To apply my marketing professional experience and critical thinking from my political science education into a position dedicated to advance marketing and strategic efforts for an international company.
Entreprises
Chez Arnaud LLC
- Markerting and Business Development Director
2012 - maintenant
Alliance Française Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA
- Office Manager
2011 - 2012The Alliance Française promotes the use and appreciation of French language and cultures through classes, programs, social events, and information resources. The AFMSP serves a community of 1,100 members and 300 students.
• Mission:
- Committee Member of Gala Benefit 2012. Lead silent auction effort and manage donations for fundraiser gala (Results 2011: $72,000 – 2012: $60,000) and a benefit brunch to support a teacher in need at the Dakota Jazz Club (Results: $8,500). Event coordinator of three successful Open Houses in 2011/2012 with 100 to 150 attendees.
- Supervise office staff (5 to 7 people), assist Executive Director, coordinate needs between staff, ED and Board Members to achieve strategic goals, maintain office organization (finance, operations and procedures).
- Manage recruitment, training and development of marketing interns (3 to 5) to facilitate effective team integration.
- Organize social and cultural events/conferences to drive French cultural awareness and increase membership.
- Lead a Young Professionals Group Event with headhunter guests’ speakers.
- Lead the sales of commercials spaces for the “French Resource Guide” in 2011 and 2012 (Results $5,000).
- Developed market study, launched and managed communication campaign for “Test d’Evaluation de Français”.
• Developed skills: Customer service, team leadership, analytical and problem solving, decision-making, Product Marketing, Project Management, Communication.
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology - University of Minnesota, USA
- Administrative Assistant
2009 - 2010Part-Time Student Job:
- Manage recruitment and training for the administrative task force
- Data treatment of Fatty Acid Research
- Administrative support for the Management task force
D&Consultants
- Marketing Consultant
2005 - 2007D&Consultants is a consulting company specialized in strategy and innovation financing.
• Mission:
- Partnered with multinational corporations (Medical devices sector) to assess business opportunities, diversification and develop recommendations for launching new products in European markets.
- Studied markets for entrepreneurs, developing strategic positioning and Marketing Mix for new companies to develop business plans and acquire venture capital. (Information technology, Energy and Environment sectors)
- Organized and executed successful professional conferences contracted by the French Department of Industry to present sector analysis of Nanotechnology (2008 in partnership with Arkema) and Steel (2006).
• Developed skills: Strategic Positioning, New Business Development, Market Analysis, Event Management, Project Management.
BT SYNTEGRA
- Consultante junior
2004 - 2004Formation Oracle 9i
DIGIGRAM
- Strategic Intelligence Analyst
Montbonnot2004 - 2004Digigram develops digital audio network devices, sound cards and audio processing software.
• Mission: Implementation of a strategic intelligence system through analysis of company operations – interviews face-to-face - to increase market opportunities to provide more innovation and successfully integrate system in the ISO process.
• Developed skills: Listening and Comprehension, Client Service, Problem-Solving.
Cabinet Berger-Simon Gras Savoye
- Marketing Communication Associate
2003 - 2003Cabinet Berger Simon is an insurance consultancy company. Health care insurance Department.
• Mission: Creation and launching of a new product VISTA+, communication campaigns to promote VISTA+ to companies, development of a Business-to-Business strategy for communication and sales.
Mazars & Guerard
- Assistante auditrice
Paris La Défense 2002 - 2002Travaux d'audit financier pour le compte de PME et groupes luxembourgeois.
Paul Furnion SA
- Gestionnaire comptable
2001 - 2001
Formations
University Of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Minneapolis2009 - 2010Bachelor of Arts (BA) Political Science
College of Liberal Arts - Political Science Department - Focus on Comparative Government and International Relations.
University Of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Minneapolis2008 - 2008English as a Second Language
Grenoble2003 - 2004Superior Master’s Degree in Business Intelligence
Professional Thesis: « Integration of a strategic intelligence system in the decision process of a high-tech company: Digigram » - High Honourable Mention.
IAE/ESM Metz (Metz)
Metz2002 - 2003Master’s Degree in Marketing of Innovation
Marketing of new products - Masters Thesis: “Customer Satisfaction Measurement”
