Entrepreneur Fund at the broadband conference 2018
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1. CSM
Courtney Sehn
402.318.6329
sehn05@yahoo.com
4445 N. 1st Street
Lincoln, NE 68521
Skills:
•Project Management •Communications
•Strategy •Sales
•Adobe InDesign,Photoshop & Illustrator •Beginning level CSS and HTML
•Word,Excel,Power Point •Prezi
•Social media marketing •Mail Chimp e-mail marketing
•Google Drive •GoDaddy web design
•Layout and booklet design •Print & digital advertising design
Education:
Bachelor of Journalism from University of Nebraska -Lincoln in Advertising and Public Relations with an
emphasis in Graphic Design and English,May 2015
Dean’s List for College of Journalism and Mass Communications Spring 2015
Overall GPA 3.26
Experience:
Pixi Chix (Custom Designed Retail)
May 2013- Current
Marketing/Advertising Assistant & Wholesale Production Manager
Marketing/Advertising Assistant
•Created collateral and digital marketing materials including product catalog,promotional fliers and on-line
ads.
•Designed and maintained Pixi Chix website and on-line store.
•Designed current logo and product tags.
•Utilized social media by posting frequent marketing (promotions,deals,new shirt designs) to generate sales
and channel traffic to the website and store.
•Strategized marketing methods for distributing fliers and postcards.
•Promoted Pixi Chix brand and products at the State Fair,Lincoln Haymarket Farmer’s Market,Craftacular and
other similar events.
•Set up and promoted Shoptab (shop on Facebook) and Etsy.
•Managed email marketing through MailChimp,including building an email database of customers and
wholesale clients.
•Sent weekly email marketing,resulting in an average 37.1% open rate (retail average 17.8%).
•Worked with the team towards a sales goal for each week by strategizing techniques for reaching sales goals,
including brainstorming specials and targeting trends and opportunities for sales.
•Became top product designer,creating hundreds of designs,targeting trending customer interest and
opportunities for sales.
•Executed presentation and sales for traveling trunk shows hosted by clients.
2. CSM
Courtney Sehn
402.318.6329
sehn05@yahoo.com
4445 N. 1st Street
Lincoln, NE 68521
Wholesale Production Manager
•Maintained constant communication with wholesale sales representative concerning status of orders.
•Managed wholesale orders from receiving the purchase order to shipping completed orders.
•Trained new hires and managed production workers.
•Established a tracking system for orders using Google drive creating a more efficient system for checking and
processing orders.
•Ordered needed apparel and fabrics,processed purchase orders and shipped completed orders.
•Finalized sales and conducted follow up evaluations.
•Served as in-store wholesale and fundraising consultant and sales professional.
•Tracked and reported CLC royalties quarterly.
Freelance Design
May 2013- Current
•Designed logo for Time to Fly Designs,small business specializing in embroidery.2015.
•Designed Lincoln High School 20 year reunion website,www.lhslinks1995.com.2015.
•Designed Lincoln High School 5K Fun Run website.www.loveourlhslinks.com.2015.
•Designed informational brochure for Eddie Brown,motivational speaker.2013.
•Designed website for nature and hunting guide services,www.huntingtraditionoutfitting.com.2013.
Senior Capstone Project
January 2015- May 2015
Creative Director
•Created an integrated media campaign for the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center (JGMC) and Office of
Academic Success Inter-cultural Services (OASIS) that will be used on the University of Nebraska- Lincoln
campus in the 2015 school year.
•Conducted primary research and secondary research (client briefing,consumer surveys and interviews).
•Translated data received from research into strategized campaign with an objective to increase the
awareness of JGMC and OASIS brands.
•Executed strategized plan through management of creative team through the production of banner ads,
poster ads,video production,app design,art installation visualization and finally the design of the final booklet
that presented the campaign to the client.
References are available upon request.