Jeanne Kennedy

Offer marketing consultation, graphic design, technical writing, illustration, copy writing, market research, web design and marketing, media buying and public relations services to a wide range of clients. Excel at start-up businesses and taking existing businesses to the next level. Long-term clients include Halo Branded Solutions, Illinois; Promotional Concepts, Iowa; Grapevine Designs, Kansas; NPN 360°, Illinois; Partners n Promotions, Kansas; and Scoby Brothers, Kansas. I design and copy write flyers, brochures, catalogs, advertisements and sales emails as well as Powerpoint displays, banners, calendars and all sorts of branded apparel and merchandise. I also provide proof reading and editing services. I work with advertising agency teams and individual sales associates.

A contract labor, I provided graphic design, layout and production for direct mail projects in the mortgage industry.

As contract labor, I produced promotional ads, brochures and posters for the newspaper. This was a fast-paced environment when the newspaper was still only printed on paper.

Writing, editing, layout, ad sales and production for a franchise restaurant trade magazine. I was publisher and franchisee for this new publication. It was my responsibility to research up-and-coming restaurants and chefs to highlight in the magazine, hire and manage a team of contributors and write many of the articles. I provided art direction for the photographer, laid out the publication, typeset and produced the ads that I sold. This was a monthly publication under strict guidelines set by the franchise.

As contract labor, I wrote and edited architectural proposals. Also provided graphic design for presentation materials including in Powerpoint as well as on boards.

Coordinated and instituted marketing strategies for seven separate restaurants, including several new startup restaurants owned by a group. Provided logo design, menu design and writing, ads, table tents, signage, event planning, etc. Group of restaurants became clients.

As contract labor I provided account management, copywriting and graphic design to clients such as Citicorp credit cards, Love Management (real estate), and General American Life Insurance. There is a tremendous advantage to meeting one-on-one with clients, hear their challenges and goals, then being able to construct a marketing plan and execute every detail of it from start to finish. Projects were completed successfully in a fraction of the time it would take to have separate teams working on the accounts.