CHRIS MAHAR6181 Lewis St. Madison, OH 44057

312.532.6477 : chris.mahar1@gmail.com

Motivated recent master’s graduate with experience in B2B sales, strategic brand planning, market research, copywriting and event management. Ready to dive in and increase the company’s bottom line in a creative marketing and research role requiring innovative thinking, imaginative construction and a strategic focus

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Marketing Consultant, Cleveland, OH & Brisbane, AU 5/09 - Present

Contracted by Studiothink marketing firm in Cleveland and APN News & Media in Brisbane for creative projects while pursuing Master’s of Business including: web content, brochures, newspaper ads online ads & direct response

Collaborated with the creative team to interpret and act on creative briefs and produce effective web and print B2B and B2C advertisements for audiences up to 1.5M for companies like Target and Quantas and many SMEs

SEM Productions, Cleveland, OH, 8/07 - 5/09

Account Executive

Corporate event planning company

Increased business by more than 10% over a 1-year period by growing the key Rite Aid account while winning the new National College Access Network account

Managed client communications, project development and execution, and event schedules and budgets for $1M+ health and beauty expos and corporate charity golf events for Rite Aid corporation

Formulated strategies to increase brand exposure and enhance the attendee experience for consumer events that attracted crowds of 100K+ and local media coverage

Employed new media tactics to create updated content and optimize website to top-five Google rankings in a

competitive market

Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Cleveland OH, 2/06 – 8/07 Account Executive

Lender specializing in home loans through mortgage brokers across U.S.

Grew sales from $250K/month to $6M/month over one year

Developed B2B partnerships with mortgage brokers and cultivated five clients with $1M+ in funding per month

Advanced customer relationships through weekly customer visits and represented client interests in internal company meetings

Drove strategic decisions for clients and grew client business by 20%+

EDUCATION

University of Queensland, School of Business, Brisbane, Australia, 12/10 Master’s of Business Marketing GPA: 6.1 / 7.0- Top 10% of Class

Led group that won best Strategic Marketing Plan

Placed 16th out of 754 groups in Capstone International Strategic Management Competition

12/16 courses purely focused on marketing

UQ Postgraduate Ambassador for Business, Economics and Law

Self-financed 90% of education through freelance work as a marketing consultant

Core Focus: Market & Consumer Research, Strategic Marketing Management, E-Marketing, B2B Marketing, Business Negotiation, Advanced Consumer Behavior, Entrepreneurial Marketing, International Marketing, etc.

Ohio University, School of Communications, Athens, OH, 06/05B.S. Event Management GPA: 3.1/4.0

Member of Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs

Self-financed 30% of education through on-site event work with SEM productions and a job at Walmart