Bart Haynie: in Los Angeles, CA

General Manager In charge of boosting sales in restaurant and catering. Raised sales by 10 percent in first month using social media and email campaigns. In charge of staffing.

Client Liaison and Sales Responsible for providing stellar customer service by communicating with clients and vendors to efficiently coordinate orders and provide meals that met their expectations. Lead in sales my a more than 50% margin in my time with the company.

Meet clients to discuss their advertising needs; Work with account planners to devise a campaign that meets the client's brief and budget; Present campaign ideas and costs to clients; Brief creative team who will produce the ads; Negotiate with clients, solving any problems and making sure deadlines are met; Keep in contact with the client at all stages of the campaign; Manage the account's budget and invoice the client; make sales pitches to win new business.

Prospect and secure new clients; customize insurance plans covering wide range of risks; analyze and update current policyholder plans; and confer with clients regarding claims.

Directed internal and external communications strategy, marketing and public relations initiatives and activities for 600+ member state agency, hired and managed eight direct reports, produced weekly employee newsletter plus bimonthly newsletter to inform legislators, Constitutional officers, cabinet members and clients of agency accomplishments, liaised with local and national print and broadcast press, served as agency spokesperson and press secretary. Achievements: • Spearheaded public relations rollout resulting in 90 percent increase in at-risk students applying for federal student aid in Arkansas' most economically disadvantaged counties. • Directed public relations drive resulting in $36M rehabilitation of agency's residential and workforce rehabilitation facility; enrollment in new facility increased by 40 percent, facility placed on National Registry of Historic Places. • Wrote white paper for Governor and Legislature, which successfully increased agency budget, previously stagnant for past decade. • Launched communications platform for newly formed Governor's Workforce Cabinet, established to broadly promote workforce training opportunities and employment options. • Key player in establishing brand recognition for state agency. • Redesigned and re-launched agency website.

Recruited, supervised and directed public relations and social media team, managed strategic development, account planning, revenue growth, work quality and client relations; maintained top-level client contact, represented party through affiliation with non-profit/civic organizations and professional associations. Achievements: • Coordinated highly successful communications campaign resulting in one of the largest statewide Democratic Party victories capturing seven Constitutional offices and increasing the total number of seats in the state House of Representatives and Senate. • Served as media liaison and spokesperson for entire statewide Democratic Party plus 195+ candidates; created and distributed weekly newsletter; served as photographer and videographer, created compelling content. • Organized weeklong statewide promotional tour of legislators to promote Democratic legislative package; assisted in organization of party's largest grossing one-night fundraiser. • Created communications network among party supporters for fundraising, get-out- the-vote, policy support and information sharing and gathering purposes. • Established fundraising efforts that broke state records for cash-on-hand in party history. • Accounted for election of largest Democratic majority in Arkansas state legislature, including 100 percent representation among state's seven Constitutional offices and five of six Democrats among state's Congressional delegation. • Rebuilt party's website.

Specialized in coverage of state legislature, courts and education; anchored up to 5 local and statewide broadcasts each hour, developed expertise on domestic issues. Achievements: • Honored with Associated Press First Place awards for excellence in broadcast reporting three years in a row. • Achieved First Place for non-spot news from Arkansas Society for Professional Journalists. • Served as state legislative correspondent for 70 stations on Arkansas Radio Network. • Worked as state and local correspondent for ABC Radio News Network, broadcasting to 2,000+ stations; also served as correspondent for overseas radio networks. • Chosen to serve as Interim News Director for seven months.

Coordinated all fundraising and sales efforts including four annual, two-week pledge drives, wrote ads produced on air public service announcements and advertising and promotional messaging, managed team of four full time staff members and 75 on-air volunteers. Achievements: • Increased pledge drive revenue by 65%. • Initiated capital campaigns, initial campaign raised $25K, amount increased year over year. • Organized station's largest ever one night fundraiser, tripling funds raised by previous event. • Following two natural disasters that disabled station broadcasting for extended periods of time, coordinated rapid media and fundraising campaigns to return station to air in less than half expected time, likely saving station's existence. • Served as station General Manager for 15 months.