cindy dittfield

author

About

www.cindydittfield.com Professionally speaking...Author of the Lenny & Puppy Adventurous Alpacas Series of illustrated children's books. Award winning photographer, accomplished blogger, copywriter, free-lance author. Award-winning, energetic sales and marketing professional with demonstrated success working with diverse accounts and business models. Highly recognized and awarded for distinguished contributions to organizations. Result/solution oriented, effective communicator and presenter. Able to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers. Possess a high level of discipline and integrity. Personally speaking...Before I began freelancing, I worked in corporate America for over 35 years. I'm compassionate and a great problem solver...ask anyone. Reflection is my greatest personal asset. I possess the ability to put people at ease and am quick to offer my help whenever possible. I'm an out-loud thinker. I live in Virginia with my husband Michael.

Country

united states

City

heathsville

Industry

writing and editing

Skill

marketing, social media marketing, leadership, copywriting, management, marketing strategy, blogging, social media, sales, market planning, business development, account management, b2b, product marketing, sales management, creative writing, sales operations, photography, budgets, strategic partnerships, trade shows, competitive analysis, marketing communications, advertising, sales and marketing leadership, online marketing, marketing management, email marketing, social networking, brand development, office management, strategic planning, newsletters, brand management, market research, product launch, fundraising, public relations, e commerce, direct marketing, retail, crm, forecasting, business planning, program management, digital marketing, multi channel marketing, integrated marketing, online advertising, writing

Experience

author

social media marketing specialist

fast forward inc.

2012-6 - 2016-6 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Marketing analysis, blogging, social media guru.

sales

levolor lorentzen

1978-6 - 1987-12 · 9 yrs 7 mos

recruiter, manager

hipp waters associates

1987-12 - 1991-1 · 3 yrs 2 mos

marketing director

the rehabilitation specialists

2009-8 - 2011-11 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Managed the creation and implementation of the annual marketing plan focusing on business growth and client retention along with the development and administration of the annual marketing budget including monitoring and reporting. Developed business to business relationships with potential referring medical practices, hospitals, schools, unions and other pertinent medical and business entities. Created and monitored corporate marketing and branding campaign for uniformity in all communications and materials. Identified and attended conferences, meetings and in-services that aligned with targets in the annual marketing plan. Coordinated newsletter including writing, photography, contributions from staff, layout and design, printing and distribution. Created updated design, layout and content for company website.

sales manager

sony electronics

1991-7 - 2009-6 · 18 yrs

Maintained steady growth in the consumer electronic product sales totoallying $250 million to various channels of distribution including buying groups distributors/wholesalers, traditional and non-traditional customers. Identified opportunities to streamline business and systems. Designed on-line prospect system and marketing sales news system for Sony. Created solution to address buying group need resulting in double digit growth each year. Managed sales teams of 5-10 individuals, mentored junior managers and supported director with daily council on team strategies. Played integral part in Diversity Candidate program. Mentoring resulted in multiple promotions and past team members are company leaders. Handled all financial operations pertaining to the region including markting development funds, travel and expense budgets and salary/bonus programs.