Alex Sumner Email & Phone Number

After my experience running a full time photography business and growing a passion for social media marketing, I joined Sewing Parts Online as a Marketing Coordinator. I quickly taught myself to sew so that I could teach others to sew online to grow their presence and build trust with their consumers. My knowledge for the psychology behind social media helped us to rapidly grow our following on all accounts.I strategically plan our content with both our audience and our company in mind: the audience gains a lot of value with tips and tutorials to enhance their sewing experience, and our company increases revenue as I strategically pick products we sell to demonstrate.I am very experienced with lighting and camera equipment as well as Adobe Premiere Pro to creatively edit videos. When our YouTube account was a major part of my role (since our social media team has dissolved to just me, it’s had to go on the back burner recently), I gained a deep understanding and even a talent for creating thumbnails, SEO-rich descriptions, and enticing titles. I also design graphics for our social media posts using Canva, cohosted our sewing-related podcast called Sew Inspired where we interviewed creative business owners in the sewing industry, and helped to run our live events via Streamyard during all of 2023 where we brought in educators to teach people niche skills in different sewing fields (quilting, dressmaking, etc) as well as gave away tens of thousands of dollars in giveaways. I spend much of my day researching branding, sales, and marketing, and also took an in-depth, 1:1 course with Chris Claflin to expand my skills in social media marketing.

Clarksville, Tn

I currently develop engaging behind-the-scenes backbone for Crystal Larsen, a very successful boudoir photographer in Clarksville, TN. I come into her studio once per week to film behind the scenes, face-to-face videos, and to also strategize her social media content to reach new audiences and connect with her current audience.Produce and publish reels and TikToks that resulted in an average view count increase of 2605%, bolstering her brand’s visibility and expanding her reach among target demographics., and I also manage her Facebook group of nearly 8,000 members (The Empowerment Club) where I create and share over 20 posts per week to keep her audience engaged with her. These posts include graphics made in Canva.TikTok example: https://www.tiktok.com/@crystal_larsen_studio/video/7414521059581562158Instagram example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_vZtSxRzk-/

Tennessee, United States

I have professionally run my photography business since January 2012 providing fine art portraiture for families and their children. Quality customer service is a priority of mine, and I always make sure to over-deliver with experience and quality of portraits. I offered a boutique-style experience where I got to know them before their sessions during a pre-consultation so that I could fully design their session from start to finish and completed their investment with physic wall art and albums. Part of my daily business activities was to keep up with social media by creating my personal/professional brand, researching marketing and sales strategies, organizing my business expenses, creatively strategizing future sessions, and refreshing my skills with Photoshop and Lightroom which has successfully allowed me to book high-paying sessions. In 2017 and 2022 I was also nominated into the top 5 photographers category of Best of Clarksville for business owners and have won numerous art exhibit awards locally at the Downtown Artist Co-op.

I have worked one on one with families to help build their Disney and Universal vacations! I provide both customer service and knowledge of the parks they are visiting to help make their vacations run as smoothly as possible. I directly work with customer service for my families as well as customize their vacations to suit their needs. I also have visited Disney World and Universal in 2021 and 2023 specifically for advertising on social media and creating engaging influencer-style content that was monitored by both parks.

I worked as a service clerk as well as a photo technician at Walgreens serving customers and helping them find products they needed, check out their items, and print their photos. I worked hands-on with the printing machine, making sure to change out chemicals and come up with solutions for any problems that may arise. I also helped customers with technical issues when dealing with computers as they tried uploading and printing their images.