Resume

Amanda Lynn Killingsworth

alkillin.alt@gmail.com · amandakillingsworth.com

Experience

LMI | Government Consulting

Tysons, VA · Digital Marketing Specialist · 11/2016 to Current

Sustain Creativity | Web Development & Digital Marketing Agency

Gaithersburg, MD · Account Director · 01/2015 to 10/2016

  • Managing 15 – 20 simultaneous web projects and retainer clients; acting as the liaison between the client and the agency’s supporting staff
  • Gather necessary information from clients to plan and define project’s scope of work, budget, and timeline, coordinate these requirements with the production team
  • Lead the content team, design team, and programmers throughout the set-up, construction, implementation and completion of a project
  • Ensure all milestones are being met and tasks are being completed correctly
  • Troubleshoot issues brought up by the support staff or the client, and train the client how to use their websites’ back office tools

Sustain Creativity | Web Development & Digital Marketing Agency

Gaithersburg, MD · Marketing Director · 01/2015 to 06/2015

  • Built an effective marketing team from the ground up; interviewing, training, managing, and monitoring employees’ short-term and long-term progress
  • Developed the brand strategy and marketing campaigns for international tours and digital products
  • Created and implemented a marketing infrastructure to support the execution of these strategies
  • Collaborated with the design team and web development team to produce effective and well-branded user experience throughout online properties
  • Negotiated advertising purchases and media buys at 25-45% reduced costs in order to maintain budgets and increase ROI
  • Maintained a large network of industry partners and leveraged these relationships to expand audience reach, brand awareness, and increase revenue streams
  • Increased web traffic by over 40% with strategic online media campaigns, increasing SEO relevant content, and A/B testing to improve UX

Fierce Markets | Digital Marketing Firm

Washington, D.C. · Marketing Solutions Coordinator · 06/2014 to 01/2015

  • Acted as a campaign manager for approximately 4 million dollars in client campaigns including, live webinars, white papers, eBooks, banner ads, web ads, e-mail marketing, and other performance marketing campaigns
  • Coordinated between external clients, and internal departments to prioritize and manage the campaign lifecycle
  • Performed day-to-day email marketing activities including, email and landing page set-up, segmentation, scheduling, testing, and deployment of one-time, recurring, triggered, and dynamic content-driven campaigns
  • Produced and troubleshot outbound email campaigns including HTML templates, list segmentation, and other aspects of email execution
  • Monitored the flow of resources to ensure on-time delivery of ad campaigns, while delivering reports as necessary to clients and sales representatives

Capstone Strategic Inc. | M&A Consulting Firm

McLean, VA · Market Analyst · 10/2013 to 05/2014

  • Conducted primary and secondary research in order to develop and organize industry and subsector data
  • Responsible for a wide variety of industry market research including, hospitality, oil, clean energy, aerospace, retail, healthcare and material handling
  • Identified potential acquisitions and target companies with purchase prices as large as $100M
  • Assisted in the execution of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and financing engagement
  • Interviewed both the client (buyer side) and the target company stakeholders during the pre-due diligence phase of the M&A process
  • Compiled and analyzed information to be used in financial modeling, industry analysis, and client proposals
  • Prepared complex reports to include an analysis and summary of research findings, recommending the top market segments and/or acquisition prospects for clients to pursue based on strategic criteria jointly developed with client

Big Ten Network | Purdue University Athletic Promotions

West Lafayette, IN · Production Assistant · 08/2010 to 05/2011

  • Designed and applied marketing plans for varsity sports at a Big Ten University
  • Organized event promotions and coordinated social media with direct marketing to reach fans and ticket buyers
  • Planned meetings and created presentations to obtain department approval

Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics

Indianapolis, IN · Research Assistant · 01/2010 to 01/2011

  • Responsible for conducting research, organizing data, creating and cataloguing presentations
  • Created a scale to interpret patient-provider communication and multi-modal analysis regarding interpersonal communication skills
  • Analyzed data to discover trends and produce professional presentation to director of Medical Ethics Center
  • Successfully obtained grant money to continue with the research methods of communication training

Walt Disney World

Orlando, FL · Recreation “Cast Member” Intern · 01/2009 to 08/2009

  • Collaborated with management to plan activities for hundreds of international families
  • Supervised and regulated highly stressful guest situations to maintain high standards of customer satisfaction
  • Participated in multiple business seminars led by Disney Management including corporate communications and HR management

Education

Master of Business Administration: International Business

University of Auckland, Business School — Auckland, New Zealand · 2014

Focus: Global Business Environment, Global Trade and Finance, International Law, and Contract Negotiations

Bachelor of Arts: Communications

Purdue University, Brian Lamb School of Communication — West Lafayette, IN · 2011

Focus: Organizational Communication, and Cross-cultural Communication

Associate of Science: Organizational Leadership and Supervision

Purdue University, College of Technology — West Lafayette, IN · 2011

Focus: Economics, Labor Relations, Quality Control, and Training

Submersion Program: German Language

Universität Stuttgart — Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 2010

Focus: German Language, Culture, and European Union Business Policies

Skills

Languages
Native English (US), Basic German
Markup Languages
HTML, CSS
Email Marketing
Silverpop, MailChimp, Constant Contact, Tailored Mail, Hubspot, AWeber
CRM
Salesforce, Hubspot, Zoho
CMS & Ecommerce
WordPress, PrestaShop, Shopify
Software Proficiencies
Microsoft Office Suite, Excel (guru level), Dreamweaver, Photoshop, On24 Webinar Console, Xaxis (Open AdStream)
Marketing Tools
Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Microsoft Power BI
Certifications
Hubspot Inbound, Google Analytics

Volunteering

NoVA SPCA, Washington DC Humane Society, Lift Me Up (Mentor Program)