Heather L. Pillman

About Heather L. Pillman

Award-winning sales executive with 15+ years’ business development experience, utilizing marketing, event coordination, and communication to improve ROI for brands in publishing and instructional technology industries. Improves engagement via multifaceted training events, and articulate, compendious writing to develop marketing materials, manuals and RFPs.* Extremely organized executive using hands-on proposal writing, vendor management, and budget allocation to produce sales events and training workshops. Successfully produced events for up to 500 attendees in Western region, secured contracted venues, coordinated presenters as well as social media and innovative marketing strategies.* Savvy writer with freelance experience on online magazine, Writes grant applications for New Mexico Horse Rescue and notably completed a 35-page in depth application for New Mexico Horse Rescue to successfully gain accreditation status for the organization from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.* Accomplished travel-writer/tourism journalist generating pictures about distant places and foreign cultures with well-read travel featured/commended photos by Canon USA, The Dodo and Lisbon City Council. Has bilingual proficiency in English, French and Spanish Languages.Core CompetenciesProject Management • Event Marketing • Public Relations • Vendor Management • Content Development • Creative Thinking • Strategic Planning • Staff & Volunteer Training • Contingency Planning • Proposal Writing • Event Design • Strategic Meeting & Event planning • Social Media Marketing • Time Management • Networking • Communication • Organization • Stakeholder Management • Negotiation • Team Leadership • Public Relations • Budgets Allocation • Program Design • Risk Management • Photojournalism •Account Management • Adaptability • Technical Production • Speaker Engagement • Financial Management • Sales • Consulting • SaaS • Salesforce

Experience

1. Educational Sales Consultant

   Curriculum Associates

   Jan 2021 — Present · NM, US

   We were founded by a group of passionate educators with a mission to make classrooms better places. For more than 50 years we have held tight to that mission, ensuring every decision and tool we make supports the educators and students we serve. Our people-first commitment to service extends to our stakeholders at every level, from the passionate employees within our organization to the communities in which we operate• Serve as an expert on the company’s products, the issues faced by teachers in the classroom, and the latest educational trends at the local, state, and national level• Demonstrate effective territory management• Establish relationships with high-level school district leaders • Deliver key sales presentations• Demonstrate effective and successful working relationships with internal stakeholders to include sales, service, account management, and product development teams• Develop and implement sales plans & strategies to effectively utilize multiple resources• Communicate information such as product needs, market conditions, promotional activities, business opportunities, sales trends, and competition strategies/activities

Education

• The University of New Mexico

  MA, Education

  1997 — 1999

• The University of New Mexico

  BA, Modern Languages

  1992 — 1997

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MS, Education

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Publishing
• Curriculum Development
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Sales
• Project Planning
• Educational Leadership
• Content Management
• Consulting
• E-Learning
• Marketing
• K-12
• Content Development
• Educational Technology
• Workshop Facilitation
• Instructional Design
• Account Management
• Sales Presentations
• Adult Education
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Academic Publishing
• Research
• Strategy
• Training
• Curriculum Design
• Strategic Partnerships
• Process Improvement
• Non-Profits
• Presentation Skills
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Teaching
• Time Management
• Coaching
• Technical Writing
• Customer Service
• Teacher Training
• Staff Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership