Emily Franz

  • Digital Marketing Associate
  • Woodstock, IL, USA
  • Aug 18, 2024
Full time Admin-Clerical Communications Customer Service Internet/Social Media Marketing Publishing / Journalism

Personal Summary

I am a wife and mom of five young boys living in the outer suburbs of Chicagoland. I have been freelancing as a Virtual Assistant and Sales Funnel Strategist since 2018. This has afforded mes steady work and a wonderful creative outlet while growing my family and raising my kids at home. I am aiming now to further my career and find the right remote role with a company that shares my family values.

With a background in digital marketing, I am to find a marketing role within a company. I am flexible with my scheduling, including evenings and weekends. I would ideally love to find work with a flexible employer that understands that I will need to be available to my children for school drop off and pickup. A bonus would be finding a company that likes to hire from within so I can dig my heels in, gain experience and seek to move up with improved expertise and time. 

Work Experience

Virtual Assistant
Apr 2018 - Present Freelancer

I worked as a freelance virtual assistant helping clients to maintain current SOP within their 
businesses as well as consulting on digital marketing and managing social media, sales funnel 
software, and email marketing platforms.


• Managed funnel software such as Clickfunnels and Kartra for clients adapting, optimizing or 
building any pages, products or marketing campaigns as requested.
• Created products (digital and physical) with fulfllment sequences inside of funnel software for 
clients as needed
• Wrote and created email marketing sequences for clients to send to their lists on a daily basis 
as well as building sequences for to build engagement around individual products or services
• Managed mailing lists for clients who send physical marketing mailers in addition to drafting 
marketing materials, printing, preparing and mailing material on schedule.

Sales Funnel Strategist
Apr 2018 - Present Freelancer

I built my own business from scratch providing sales funnel consulting. strategy and design. I 
designed high performing sales funnels and custom funnel ecosystems based on client business 
goals. I also created A/B split testing campaigns to ensure customer satisfaction and overall 
conversion optimization.


• Consulted clients on value ladders and marketing goals to create custom sales funnels using 
softwares such as: Clickfunnels, Kartra, High Level, System.io amoung others
• Integrated sales funnels to customer CRMs to execute targeted email marketing initiatives and 
grow customer lists and expand lead generation
• For some clients I created sales funnel systems inside of website softwares and integrated tools 
(ie SquareSpace and Wix)
• I redesign and upgrade existing customer sales funnels to make sure they are capturing more 
leads, generating more proft and delivering brand aesthetics more efectively.

Sales Assistant
Sep 2015 - Mar 2017 Keais Record Retrieval

I acted as a liaison between Account Management and Sales teams supporting business growth with data handling, database optimization, CRM management, and custom reporting.


• Streamlined communication between account managers and sales team
• Created and interpreted monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales reports
• Maintained Keais customer accounts including projects and customer relations objectives via 
ZenDesk
• Completed special projects as needed in a time sensitive manner

Marketing Assistant
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015 Manna Scrip Company

As the marketing assistant for the Manna Scrip Company based in Palatine, IL my main role was the assist the branch manager and head of marketing with creating marketing material to be distributed online and at in-person events for vendors and clients. I additionally supported other departments 
as needed.


• Filling physical orders of gift cards and tracking in stock inventory.
• Ordering inventory from our supplier as directed.
• Driving orders for drop of at Catholic schools all over the Chicagoland area.
• Assisting with running tables and setup/breakdown for in-person events.

Account Manager
Jul 2013 - Jul 2014 Newcourse Communications

As an Account Manager at Newcourse Communications, I managed 20-25 client accounts. I managed both high volume automated inserting as well as manual inserting for jobs that require fast turnaround. I also worked with our clients designing banking and mailing products with a team of programmers.


• Custom design and creative services for banking and tax statements as well as marketing 
mailing products.
• Postal management and overseeing automated and manual mailing
• Provided pricing for volume discounts for clients
• Worked with programmers to create Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment (EBPP) solutions 
per client needs
• Custom Client Reports were created and shared on a quarterly basis as well as client meetings 
conducted monthly to update clients on their accounts.

Education

B.A. in English Literature
Aug 2009 - Dec 2011 Arizona State University
A.A. in General Studies
Aug 2007 - May 2009 Harper College

Endorsements

Certifications

Digital Marketing and E-commerce Certifcation, Google 
July 2024 — July 2024


Sales Funnel Design & Ofer Creation Certifcation, Fulltime Funnel Designer
January 2024 — March 2024


SEO Certifcation Course, HubSpot
July 2024 — July 2024


Health Coach and Nutrition Certifcation, ISSA
February 2024 — April 2024