Justin Higer – Copywriter/Marketing Coordinator
justin.higer@gmail.com
(219) 309-7785
Education
Purdue University
B.A, Communication (Advertising)
1999 – 2003
Activities and Societies: Symphonic Band, Purdue Student Union Board, Gold and Black Sound (Women’s basketball team pep band)
Experience (The Character Building Stuff)
Marketing Coordinator, M.E. Simpson Co., Inc
April 2005 – Present (7 years 9 months)
A $4M company with 60 employees specialized in providing water service technology (fire hydrant testing, water meter testing and repair, etc) for water and sewer utilities
• Responsible for final accuracy review and reporting of data and production of proposals and work bids
• Maintained databases of technical services performed for up to 400 water service companies nationwide
• Compiled and updated all proposals between $5K to $200K sent to various water utilities to explain scopes of work and costs of specific services in order to gain new clients and retain valued clients
• Responsible for marketing the company’s services to include assisting in the creation of marketing materials
• Responsible for company website re-design and content
• Compiled over 200 water utility reports explaining results of services and test programs
• Assisted in daily office functions to ensure excellent customer service and client satisfaction
• Implemented new changes in the way proposals are created which decreased the time spent gathering and using information for reports and proposals
Administrator, Purdue University
January 2004 – May 2004 (5 months)
The second largest student campus organization with 200 student members and 4 employees
Assisted the University Program Department Director and Adviser in events, scheduling, creating reports and with general office work
Supervised diverse groups of 200 students, cash deposits, and maintained records of weekly feature films
Maintained student database of contact information of 500 current and past student volunteers
Acted as the liaison between entertainment agencies, advisers and students, creating relationships between programmers and students, assessing which programs fit within budgets, and maintaining productive communication between students, advisers, and agents
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