Aaron’s Resume

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Most of my experience is in Marketing, Marketing Research, New Product Development, and Dynamic Website Design and SEO.

Aaron Brown Resume

Loveland, CO

Current Objective: To help businesses increase sales through better marketing and web marketing strategies.

Education

BS Business Administration, Marketing

Emphasis: Computer Information Systems

Colorado Christian University, 2001, Summa Cum Laude

Applicable Passions & Skills

  • Using technology to store, analyze, and present information
  • Making educated recommendations to leadership
  • Helping small businesses succeed through increased revenue and decreased expenses
  • Learning new skills
  • Studying and applying current and future industry trends
  • Creating new processes that help people work smarter, faster, and easier

Related Experience

Shop Manager – Kona Boys, Kealakekua, HI

February 2008 – January 2009

  • Managed the day-to-day operations of a kayak, surf, and snorkel retail/rental store
  • Ensured customers have an excellent experience driven by aloha through in-store sales, recommendations, and creative solutions
  • Developed strategies to drive store sales and increase profitability including sales, advertising design and placement, and email campaign execution
  • Ensured all products and displays are merchandised effectively to maximize sales and profitability
  • Lead shop staff teams, including training, encouraging, and scheduling
  • Guided half-day kayak tours of Kealakekua Bay

Research, Database, and Website Design Consultant

August 2007 – Present

  • Design, code, and implement web-based, ASP database applications
  • Plan, execute, tabulate, analyze, and present recommendations for marketing research
    projects
  • Create, edit, and update websites and email blasts for small businesses or business units

SpaceLink/TerraLink Multimedia Intern – Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD

October 2007 – December 2007

  • Created and implemented a dataset management and time-saving system for Science on a Sphere
    staff and volunteers, automating playlist creation, and increasing documentation visibility
  • Researched and added over 300 datasets to library, increasing presentation options by about 50%
  • Implemented new interactive controls on Magic Planet, an interactive educational display
  • Designed new interfaces for Magic Planet, increasing future usage by target audiences

Ironclad Authentics E-Commerce Intern - Ripken Baseball, Baltimore, MD

October 2007 – December 2007

  • Re-created, added to, and managed retail sales website Designed By Kelly
  • Populated, proofed, and helped implement a full website redesign for an online retail store with daily sales.
  • Created email marketing campaigns resulting in new revenue
  • Provided market research support and recommendations, helping to secure a major new client
  • Made recommendations for online marketing mix including AdWords, email campaigns, and customer segmentation

Marketing Research and Database Manager – Group Publishing, Loveland, CO

November 2006 – July 2007

  • Produced timely, usable, decision-enabling research results
  • Achieved a 50% reduction in research project turn-around, and a 20% increase in
    respondents
  • Created a user-friendly, indexed, unified research library of primary and secondary
    research that informs new initiative and market trending questions
  • Created key metrics reports for and provided reporting support to Strategic Business
    Units

New Product Development Research Coordinator – Group Publishing, Loveland, CO

May 2005 – October 2006

  • Provided market research leadership & support to help my team hit aggregate launch
    revenue projections for new high-potential projects
  • Ensured that every high-potential project had adequate customer need, preference, and
    market-sizing intelligence for board business plan approval
  • Created a multi-targeted, nationwide, email-based research network with more than 2000
    participants in each target area, yielding rapid directional feedback

Marketing Coordinator – Group Publishing, Loveland, CO

May 2002 – April 2005

  • Analyzed campaign performance and presented results and recommendations to leadership
  • Concepted, coordinated, and implemented marketing projects for four product lines
  • Pulled marketing lists and reports using Access and Oracle for campaigns and campaign
    analysis

Leadership, Community Involvement, and Honors

  • Service Expedition Travel Coordinator staff in Puerto Rico and Belize
    (Group Workcamps Foundation, 2005 – 2007)
  • Domestic Charitable Giving Committee representative (Group Publishing, 2005)
  • Community Building Committee representative (Group Publishing, 2002 – 2004)
  • Linda Rush Excellence in Leadership Award (CCU, 2001)
  • School of Business Student of the Year (CCU, 2001)

References available