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Scott A. Light
OneGreatWorker@Light-House-Ent.com
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Post Office Box 472
Saint Albans, WV 25177 |
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| Objective: |
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To
obtain an opportunity that would best utilize expertise in a strong,
results-driven, business and technological minded environment. This
opportunity will have many challenges for an aggressive, dedicated,
attention-to-detail individual with the leadership skills needed to
advance. |
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| KEY
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Advanced Technical Knowledge
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Marketing
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Sales
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Customer Service
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Management/Supervision |
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Creative Thinking
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Highly Organized
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Graphic Designing
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Business Development
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Association Management |
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Strategic Planning
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Destination Marketing
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Public Relations
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Media Selection
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Product Merchandising |
| PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
| LIGHT HOUSE ENTERPRISES – St. Albans, WV
Independent services for various companies – Light-House-Ent.com,
Western Inventory Services, Inc., Gateway Computers, Carelink Healthplans,
E&G Inc., and IBO Credit Services. |
| Independent
Contracting, Freelancing, Web Developer, & Business Owner,
Aug. 1999 - Present
Owner, Entertainer, and
Web Developer (Light-House-Ent.com); Inventory Manager for an international
company, responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, and motivating
10–70 member teams in retail inventory calculating; Technology
Ambassador for an international, Fortune 100 company, responsible
for overseeing development with the company in a public relations,
marketing, and sales capacity; Healthplan Member Administrator responsible
all phases of policy maintenance and complete database administration;
Entertainer (Comedy Zone); Large balance credit collections. |
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| EXPRESS SYSTEMS SERVICES (KRK HOLDINGS) – St. Albans, WV
P.O.S. (Point Of Sale) computer firm that specialized
in creating a complete, state-of-the-art, management and order taking
environment for the pizza industry. |
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| Director
of Marketing & Customer Support Specialist,
Jan. 1999 – Aug. 1999
Planning and design for all advertising,
promotional items, etc., Computer Assembly, Troubleshooting and Repair,
LAN Technician/Administrator and Cabling Installer (Category 5), Call
Center/On-site (International) Customer Support Specialist.
Key Accomplishments:
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Designed all company items
(company and product logos, tradeshow packages, office materials),
which were all trademarked accordingly. Traveled to Walt Disney World
(Lake Buena Vista, FL) for international tradeshow and marketed the
benefits of utilizing the company’s product, over current existing
operations. Resulted in growth of company revenue during 2nd
quarter 1999, by $2,234,000 or 259% from the 2nd quarter,
1998. |
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| DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC. – Nitro, WV
Subsidiary of American Media,
Inc., Responsible for sales, marketing, and distribution of major
titled magazines. |
| Sales
Representative & Area Merchandising Manager,
Oct. 1997 – Jan. 1999
Sales, marketing, and distribution
of 60 major titles of magazines (National Enquirer, Star, Woman’s
Day, Family Circle, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, US, etc) for WV, OH,
KY, and VA (App. 3,100 retail locations) representing approximately
$6,300,000 in annual sales, Monitored Top 35 nationally ranked wholesaler
for the compliance of all titles, Merchandising of all titles, Supervised
publisher resets for all major retail locations, Regional computer
technical support, Management of 9 Full-time Supervisors and 76 Part-time
Product Merchandisers (N.C. & S.C.), Collected digital mapping
data (Destination Marketing) for the Retail industry.
Key Accomplishments:
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Designed/implemented a
user-friendly, regional/local database in Lotus Approach that went
on to become a model for the entire company’s (DSI) database
of vendors, number of pocket spaces, minute details, etc.
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Implemented marketing strategy concerning one of the
publications (Pillsbury Classic Cookbooks - $1,000,000 Cookoff edition)
that was under my regional direction and came in 5th place
internationally/corporately, after only 4 months tenure with the company.
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Promoted to Area Merchandising Manager of 2nd
largest region in the country, after only 7 months tenure with the
company. |
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| MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES – Charleston, WV
Permanent and temporary
help specialist that match client’s needs to individuals seeking
employment. |
| Executive/Marketing
Assistant, Jun. 1996 – Oct.
1997
Planning & design for all
advertising, promotional items, etc., Assistant to C.E.O. & Marketing
Director, All corporate office duties including, but not limited to:
compiled franchise (11 regional offices) sales data for quarterly
market status report, event coordinator, monitored national account
information, developed business contacts to enhance company’s
community image, Independent Contractor for Office/Technical contracts.
Key Accomplishments:
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Designed/implemented a
user-friendly, spreadsheet database that collected information from
all reports made from field calls of Employment Specialists, that
detailed quota/sales information for upper management. This was utilized
and then approved upon to provide immediate data of performance. |
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| TRI STATE GAMING CENTER – Cross Lanes, WV
Entertainment center for
greyhound and televised horse racing, along with the latest in technological
video gaming. |
| Assistant
& Interim Marketing Director,
Sep. 1995 – Jun. 1996
Planning & design for all
advertising, promotional items, etc. (in-house promotions and programs),
Market research, Selection of targeted regional medium to increase
the company’s exposure, Public relations, Accounts receivable
& accounts payable.
Key Accomplishments:
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Instrumental in creating
a public relations campaign that saved the lives of many retired greyhound
dogs after their career had expired. |
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| WVSR-SUPER 102 RADIO/WQBE 97.5 RADIO – Charleston, WV
Top 40 and Country formatted commercial
radio stations that provide on-air advertising. |
| Producer,
On-Air Personality, & Promotions Director,
Aug. 1991 – Feb. 1996
Producer of top rated morning
show (Bob & Josh), Setup of sensitive audio equipment (MARTI transmitters
and OMNI/YAGGI antennas), Setup of station identifiers and remote
prizes, Market research, Public relations.
Key Accomplishments:
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Assisted Program Director
in selecting the newest music and therefore winning an international
radio music selection contest.
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Developing a streamlined way of transmission from remote
locations, utilizing sophisticated equipment. |
| ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION |
| Computer
Technologies: Advanced Windows (’95, ’98, ME, NT/2000,
XP, & XP Pro), UNIX (SCO OSR 5.0.5 – Systems Administrator),
XENIX, FOX PRO. LAN/Intranets, TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, Hubs, Routers,
Switches; PC Advanced: Internal Components - motherboards, processors, controllers,
tape/disk drives, etc.) Internet Development: (Macromedia)
Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX. Office Suites
- Microsoft: Microsoft Office (Every Version): Word, Excel, Access,
Power Point, FrontPage, & Outlook. Lotus: Lotus Notes, Lotus Smart
Suite (Every Version): Word Pro, 1-2-3, & Approach. Graphics:
Corel Draw, Corel Photo Paint, Corel Dream 3D, Corel Texture, Adobe
PhotoShop, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photo Deluxe, Adobe Premiere, Adobe
Acrobat, & Visio Technical SGI. General: Availability
to learn any computer related program in a very efficient & productive
manner. |
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Package & References Available Per Request
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