Ernest Grimm

Background

About Ernest Grimm

EXPERT COMMUNICATOR: Effective face-to-face, phone, and written communications. I thoroughly interview clients to understand their needs and expectations. PROJECT ORIENTED: Nearly three decades of experience pushing projects from conception to completion — top quality work delivered on time, under budget. EXPERIENCED LEADER: Sixteen years of managing teams across multiple disciplines from journalism to music to construction, in remote and office settings. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Project Management: • Successfully managed millions of dollars worth of data network, CCTV, audio/visual, and security integration installations over two years. • Created productive relationships with clients’ project managers through accurate communication adapted to each one’s preferred frequency. • Consistently exceeded customers’ requirements while maintaining profitability. Sales: • Top third of the sales team with a 35% closing rate. • Mastered and delivered hundreds of 90-minute technical sales presentations. Journalism: • Managed two dozen writers, editors, and designers in a deadline-heavy environment for the largest alternative newsweekly in America. • Maintained the paper’s profitability and journalistic standards in the face of market challenges which put many similar publications out of business. •Performed hundreds of in-person and phone interviews of story subjects.