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Christopher Melle

Christopher Melle

New York, NY, US

 

About 

I have experience responding to RFPs (RFIs, RFXs) in the Facility Services Industry (Commercial - Class A, Manufacturing, Industrial and Residential & Educational Facilities) and supporting the sales & marketing process via creation of collateral marketing materials and presentation design. Upon request I can forward PDF samples of my work. Additionally, some of my work can be seen at www.temcoservices.com.

 

Employment 

Temco Service Industries, Inc, New York, NY, US, Proposal Coordinator/Graphic Designer

• Proposals: Created proposal responses for new bids and incumbent contracts including:
o Review of RFP (RFI, RFX) and requirements
o Coordination of departments across the company to produce said requirements including: HR, Operations, Quality Assurance, Safety & Training, Pricing, Executive Summary, etc.
o Creation of response (usually MS Word) – including proofing, printing, binding and shipping.
o Maintenance of the Marketing and Sales Database
• Graphic Design including:
o Proposal/company branding; in coordination with the Director and Senior VP of Marketing, created template and one-time use graphic and proposal elements
o Creation of collateral marketing material including bi-folds, tri-folds, annual reports, bound summaries, manuals, posters, newsletters, table tents, magnets, etc.
o Creation of logos (for subsidiaries) and in-house signage
o Creation of forms, spreadsheets, letterhead and templates for all departments to reflect the Temco brand
o Creation of print and charitable ads
o Presentation (MS PowerPoint) creation for successful bids and other opportunities, including design and creation of all template elements, one-time use graphics and the slide-master
o Printed/bound all materials in-house
• Production: Maintenance of the Marketing office and materials including:
o Ordering supplies used in the production of proposals and interacting with vendors (spiral binding, paper, recycled binders, laminate/poly covers, general office/shipping supplies)
o Maintenance of color printing machines binding equipment (basic cleaning/troubleshooting and re-supply of toner, ink jet, transfer units)

Jun 2006 - May 2011
 

Education 

SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, US, Bachelors, Political Science

Sep 1994 - May 1999
 

Areas of Specialization