Susie Sharp

Advise good people and companies on social media. Manage fan pages with engaging content. Connect people who want social media with people who have the skills and create synergistic relationships. Help people establish an online presence on LInkedIn, Facebook, Google, etc. Know someone who doesn't know where to start? I can help. 

Small commercial architectural firm which does tenant buildouts, white boxes, shopping malls, Hooters, Dairy Queens, Subways, Paninis, catering facilities, restaurants, nail salons, tanning salons, etc. Firm is licensed in 17 states and has been in business for more than  25 years.

Client presentations and event planning for technical seminars.  Managed marketing, communications, production and client relations for my family's 4th generation reprographics company. Wearer of All Hats.

Responsible for business development, marketing, technical personnel management and sales training for division. Hired to revitalize and expand an underperforming mature division. Initially in charge of a 'mature' color electrostatic plotting bureau division. The division was expanded to include ancillary services in desktop publishing, scanning, digitizing and laser plotting. By instituting improvements in quality control, customer service, creating a technical help line, establishing lower-cost, higher-output options and adding new services, billings increased by 1600% in six months without incurring additional personnel costs:

• Solved quality and environmental control problems.
• Created marketing and advertising pieces, supported sales staff.
• Authored technical articles for trade magazines.
• Increased production capacity by adding supplemental equipment and services to provide a faster and more cost effective solution.
• Trained staff to provide excellence in customer service.
•  Established technical help line and supervised personnel.

Worked in multiple departments with progressing responsibilities. Designed, proposed, managed and marketed cutting edge laser plotting division. ROI achieved in 18 months, ahead of schedule. Divisional billings increased by 400% each year for four years running. Division held national record for the fastest ramp up during the same time period.

•  Managed/evaluated/specified/purchased capital equipment.
•  Designed department and environmental controls, oversaw construction.
•  Set procedures and designed production work flow.
•  Hired/trained/supervised personnel.
•  Composed marketing/advertising literature and newsletters.
•  Performed sales technical training and support.
•  Maintained division’s Novell network and computer systems.
•  Planned/executed promotional and educational events.

Managed commercial architectural firm that specialized in the Health Care industry. Quadrupled billings in a 5 year period. Uncovered and billed more than $250k in unbilled work through forensic accounting upon hire. Hired and trained support staff. Handed all A/R and A/P, health insurance and financials thru trial balance.  Managed personal finances for both partners.

Double-major in Business Administration and Economics, minor in Marketing.

Private preparatory school for girls.