Joseph Berry
Educational Experience
University of Georgia Athens, GA
Degree: BA
Major: Archaeology/Geology
Professional Experience
Marketing Manager The Sanborn Map Company
October 2001 - November 2001 Pelham, NY
Responsible for the management of marketing and public relations efforts and for assistance with proposal development functions. Supervised a senior marketing and public relations coordinator.
Proposal Management
Acted as consultant for advanced proposal development projects. Coordinated with existing proposal staff to facilitate team building, and to strengthen proposal image, presentation and content. Lead proposal writer on key projects identified as strategic initiatives such as state-wide projects or open ended professional services agreements.
Public Relations
Enhanced the public image of the company through advertising, coordination with media outlets through media contacts and press releases.
Print media marketing
Developed a pocket folder with inserts, stationery, trade-show posters, and related marketing material.
Web media marketing
Project manager for company web site redesign
Wrote all content and managed the information architecture for the redesigned site.
Corporate identity
Responsible for the development of corporate identity for newly acquired corporate locations.
Trade shows
Customized booth presentation materials for individual trade shows to target specific industries and to accommodate for regional differences.
Print buying
Print buyer for all major purchases. Identified and approved vendors, designated printing processes and mediums, responsibility for approving final proofs.
Senior Proposal Writer The Sanborn Map Company
May 1999 - October 2000 Pelham, NY
Had overall responsibility for all aspects of the proposal writing process. Worked independently as head of department. Served as liaison between sales and the production department. Oversaw a staff that included a proposal writer, administrative assistant and a graphic designer. Spearheaded a complete overhaul and redesign of the proposal writing system in order to improve efficiencies and leverage new developments in technologies.
Project coordination
Assessed and classified all incoming requests for proposals. Determined the scope of work of potential projects and ensured that all resources such as hardware, software and manpower necessary for the completion of the project were available. Projects ranged in scope from data conversion, applications development, database design, 3D-GIS to web-based mapping.
Project estimation
Detailed all project costs. Determined materials and man-hours required. Coordinated cost estimates with international subcontractors.
Technical writing
Wrote all technical content for proposals. Clearly detailed all project steps and mapping tasks necessary to bring the project from initiation to completion.
Marketing and Graphic design
Created all new marketing content and associated design for proposals and other business communication. Instituted a complete overhaul of the existing proposal design and marketing content.
Technical sales support
Responsible for sales calls and meetings with nationwide municipal clients to address questions regarding project specifications, schedules and costs.
Project manager University of Georgia, Office of Information
February 1998-May 1999 Athens, GA
Oversaw day–to-day operations of a statewide base mapping project that
produced digital maps for the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Supervised and trained 15-member staff.
Other Information
General skills:
Marketing
Proposal Development
Communications
Public Relations
Project Management
Print Production
Graphic Design/Desktop Publishing
Computer Skills:
IBM, Windows 95/98/NT, DOS, UNIX, relational databases, Arc/Info (command line arc, arcedit and arcplot), AML, ArcView (ESRI Certified), Avenue (ESRI Certified), Idrisi, Microsoft Office (Certificate in Advanced MS Word), PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Project, strong Internet skills
Core GIS Competencies:
Needs assessment and implementation planning, aerial photography, airborne GPS, planimetric mapping, topographic mapping, digital orthophotography, LIDAR, digital elevation modeling, digital terrain modeling, data conversion, heads-up digitizing, best fit georeferencing, photorectification, tax parcel and utility mapping, hydrography and transportation mapping, DLG-F interface
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