Laura Donovan

Plainfield, IL USA
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Professional Experience

Socially Savvy Marketing Professional with over 8 years’ experience with Social Media Marketing and Advertising. Managed marketing and advertising campaigns on the top Social Platforms for small to medium businesses in a variety of industries across the country.

Expertise

Graphic Designer
5 Years
Writer
5 Years
Social Media
8 Years

Specialty

Business (general)
8 Years
Consumer Products
8 Years

Industries


Newspaper - National
5 Years
Marketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
13 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

13 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Examiner.com (10+), Business2Community (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Heatlh/Fitness (3-5), Consumer Services (10+)

Other Work History

Human Resources Director - Sharp Electronics, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Home Depot

Technical Skills

PhotoShop, Adobe, HootSuite, Pagemodo, Woobox, TweetDeck

Foreign Language Skills

N/A

Unions

N/A

Computer Skills

Word, Exel, iOS, Windows, HTML, WordPress

Equipment

Laptop, PC, iPhone, iPad, recording equipment,video equipment

Work Permits & Visas

N/A

References

Sandy Ketcham (630) 780-3814

Awards

Small Business of the Year Award, Plainfield 2010

Showcase

Writing Samples

Mixed media blog about hashtag use - Created Infographic, designed meme and embedded YouTube video
Informative blog updating the public on the massive Facebook Purge that occurred in March 2015.
Professional blog related to all things Digital and Social Media for business.
SlideShare slideshow about how to make Pinterest work best for business.

Personal Professional

Sampling of work completed, clients, industries, writing, newsletter/email samples and more.....
President of The Word Pro, a national digital marketing company. I have been managing Facebook, Google+ and Twitter marketing campaigns for small and medium-sized companies since 2008.

Graphic Design Work

Small sampling of graphic design work done for updates and ad landing tabs.

Services

Social Media Marketing is time-consuming and there is a lot more to it than just throwing up an Update, Tweet or Pin. I have the time and the knowledge to manage your Social Accounts for you and can create a strategy based on your business goals.
Social Media Marketing is more than just setting up a Facebook Page or Twitter account and posting updates when you have the time. It is also not a forum for the direct sales pitch. It is a powerful tool that when used correctly can increase traffic to your website, increase engagement and increas