Ali Mcgriff (Howard) Email & Phone Number

Highland Park, IL, US

• Train new sales hires on Hibu products, processes, and best practices in a classroom setting
• Continue to facilitate success for new hires as they transition into selling
• Support ongoing training for reps, new and tenured
• Maintain and grow a book of business

Ames, Iowa, United States

• Serve as ongoing trusted advisor to small businesses owners on how to represent themselves online and drive inbound leads to their business
• Create and update website and social content
• Optimize paid and organic online marketing campaigns according to customer goals

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

• Oversee a team of account managers who are tasked with transitioning traditional print advertising dollars to digital advertising
• Manage, develop, coach, and motivate the sales force to develop their skill to ensure that a high professional standard is achieved and monthly sales target and KPI target are met
• Manage paid customer search, display, and social campaigns to ensure ROI for our clients, resulting in retention of those clients for the organization
• Coach the sales force in both a classroom setting and live sales call setting
• Use Salesforce to manage sales campaigns, sales rep productivity, automated interaction with existing customers, etc.
• Interview and hire additional team members

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Held same responsibilities as an Account Manager but with 70% of the assigned revenue to afford time for call coaching
• Coached in a live sales call setting

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Generated sales among current client accounts, including upselling and cross-selling
• Operated as the point of contact for assigned customers
• Developed and maintained long-term relationships with accounts

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Facilitated guest posting to improve SEO for clients
• Managed/wrote for the company blog as well as blogs related to the industries of our customers

• Created and sent out monthly newsletter
• Created and mailed outreach marketing pieces to potential clients
• Proofread all client materials
• Managed email marketing campaigns
• Facilitated the transition from an Excel document that housed all client information to Salesforce

1552 Mall Drive Iowa City, IA 52242

• Created and managed company Wordpress website and social media accounts
• Created all new marketing materials ie. brochures, client handouts, promotional materials, etc.
• Facilitated planning for fundraising and charity events

Muscatine, IA

• Aided in website design using Photoshop and testing of the demo site
• Implemented new social media planning and management processed
• Created new and reformatted old white papers
• Conducted market research of competitor website and social media use
• Assisted with trade show preparation

• Edited and formatted books created by the doctor using InDesign
• produced and edited images for publish in the books using Photoshop
• Created PowerPoints for courses related to the books being sold
• Provided general office assistance
• Started and managed company social media pages

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Campus Activities Board, Tippie Optimist Chapter, Dance Marathon, Badminton Intramural Team

Master'S Degree, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication