing, public relations client from 1998 to Nov. 2002. Wrote all press releases, worked with media on citywide convention publicity and other hotel-related events. (I.e.: NCAA, Formula One, and Circle City Classic) *Play It Again Sports Re-Grand Opening, held in February 2000. Former NFL player, Raymond Wallace, purchased the Play It Again Sports retail store in Carmel. The re-grand opening festivities included; autograph signing sessions with Indianapolis Colts player Tarik Glenn, Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders and Captain of the Indianapolis Ice Hockey; give-away items; radio broadcast. *Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Public Relations for annual trash cleanup for City of Indianapolis. Event held March 25, 2000 outside the RCA Dome, downtown Indianapolis. Event theme, "Dunk the Junk" used to play off of the basketball visitors coming to Indianapolis during March and April. *Just Wing' n It. Handled marketing, public relations, advertising and media buying for five Indianapolis area restaurants in 2000 and 2001. Also handled franchising opportunities with Just Wing' n It. *Cookie Cutters. Created and designed Chewy Huey, the mascot for Cookie Cutters, Haircuts for Kids. Designed a direct mail piece/coupon and 4-color advertisement campaign that was directed to Indianapolis, Louisville, Cincinnati area. *O'Malia's Irish Festival.
Annual 2-day Irish Festival held at Pan Am Plaza in August. Coordinated
all public relations, advertising and sponsorship of event for
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