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Email: cindy@cindylyndin.com

Management and Communications Professional

Expertise in internal/external communication strategies, event coordination, staff management, non-profit fundraising, business administration, marketing, and all facets of operations

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, comfortable with public presentation and networking, with a deep commitment to building customer and internal relations at a personal level

Professional Experience

Communications

  • Customer Relations development, improvement, management

  • Marketing plan creation, strategies and oversight, marketing materials creation (print and digital

  • design) and distribution, social media, website

  • Liaison with all independent contractors, professional unions, vendors, royalty houses

  • Contract negotiations and license management: in-house, domestic, and international

  • Community and business relationship cultivation/public relations

  • Production calendar coordination and supervision

Management

  • Hiring and supervision of administrative and adjunct staff; project supervision; event management;

  • general business and office management

  • Organizational restructuring

  • Strategic Plan and budget development

  • Facilities management, scheduling, rental contracts and supervision

  • Sales tracking & success metrics, reconciliations; subscription services

  • Event coordination/supervision and assisting with volunteer coordination

  • Book editing and proofing

  • Non-Profit Board Training

Work History

  • V.P. of Communications & Marketing, Visual Thinking Inc., Portland, OR 2013-2017

  • Administrative Director, Profile Theatre, Portland, OR 2007-2013

  • Consulting Operations Manager, CoHo Productions Ltd. Portland, OR 2006-2007

  • Executive Director, Portland Symphonic Choir, Portland, OR 2004-2005

                                              Under my leadership, the organization experienced a 33% increase in concert attendance,


                                                    a 34% increase in individual donations, and a 240% increase in foundational income.


  • Communications & Non-Profit Consulting, Achieving Better Communication, Portland. OR 2003-2007

                                 My work with the Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement earned formal recognition from Portland’s Mayor.


Education

                   B.A., University of Washington, Seattle

                   Mediation Training, Portland Community College

                   Mediation Training, Oregon Justice Department, Multnomah County Court

                                                              (Mediator with the Multnomah County Circuit Court for 4 1/2 years)

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