Barbara Wright
Resume
Professional Experience
Blue Mountain Organics 12/2017 - 1/2019
New product research and development, including investigation of existing products and markets, recipe and nutritional data base development, and production strategies. Writing newsletter articles, marketing, including social media.
Product Development/Marketing Materials Writer
Trivedi Chemistry 6/2014 - 12/2017
Project Manager/Technical Assistant
Website design, troubleshooting software products and systems, voice recording/editing and publishing. Providing excellent customer service to a wide range of customers. Development of marketing and informational materials, including e-marketing and social media, development of online quiz bank with tailoring and training for users, office, shipping and accounts receivable management.
Bollo's Cafe & Bakery 9/2000 - 7/2016
Website Design, Developed new products (including line of gluten free bread and pastries, increasing sales on gluten free days by 30%). Managed catering/event planning (creating menus and materials, customer service and planning). Developed marketing and training materials. Social media marketing. Hired and trained over 40 pastry bakers.
Pastry Manager
Hillel at Virginia Tech 4/2006-12/2015
Web content and design, maintenance of large database of donors, donations, and contacts event planning, maintain financial records, fundraising development materials, research and development of funding/ donors, writing grant proposals and reports and creating marketing materials
Special Projects
Virginia Tech 10/2003-7/2008
Extension Technician
Event planning for all aspects of Mid-Atlantic regional conference. Developed educational components for programs and workshops. Created web content, researched, revised, wrote and edited Extension publications and reports, please see: https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/author/w/wright-barbara.resource.html. Co-wrote successful grant proposal for regional water quality volunteer training program.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Media Studies Concentration in Web Design and Communications
2014 Radford University, Radford VA