As a retired product marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing and publishing industries, I am now focusing all creative energies on artistic expression through photography, drawing, painting, writing, and Betchen, a line of elegant hand-fashioned sundries.

Art Classes

Artsplace, Cheshire, CT
Currently attending colored pencil and watercolor classes.
Completed classes in floral watercolor, sampler art class (media include pencil, pen and ink, colored pencil, acrylics, oil, watercolor and pastels) and watercolor pencil workshop.

Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, Wellesley, MA
Completed Introduction to Botanical Art course.

Island Arts, North Head, Grand Manan Island, NB
Completed plein air watercolor painting for travelers course.

Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Completed photography course.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree, Marketing Major, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

Employment Experience

The Plastic Forming Company, Woodbridge, CT
As Marketing Supervisor, managed development, production and distribution of promotional materials to support sales and marketing programs, in print and on the web, for manufacturer of proprietary line of packaging for business and industry. Managed company’s logo redesign and implemented new image on stationery, promotional materials, web site and signage.

The Middletown Press, Middletown, CT
As Telemarketing Manager, hired, trained and motivated telemarketers in subscription sales for daily community newspaper; wrote all promotional campaign scripts.

Research Publications, Woodbridge, CT
As Manager, Marketing Services, managed team of associates responsible for field sales staff support, customer service, order processing, consumer research surveys, telemarketing and direct mail promotional campaigns for information publishing firm.

Ameropean Corporation, Wallingford, CT
Responsible for follow-up on trade journal sales leads and analysis of advertising effectiveness for product importer.

Largay Travel/Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT
Responsible for foreign and domestic travel arrangements and preparation of weekly travel reports.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Assisted in the preparation of the final report of a large-scale research project on educational climates in high schools for Center for Study of Social Organization of Schools.

United Nuclear Corporation, New Haven, CT
Assisted in the administration of contracts and proposal preparation in the marketing department.

Special Skills/Travel

Excel, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, PC and Mac, Internet.
Proficient in written and spoken German.
Traveled to Greece, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Iceland, India, Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and throughout the United States.