100% grant attainment! 3+ years nonprofit marketing!

[artifiedlady]

Headline: 100% grant attainment! 3+ years nonprofit marketing!
Name: Elizabeth Wantz
Email Address: artifiedlady@gmail.com
Current Location: Cleveland, OH, USA

Preferred Job Category: Administration

Personal Statement:
Summary Qualifications

• Media relations manager, coordinated press interviews for the city of Pittsburgh’s green initiative projects reaching over 100,000 viewers

• Social media consultant increasing sales, visitor numbers, and national press coverage

• Project Manager maintaining perfect delivery time

• Volunteer manager staffing over three theaters and 44 films for the region’s largest international film festival

• Public relations manager and television spokeswoman for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibit

• Marketing chair for the Board of Directors designing new letterhead and marketing materials

• Carnegie Mellon Student Ambassador; Heinz College spokeswoman, gaining 20 new prospective students

• Grant writer for over 15 requests, 100% attainment

Education:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Masters of Arts Management, nonprofit business management

University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
GIOCA exchange program, cultural economics

Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
B.S. History/Art History, with honors

Professional Experience:
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Assistant to the Director 2010-present
-Screening and public relations coordinator for Rachel Is, Cleveland International Film Festival; successfully met attendance expectations for entire screening and film panel, and gained organizational support among target communities
-Special event coordination and marketing including symposiums, film screenings, and open houses
-Blog management; edited and approved posts from staff and interns
-Volunteer and intern management
-Statistical reporting for sponsorship packet
-Grant writing
-www.pghfilmmakers.org

Alt M, Founder and Volunteer Executive Director 2009-present
-Attainment of sponsoring companies including an international business, a regional government
organization, and an independent arts company
-Creation of marketing strategic plan and website, logo, and all marketing materials
-www.alternatemuseum.org

National Museum of Ireland, Marketing and Corporate Sponsorship Assistant 2009
-Social media consultant; successfully increased store sales, visitor numbers, and national press coverage
-Print media management and press release archivist
-Corporate sponsorship event planning
-www.museum.ie

Western Reserve Historical Society, Institutional Advancement Intern 2008
-Grant writing and foundation research
-Raiser’s Edge tracking and reporting
-www.wrhs.org

Northern Michigan University, Schindler Exhibit Chairwoman 2007
-Project coordinator for arrival/departure, funding, insurance, and risk management
-Press release management, radio broadcasting, and telephone relations
-Flyer design and distribution
-Advertisement management
-Opening event spokeswoman
-www.ushmm.org

Applicable Skills:
Computer skills include Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Social media, FileMaker Pro, Ticketmaster, Raiser’s Edge, website design

Awards:
Girl Scout Gold Award, Presidential Scholars Award, Leadership Scholarship Award, National Academic Award

Other:
Affiliations:
Phi Alpha Theta (history honors society), GIOCA International Alumni Network, The Art Endowment, TransCultural Exchange, Non Profit Network, The Association for Project Management, The Ohio Art League, Cultural Enrichment Fund