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- 1. Ann Kathryn Zenor 4920 Third Avenue South • Minneapolis MN 55419 Phone: 612.270.1415 • email: annizon@aol.com Creative Marketing and CRM Professional Summary Experienced, innovative, and passionate professional who offers a diverse set of skills to accomplish team goals and enhance community outreach. Author of, and participant in strategies that creatively engage and maintain relationships with potential business partners. Leads with an outstanding ability to research and recognize opportunities that support branding initiatives for the companies and clientele served. Employs assertive, yet effective techniques to accomplish long term goals and brand enhancement. Core Competencies • Excellent written and verbal skills • Outstanding relationship building and management • Conceptual and organization acumen • Confident and engaging presentation capabilities • Highly professional and enthusiastic brand representation • Project management abilities that take an event from concept to completion Recent Employment Experience Kids Quest/Cyber Quest (2004–present) • Responsible for new business development • Write press releases for all media outlets • Represent Kids Quest/Cyber Quest as a published author and featured radio guest • Write and conduct employee training • Plan and orchestrate all on-location photo and video shoots • Author monthly blog content for company website • Create week-long themed events at our 20 Kids Quest locations • Engage and maintain all development contacts within the gaming industry • Represent Kids Quest/Cyber Quest at all industry-related events, G2E, NIGA and OIGA • Designed and managed a $2M interior redesign for Mohegan Sun, a $3M new construction project at Sands Bethlehem, and $2M new construction project at Green Valley Ranch • Work as a liaison between company ownership, architect, contractors and supply vendors to stay on budget and on time for scheduled openings Sm!le Creative Client List, Self-Employed Freelance (1992–Present) Anagram/Amscan International Anytime Sports Barrington Studios CSM/Marriott/Springhill Suites Cambria Celebrity Charitable Network (Chris Doleman) Dino’s Gyros (Planned and executed Dino’s 25th anniversary party with the St. Paul Saints) Dolemanity (Chris Doleman—online fundraising services for non-profit organizations) Drew Pearson Companies Edina Realty Fingerhut Gamut One Studios General Mills Group One Associates High Cotton, Inc. I do! (Wedding and event designer/ coordinator) K&K Studios KSTP Koehler Companies Manhattan Toy Mindwear Minnesota Traveler Magazine New Horizon Academy Northwest Airlines Nutrilife Fitness Paper Magic Group Rock Solid Events Serving Alcohol, Inc. Steen Engineering TK Properties Target Tampa Bay Nutraceuticals Trend Enterprises Zubaz (Art directed photography for Super Bowl billboards at NFL Quarterback Challenge, Kauai, HI)
- 2. Non-Profit Affiliation/Volunteer Activity 7-year volunteer for Big Brothers and Big Sisters • Honored as 1997 Big Sister of the Year • Co-Chaired 2001 and 2002 Odyssey Ball black-tie fundraising events for BBBS • Chaired and organized the 1998 silent auction at the annual BBBS Bowl for Kid’s Sake Volunteer at Sabathani Community Center Food Shelf Volunteer at Minneapolis Crisis Nursery Volunteer for Art Buddies, an organization that provides art experiences for at-risk children • Advisory board member for Art Buddies Volunteer at the Heartbeat 5000 to benefit Children’s Hospital 2-year children’s activities volunteer at annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s 4-year volunteer for the White Earth Mission, a non-profit supporting at-risk children from the White Earth, Leech Lake, and Red Lake Indian Reservations • Wrote curriculum content for the White Earth Mission week, 2015 • Organized the first annual Frozen Free Market Winter Clothing Drive for White Earth Family Services in Cass Lake, MN • Organizing the first annual golf tourney to benefit the White Earth Mission and the Boys and Girls Clubs Native division Volunteer to orchestrate online fundraising and provide historical content for the Carlisle Indian School Museum in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where Pop Warner coached, and Jim Thorpe played football Additional Relevant Skills and Experience Proven record for creating and orchestrating events from concept to completion Relentless in pursuit of new opportunities and creative branding strategies for clients Firm understanding of the acquisition and application of event sponsorship Develop concepts that create social currency for Chris Doleman’s CCN/Dolemnity clientele Draft professional correspondence on Chris’ behalf for the NFL Hall of Fame Wrote "Remembering the 22" presentation for Dolemanity for Home Depot sponsorship Drafted potential fan engagement events for Minnesota Vikings/Kevin Warren 16-year Minnesota Vikings season ticketholder Student Recruiting Co-Coordinator for Iowa State University football program Two-time VEISHEA co-chair/project manager at Iowa State University Education Bachelor of Arts, Iowa State University (Ames, IA) Post Graduate studies, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)