Kim Northrop 2538 Wood St. Sarasota, Florida 34237

info@kimnorthrop.com  941/953-7791

 

Qualifications and Skills:

 

·         Marketing and Public Relations. Six years of professional marketing and public relations experience in professional positions, assisting with public relations for several local non-profit organizations on a volunteer basis, and contracted non-profit event management.

 

·         Corporate, non-profit and government background. Experienced facilitator working with corporate committees, government entities, and as an executive director. As a board member, reorganized and re-established Monroe Council of the Arts as a government-funded agency, built public support and community relationships, and re-established funding.

 

·         Management. Managed up to fifteen telecommuting employees across North America, implemented strategy in coordination with other departments, responsible for $2 million P&L, and managed vendors and sub-contractors.

 

·         Fundraising. have provided grant-writing services to a variety of non-profit organizations for over ten years. Funders included foundations, local and state government, and corporate sponsorships.

 

 

Experience

 

November 2002 to present            Freelance Consulting Work, Sarasota, FL

·         Robertson Consulting. Grantwriting, research reports, document design.

·         Search engine marketing, Grafix Softtech, HRC LLC

·         Various clients, web design, business consulting, web marketing, seminar writing.  Please visit my client portfolio at www.kimnorthropconsulting.com

 

March 2002-October 2002  VP Customer Care. MariSafe, Sarasota, FL

·      Develop and manage customer care process and customer care experience via primary distribution channel of website.

·      Develop and manage customer acquisition and customer retention programs.

 

August 2001-Dec 2001*  VP Corporate Development. V3 Networks, Inc. Philadelphia, PA

·                  Optimize revenue and develop new partnerships for web products

·                  Product and project management.

 

*4th acquisition of original company. Retained and promoted each time. V3 Networks acquired the Women.com games division in August of 2001.

 

Dec 1999-August 2001  Sr. Director Games. Women.com Networks, San Mateo, CA

Product manager/business owner for three games sites generating 100+ million impressions monthly with an annual budget of $1.7 million.

·                  15 direct reports

·      4 major programming initiatives and 100 scheduled events monthly.

·                  350,000 subscribers

·      Develop and manage private label, affiliate and barter relationships

·                  Manage $100,000+ in prize fulfillment monthly

·      Develop, coordinate and support network promotions with Sales, Marketing and Membership

·      Develop and implement customer acquisition and retention programs.

·                  Develop and manage to P&L.

 

Women.com acquired World Gaming Corporation Dec 1999.

 

 

 

Jan 1999-Dec 1999   Director Corporate Development. World Gaming Corporation Philadelphia, PA

Develop and manage all aspects of revenue generating products including:

·      Creation and marketing of three games sites generating 80,000,000 impressions monthly

·      Development of customer service, financial and operational infrastructure

·                  Development of programming, marketing and advertiser relationships

·                  Web site development and management

·                  Business development for products

 

World Gaming Corporation acquired MPGN Jan 1999.

 

June 1997-Jan 1999  Marketing Research/Technical and Marketing Writer. Multi-Player Games Network (MPGN), Key West, FL

                                               Generate company marketing, technical and corporate presentation materials.

 

·         Business development and proposals resulted in MPGN/AT&T GameHub relationship and acquisition by Interactive Entertainment in Dec 1998.

 

June 1995-June 1997            Head of Sysop Management, Game Manual Writer. MPGN.

·         Write game documentation, develop and manage customer service.

 

June 1992-1995            Executive Director, Cultural Preservation Society, Key West, FL

·         Manage not-for-profit corporation, with a budget of $1,000,000 yearly.

·         Interface with local government, manage nightly Sunset Celebration, special event promotion as necessary.

 

 

Education

1981-1982                 United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

1987                                  BFA Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

1990                                  MFA Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

 

 

References Available Upon Request