Austin Smith Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve company growth objectives. This involves identifying new business opportunities, evaluating market trends, and assessing potential partnerships or acquisitions.- Market Research and Analysis: Conduct market research to identify potential customers, competitors, and market trends. Analyze data to identify opportunities for growth and market expansion.- Business Relationship Management: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, partners, and industry influencers. This involves networking, attending industry events, and nurturing existing relationships to drive business growth.- Partnership Development: Identify and pursue partnership opportunities that align with the company's strategic objectives.- New Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including new markets, products, or services. This may involve conducting feasibility studies, developing business plans, and presenting proposals to senior management or potential investors.- Contract Negotiation: Negotiate contracts with clients, partners, and vendors. This includes defining terms and conditions, pricing structures, and service level agreements to ensure mutually beneficial agreements.- Marketing and Branding: Collaborate with marketing teams to develop marketing strategies and campaigns to promote the company's products or services. This may involve branding initiatives, advertising campaigns, and digital marketing efforts to increase brand awareness and attract new customers.- Financial Management: Develop and manage budgets for business development activities.- Team Leadership and Management: Lead and mentor a team of business development professionals. Provide guidance, support, and training to help team members achieve their goals and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Manage and lead team members within the creative, business development, e-commerce, marketing, and wholesale divisions of the Company.- Brainstorm and develop exclusively designed products with our Creative Team.- Assist the executive leadership team with RFPs, new business opportunities, and renderings to showcase the full potential of a Love From USA concept within a high-profile venue throughout the nation.- Guide, facilitate, and maintain the e-commerce strategy for our Website Development team within our LovefromCompanies website and our LovefromUSAGroup company portfolio website. - Act as liaison between the Company's Website Development team and other departments like Buying, Marketing, and Product Development to ensure the strategy is clearly communicated. - Effectively plan, coordinate, and activate marketing campaigns, initiatives, and promotions nationally within our different markets (Minnesota, Chicago, Florida, Colorado).- Research and develop marketing trends and adapt annual marketing plan to those trends.- Analyze the marketing budget and compare it to daily/monthly sales to determine how we can better provide traffic flow to our brick-and-mortar, and e-commerce stores. - Collaborate with the executive team to make high-level decisions regarding the direction and growth of the Company.- Create and maintain a successful brand and image that attracts customers to the product or service.- Strategize and develop product catalogs for our wholesale clients, while faciliating the communication process throughout the order process.

Greater Chicago Area

- Created inviting outdoor spaces by carefully curating visually appealing, functional, and sustainable designs, that positively impacted the experience for residential, commercial, and hospitality clients across the United States.- Conducted thorough site visits to evaluate existing conditions, topography, surroundings, and any environmental factors that may influence a design decision. - Provided invaluable support by meticulously reviewing contractor submittals, conducting site inspections, and addressing any design-related issues that may arise. - Managed multiple projects simultaneously by excelling the organization of scheduling, budgeting, and communications to keep project on track, while supervising the construction and installation process from start to finish.

Skokie, Il

-Build-out small and large scale budgets for Gatorade properties-Help coordinate logistics for ten Gatorade properties-Facilitate the development and activation of Gatorade Youth Partnership events around the United States-Support youth partnerships for the Gatorade Elite and Gatorade Venues program-Developed Great Lakes Region Marketing plan for new products within the Pepsi Account-Built awareness of new Pepsi products through product innovation/marketing techniques

Skokie, Il

-Planned and coordinated G-Weeks (Gatorade Week) for high schools in the Los Angeles market-Distributed Gatorade product and awards to athletes who received the Player of the Year or Athlete of the Year award-Managed and coordinated NCAA Gatorade Summer Camps for Carroll College, Utah State University, University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, Auburn University, and University of North Georgia.-Traveled to these six universities to conduct team leader training and site visit-Monitored budgets and End of Summer financials-Coordinated the drop-off and pick-up of storage units for the Gatorade Elite and NCAA Summer Camp programs that are held throughout the United States-Participated in the Gatorade Elite program by traveling to tournaments around the United States in order to educate athletes on proper nutrition with the Gatorade G-Series products

Naperville, Illinois

-Provided part-time work-Re-branded out-of-date marketing tools by utilizing marketing skills-Assisted in new business ventures by conducting research on local banks

Naperville, Illinois

-Provided seasonal work during summer season from 2010-2015 -Coordinated corporate meetings that were held nationally and internationally-Supported doctors through the registration process for upcoming meetings-Finalized hotel rooming lists with events & conference managers-Carried out corporate meetings and assisted meeting participants when needed

Holland, Michigan

-Guided prospective students and family around campus-Advised prospective students on the transition from high school to college-Provided honest support through the college selection process

Zeeland, Michigan

-Assisted in the start-up of Michigan SmartCoast, a program that supplies networking opportunities for local area interns, which creates a strong internship community throughout West Michigan-Wrote and published press releases on West Michigan companies-Helped with opinion gathering for economic development in Ottawa County, Michigan-Provided support and research for the Holland SmartZone, a satellite zone that provides unique technology development, entrepreneurial support, and infrastructure to growing technology companies.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

-Assisted in the start-up of Baronessa Home Furnishings & Accessories-Provided assistance in the set-up of Baronessa's store front in Grand Rapids, Michigan-Purchased antique, vintage, and custom made furniture, art, and home accessories-Advertised Baronessa through local newspapers, magazines and television stations-Exercised social media skills by creating and running Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts-Posted information on new store items, sale items, and upcoming customer events-Established relationships with other local businesses

Woodridge, Illinois

-Utilized manual labor by delivering ice to customers in the surrounding Chicagoland area-Strengthened sales mentality by working with customers to continue business-Maintained and expanded social skills in a business setting-Managed a demanding delivery route involving advanced planning and flexibility

Holland, Michigan

-Led a project with four individuals for Newaygo County located just north of Grand Rapids, Michigan-Researched the low percentage of post-secondary graduation rates in Newaygo County high schools-Traveled to Newaygo in order to interact with students and community members-Collaborated and gathered information from the high schools and community buildings-Brainstormed ways we could provide more resources to these areas in order to increase post graduation graduation success rates-Presented our findings to a group of government professionals in Newaygo County

Naperville, Illinois

-Positively impacted each member's game by guiding them in the right direction-Advised each member how they should hit the ball based on the distance, slope, and wind conditions at that present time-Instilled trust with each golfer by supporting their golf decisions-Provided a fun, yet professional golf experience for each member-Progressed through the ranks by achieving the Honors Golf Caddy level

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Relay For Life Participant, Hope College Pull Team Member, Business Club Member, Dance Marathon Participant.

High School Diploma, General Education

Activities and Societies: Men's Cross Country Team