Laura Donovan

Plainfield, IL USA
13 Years Experience

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 YearsWriter 5 YearsSocial Media 8 Years

Specialty

Business (general) 8 YearsConsumer Products 8 Years

Industries

Newspaper - National 5 YearsMarketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl 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+)

Awards

Small Business of the Year Award, Plainfield 2010

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

Writing Samples

Writing Sample 1 - B2C
(Business2Community 4/3/2015)
Mixed media blog about hashtag use - Created Infographic, designed meme and embedded YouTube video
Writing Sample 2 - B2C
(Business2Community 3/6/2015)
Informative blog updating the public on the massive Facebook Purge that occurred in March 2015.
Writing Sample 1 - Blog
(The-Social-Pro 6/2/2015)
Professional blog related to all things Digital and Social Media for business.
Writing Sample 2 - Blog
(The Social Pro 4/15/2015)
SlideShare slideshow about how to make Pinterest work best for business.

Personal Professional

Portfolio
(Social Media Marketing Help 6/2/2015)
Sampling of work completed, clients, industries, writing, newsletter/email samples and more.....
Professional Resume
(Laura M. Donovan 6/2/2015)
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

Graphic Design Work
(The Word Pro, Inc. 6/2/2015)
Small sampling of graphic design work done for updates and ad landing tabs.

Services

Services
(The Word Pro, Inc. 6/2/2015)
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.
What I Do
(The Word Pro, Inc. 6/2/2015)
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