Alyson Dean Email & Phone Number

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

• Manage daily needs across all 350+ specialty and major retail accounts, including order entry/edits, Joor/AM management, immediate order processing, scheduling of market appointments, and delegation of customer service• Facilitate weekly meetings with major consultants and Director of Sales to review pending contracts/onboarding, pushes for buys/additional exposure, prospects, current selling successes/challenges, targets for launches/events, market schedules/strategy• Provide status reports/updates to the Sales Director in weekly 1:1 on the development and advancement of seasonal goals, style/assortment feedback, progress on key prospects, and valuable takeaways from my market attendance and weekly sales rep meetings• Manage and maintain line sheets/other assets deemed necessary for sales across internal sales team, including involvement in seasonal photoshoots with brand/marketing team• Conduct internal vetting of new clients and direct onboarding for dropship vendors with operations/warehouse team• Develop and improve MO SOPs by implementing proper workflows, to ensure departmental efficiency/productivity• Schedule all external photoshoots for major accounts to expose the MO brand online; direct internal sample coordinator on shipping/tracking/design sign-off/factory ordering for photography samples• Comprehensive cross-functional coordination of the sample assortment (sales/merchandising), initial distribution across all territories (sales/sample coordinator), sample call backs (sales/wholesale coordinator/marketing) and prioritization of sample fitting schedule based on launch timing for key stakeholders (sales/ sample coordinator/tech/design)• Provide seasonal projections for PO analysis to the merchandising and production teams• Manage both internal reports and external sales partners; coach sales team to help meet their sales goals, manage all data and assets needed to achieve these goals and will engage in direct sales during regional markets

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Permanent Project Coordinator September 2016–January 2020• Actively engaged in and managed the project bidding process between vendor partners, ultimately selecting the most qualiZied vendor(s) for production; key accounts included Unilever, Coca-Cola, PZizer, Wyeth, Target, Ulta, Wal-Mart• Managed all production processes including engineering, marketing, material procurement, purchase orders, logistics, prototype reviews and other various production tasks between all subsidiariesAccount Manager, Samsung Electronics America Programs May-September 2017• Managed information Zlow to and from WestRock, Samsung and partners in support of existing projects and in development of new opportunities with the Samsung brand across various retailers• Oversaw project's concept development, structural and graphic design, estimating, prototyping, approvals/revisions, production manufacturing, logistics coordination, installations and post-installation reporting

Nyc/San Francisco

• Held role as a Senior Account Manager/Sales Director hybrid between Rapid Displays and NY Metro Area cosmetic clients, while opening the Rapid Displays Manhattan office and acting as the primary local company representative• Managed developmental in-store marketing strategy, which consisted of understanding the brand’s vision for their program and translating this to be represented in our initial retail marketing concepts, budgets and timelines• Administration of the approval process across all internal and external divisions, including engineering, marketing, model shop/prototypes, logistics, finance and post-production customer service• Continued to network and build Rapid’s clientele in the NYC metro area though mutual industry connections, sales pitches and capability presentations, corporate events and trade-show marketing

New York, Ny

• Served as the liaison between Array Marketing and luxury cosmetic brands, primarily L’Oreal owned brands. Branded included: Lancôme, Georgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren Fragrance, Essie, Victor & Rolf and Clarisonic.• Additional accounts throughout my time with Array included: Christian Louboutin Beaute, Bvlgari, NARS, Becca Cosmetics, NYX Cosmetics, Sephora Favorites, Ardency Inn, Laura Mercier, Shiseido, Make-up Forever, Urban Outfitters.• This role provided me with immense experience in what it means to be a flexible employee, as well as the importance of remaining diligent with follow-up, maintaining incredible organizational skills, understanding the unique vision of a brand and the value of positive relationships with both my clients and my internal Array team.

Chicago, Il

• Liaised between Sales and other departments to ensure that all communication is clear and that each department has what it needs to run successful daily offers.• Managed communication with merchants through each step of the process, from feature prep to day-of-feature and post-feature.• Ensured any client issues are resolved in a timely manner.• Maintained open communication with Sales team, Editorial, Customer Service, Merchants and all others involved in the Daily Deal process at Groupon.

• Assisted in event logistics for 11 annual fundraising events• Produced a quarterly newsletter with a distribution of over 1100• Responsible for fundraising and event correspondences• Researched grant opportunities, assessed criteria and drafted proposals• Coordinated event volunteer engagement, including day-of logistics and scheduling

• Established donor relationships, wrote press releases, fact sheets, and updated communications contact network• Coordinated the Catholic Youth Organization Basketball Tournament at seven different locations which included conducting outreach to secure event space, vendors, and volunteers

• Wrote press releases, fact sheets, and media advisories• Planned events and established donor and sponsor relationships• Researched ARC's current media coverage and suggested ways to increase community and media presence

• Researched customer references for internal and external communications• Designed slideshow presentations and developed a communications contact network for ibm.com • Wrote articles for internal website, conducted interviews and contacted media sources for coverage

• Assisted with office administrative and receptionists duties• Provided planning support for promotional events for movie releases in the New York area including Cars, Step Up, Stick It, Pirates of the Caribbean 2• Confirmed logistics and scheduled appointments for event managers

Bachelor, Journalism And Mass Communication (Public Relations)

Activities and Societies: PRSSA, UNC All-Girl Cheerleading, The ARC of Orange County (Public Relations Intern)

Bachelor, Communications

Activities and Societies: Varsity Cheerleading, Christmas on Campus