Robert Carpenter

19 Forbes Terrace, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 422-4355 Phone
(412) 422-4010 Fax
bobcarp@angstrom.net

Objective

Gain full-time employment with a Pittsburgh-based company in sales/marketing for multimedia and web development.

Experience

Account Executive & New Business Development

Developed and maintained customer base for desktop publishing, web design and multimedia training in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Responsible for sales, billing, and scheduling classroom and onsite/custom training. Instrumental in developing web design/development partnerships with a prominent local advertising agency and training partnerships with a internationally-recognized foundation.

Hardware Sales Representative

Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals (average sales since May opening: $140,000/month) in a high-volume retail environment. Other responsibilities included value-added merchandising, sales-promotions, customer support.

Regional Advertising Manager - Pittsburgh ComputerUser

Hired to start a regional monthly computer news monthly in the Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area (circ: 37,500/month). Responsible for local and regional advertising sales, circulation/distribution, collection, promotions & trade shows, layout, copywriting.

Account Executive - In Pittsburgh Newsweekly

Responsible for maintaining client base, upselling current clients, soliciting new accounts, copy/layout, collections, Internet advertising and web site development for a 55,000 circulation newsweekly. First In Pittsburgh Newsweekly AE to close an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies national advertising buy.

Director of Marketing/Founder

Marketed CAD and GIS digitization services to Pittsburgh-Area architectural and engineering firms utilizing offshore software services. Interest in company sold to partner 10/95.

Education

BA Communications

Areas of study included mass communication, psychology, mediated message design and filmmaking. Independent Study Thesis ÒThe Music Listening And Buying Habits of College Students - A Demographic and Psychographic SurveyÓ completed April 1991. Theater Scholarship 1987-1991. Served as Music & Promotions Director, WCWS-FM, a 3,000 watt community station serving Wooster and Northeast Ohio 1989-91. High School: Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, PA / American School In London, London, England.

Other Skills

Web Design & Project Planning

Experienced in web site design/development from conception to completion. Solid working knowledge of HTML, Adobe Photoshop & Dreamweaver. Able to work with Mac and PC platforms. Also proficient in QuarkXPress, Adobe Pagemaker and Microsoft Office.

Humor Writing & Performance

Currently producing a bi-weekly column for CitySounds, a local music and art online magazine. and have written and performed various works in the Pittsburgh area.