Melissa Yashuk
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Skills
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • CoStar
  • Brandcast
  • WordPress
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • HTML
  • Associated Press style
  • Constant Contact
  • Mac experience 
  • Hubspot
  • Marketing Cloud by Salesforce                    
Experience
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2015- Present
Colliers International Florida, LLC, Miami, FL

Brokerage, management, development and tenant services firm with a focus on the dynamic Florida commercial real estate market
Senior Marketing Coordinator
• Preparation and production of marketing materials to promote properties listed by Colliers brokers, including flyers, offering memorandum, tour books, broker opinion of values, email blasts, client updates, mailings, etc.
• Create customized proposal for property valued at $83 million
• Create custom maps of various geographical areas in Florida for multi-million dollar retail and land listings
• Write press releases for new listings and closed transactions
2014-2015
United HomeCare, Miami, FL

United HomeCare is a nonprofit home health and community care helping patients live at home independently
Communications Specialist
• Responsible for updating company website with events and changes
• Create, manage and update all social media platforms
• Write informational brochure for new projects
• Develop, design and execute ads to be featured in service award brochures
• Develop, design, write and execute monthly newsletter and timely informational blasts to be sent to employees
• Draft press releases for distribution to local media
• Photograph staff events along with photos of clients when needed
• Design, write and create email blasts to be sent to donors, community members and volunteers

​2014
Transwestern Commercial Services, Miami, FL

Agency leasing, tenant advisory, capital markets and management services firm focusing on commercial real estate
Marketing Coordinator
• Responsible for the comprehensive preparation of proposal, presentation, marketing and communication materials, from the start of a project and to completion, including submission into production
• Recommend and implement strategies to achieve marketing goals in support of agency leasing, investment sales, tenant advisory and property/construction management teams
• Draft press releases for distribution to trade pubs and maintain press release distribution/media lists as needed
• Create and design brochures for commercial real estate properties
• Create email blasts to be sent to clients
• Using Adobe Illustrator, create detailed maps of Florida roads and properties
• Write personal biographies for new employees and update files when needed for other employees

 2012-2014
The Geo Group, Boca Raton, FL
Leading provider of correctional and detention management and community reentry services to federal, state, and local government agencies
Proposal Coordinator and Writer
• Write proposals and respond to RFPs
• Edit and design files
• Design covers for projects
• Edit and update brochures
• Manage the development of proposals that secured proposal projects valued at more than $2 million
• Work with large scale printer to product high volume proposals, brochures, and marketing materials

2003-2012
Treasure Coast Newspapers - Stuart, Fla.
Serves residents in five counties and is owned by The Gannett Company (formerly E.W. Scripps with a combined circulation of 100,000
Copy Editor and a Lead Designer for the Copy Desk
• Designed front page, local fronts and wire pages using InDesign
• Designed the promos for A1
• Created HTML and posted stories to TCPalm.com
• Edit and update website ​

2011-2015
Friends in Pink, Stuart, Fla.
Provides financial support to individuals who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and who are uninsured or under-insured
Publicity, Webmaster and Communications Coordinator (Freelance)
• Managed social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter and created an Instagram account
• Design monthly newsletter
• Responsible for photography at events
• Work with public relations team regarding donations, volunteers
• Write features on volunteers
• Edit and update website using WordPress


2012-2013
Breast Health Coalition of Martin and St. Lucie Counties in Floria
Provides breast health resources for patients in Martin and St. Lucie counties
Online Editor: breasthealthcoalition.org (Freelance)
• Propose redesign of website with organization and implement a new design
• Create ideas and offer plans for updates
• Develop organization branding strategy including design of logo and website header
• Redesign website using WordPress and HTML and coordinate with board on updating and adding information to new website
2001-2003
Pensacola NewsJournal - Pensacola, Fla.
A daily morning newspaper serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and owned by the Gannett Company
Copy Editor, Page Designer and Clerk
• Designed pages and edited copy
• Wrote headlines
• Wrote feature stories for the Weekender section
• Wrote reviews of restaurants
Education
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FLa.
Bachelor's degree in communications with a specialization in journalism

 Awards, Distinctions and Memberships
• AIGA
• ​Alpha Gamma Delta
• Toast of the Coast In-House Competition: Headline and design categories 
• Top 10 page design on Newseum.org: Oct. 18, 2011 

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