CAREER OBJECTIVE

seek employment that would enhanced my experience along with my professional skills. To obtain a professional position with a firm/company in the area of marketing/promotion/pr.

EXPERIENCE

CEO/Owner

WilliaMarkus LLC Raleigh, NC April 2012 to Present

Implemented and organized rules for current and future artists, developed critical ideas to create various marketing campaigns to generate financial growth for as well as within the company

Generated financial growth through investments, developed marketing campaigns for exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees for potential and future clients to produce and promote social events.

Involved in marketing ideas to present to independent and major record labels for client affairs (i.e., booking an artist for a venue) with proficiency in: SLA, Microsoft for Marketing/ Promoting and Adobe

THE SKY BAR, RALEIGH, NC

PROMOTIONAL AND EVENT COORDINATOR, MAY 1999 – 2002

• Responsible for networking with clients to produce and promote social events,
• Involved in marketing ideas to present to independent and major record labels for client affairs (i.e., booking an artist for a venue)
• Establishing a professional rapport with future clients regarding ideas for marketing venues.

PLUM CRAZY, RALEIGH, NC

MARKETING/EVENT COORDINATOR,

JUNE 1997 – MAY 1999

• Promoted and established listening parties for local and major artists,
• Assisted in various duties with other partners to promote venues for the night or week
• Provided positive business solutions to generate financial stability in the company.

RALEIGH LIVE, RALEIGH, NC

PROMOTIONS/MARKETING ASSISTANT,

APRIL 1996 – JULY 1998

• Assisted management with marketing certain venues in the Raleigh/Durham area for clients
• Implemented management ideas to establish clients for future events, successfully reorganized recruitment strategies to bring in new clients
• Restructured generation of funds for both the client and management regarding future projects.

SONY MUSIC

RALEIGH/DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL, NC

MARKETING/FIELD PROMOTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE,

MARCH 1995 – JULY 1997

• Contacted local and major establishments for Sony Music to produce a venue for an artist to perform
• Assigned and assisted co-workers in creating marketing ideas and promotional items to present at listening parties in the city and major campuses around the triangle for major/ local artists
• Established relationships with local and major radio stations regarding requesting songs by various artists and generating a play list for the artist from BDS and Sound Scan for day-to-day air play.

WILLIAMARKUS MUSIC GROUP RALEIGH , NC

CEO/CO-FOUNDER, MAY 1994 – PRESENT

• Implementing and organizing rules for current and future artists, organizing and developing critical ideas to promote, establish, and produce artists in the company
• Contracting and creating various marketing campaigns to generate financial growth for the company through investments
• developing separate marketing campaigns for exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees.

EDUCATION
SHAW UNIVERSITY

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

01/94 – 05/97

SOME COLLEGE COURSEWORK COMPLETED –

MAJOR – BUSINESS WITH A MINOR IN ENGLISH (3.5 YEARS)

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

MICROSOFT WORD, WORKS, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OFFICE AND OUTLOOK; ADOBE PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR ACROBAT