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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

- Managed internal and external communications and relationships for all projects and clients.- Oversaw six figure agile project budgets, timelines, sourcing, production, and installation.- Managed the end-to-end process design, production and activation process for custom brand, marketing and event activations including product seeding and experiential custom fixture environments.- Drove all things project and account management for creative, production, build and brand storytelling that delivered and executing consistent and impactful end-to-end results.- Played a critical role in executing strategic project work that met quality expectations and partnered closely with internal creative, design and production teams. - Partnered with the full-services of the agency’s internal functions and external partners, offering everything from concept development, brand design, production, and execution to create custom brand experiences and activations.- Strategic marketing and brand client roster included: Nike Inc, Jordan Brand, New Balance, Legends, Capital One, C4, WWE, UFC, Tillamook, & the University of Oregon.

Portland, Oregon, United States

- Directly closed $20K+ in business daily. - As the front-line face of the company to members was responsible for supporting sales, operations, marketing, events and campaign activations.- Provided a world-class delivery experience with delivery, in-home setup and installation of Peloton's line of products and accessories. - Supported Peloton's mission to put our members first- cultivating an inclusive community with the incredible fusion of technology, fitness and product experience.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Built and managed strong, lasting strategic account relationships and served as lead point of contact all customer matters.- Performed reliable, timely, and professional support, and assisted with day-to-day project management and cut and sew factory operation activities in the US and Honduras.- Led promo and licensed programs launching Nike’s newest and most technological apparel for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA, the Olympics and Fanatics.- Integrated with a group of internal and external stakeholders at all organizational levels including directors, planning, product development and production.- Implemented independent decisions to plan, prioritize, and organize a diverse workload of professional sports and apparel industries requirement, launches and delivery timelines.- Coordinated with production manufacturing teams to communicate and resolve issues on process, quality, delivery or shipping.- Identified and created strategic sales opportunities to build new business development.

Beaverton, Or

- Sourcing/creating merchandise and promotional marketing tools that tell authentic brand stories for companies, teams, and events.- Providing first class project management, communication and customer service from idea generation, art development, production through project completion.- Impart industry knowledge, product/production expertise, and prompt personable communication to minimize all parts of process friction. - Client roster involved: Nike Inc, Nordstrom, Off White, Playstation, Helly Hansen, 10 Barrel Brewing, Bowerman Track Club, and My Optic.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Operated day-to-day business development, client needs, communications, sales, production, and internal operations.- Supervised time and company sensitive projects for companies such as Nike, Off White, Playstation, Bowerman Track Club, and 10 Barrel Brewing.- Managed communications both internal and external facing across sales, marketing, production and logistics using Microsoft Office, Google tools, Slack and Shopworks.- Initiated sales quotes, design suggestions and source materials and garments with wholesale suppliers such as S&S Activewear, North Face, Columbia Sportswear, Nike, Richardson, San Mar and Alpha Broder.- Developed B2B/B2C partnerships, growth strategy and marketing initiatives cross functionally.- Drove various design and event activations and projects from creation, completion and follow up.- Collaborated with art department on design to ensure first class accuracy in production of wholesale embellished/embroidered merchandise.- Expanded current or new sales, marketing, business development inquiries and as a proactive seeker of solutions and success to always exceed consumer's needs and expectations.

Beaverton, Or

- Managed Academy Sports' footwear and equipment order book of +300 million for all gender and categories for 200+ national doors.- Delivered business driven analysis, reporting and results for one of Nike's top 5 wholesale retailers- Presented concise and professional product related communications with Nike Sales/Traffic/internal partners and our outfacing traffic/merchant teams. - Provided proactive suggestions and resolutions for both internal and external teams about product sell through, futures bookings, and consumer market insights.- Collaborated constantly with the sales and external partner teams to troubleshoot existing and new in market opportunities and challenges.- Worked directly with a $300+ million dollar retail account including category buyers, directors and high-level decision makers.- Proficiencies: Project Management, SAP, Product Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Allocation & Microsoft Office.Previously:- Managed Nike's footwear order file for Sports Authority from factory to DC and store delivery. - Managed all genders footwear business (training, running, basketball, soccer, tennis baseball, football, slides, Skate & Nike Sportswear) for SA's 530+ storesOther Nike Leadership Roles:- Footwear Launch Team Lead: Managed Nike's most vital piece of their footwear business for 4 strategic accounts.- Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Team Member (3 years): recruiting and interviewing candidates for future and current position openings within Nike group of 200.- Community Events Team Member (4 years): planning, coordinating with vendor partners, and executing team focused events for 200+ employees- Managed Sports Authority's NFL orders for Nike's 2012 launch.- Participated LEAN projects to simplify and maximize reporting processes across the strategic team and organization.Other Nike Contributions:- Campus Event & Retail DJ (5 years)- Product Tester (5 years) for Nike+, Training, and basketball Footwear/Apparel

Hillsboro, Or

- Handled marketing, technology and business operations inquiries for a subscriber base of 17+ million customers.- Promoted to Team Lead- a select group of high efficient, motivated and successful reps.- Promoted to Reel Time Expert, in this position was empowered with mentoring, assisting and guiding the new hire classes in the areas of best practices & job efficiency.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Directly facilitated and managed team and soccer wholesale orders.- Developed proactive relationships with adidas team customers and sales representatives.- Managed the team orders and West coast revisions portfolios for sales representatives.- Worked successfully in a cross functional team of diverse responsibilities & multiple deadlines.- Responded to inquiries, processed, followed up on at once, promo & booking orders.- Resolved customer issues, promoted adidas products and strived to fulfill all requested needs.- Utilized multi-computer systems including: SAP, CRM and CWE programs.- Strong product knowledge with focus on Team, Soccer, Tennis & Running.- My work directly generated over +500K dollars in revenue annually.

Portland, Or

- Cultivated and nurtured long-term personal relationships within my respective market.- Activated social media marketing, brand, retail compliance projects, private listening parties and exclusive concerts/events.- In Market Services: product seeding, market branding, promotional events, & retail promotions.- Previous clients: MTV, FADER, ESPN, Virgin Records, Sony Music, Paramount Pictures.- Nominated to represent the teams for activations at SxSW (South by Southwest - TX) and CMJ (College Music Journal NY) national music festivals.- Promoted to be part of the Senior Marketing Representative Group for Cornerstone and FADER Magazine.

Chicago, Il

- Commissioned as a fraternal change agent to visit 30 national university chapters in 16 states.- Traveled nationally for three weeks of of every month while being based in Chicago.- Job function was to inspire, influence and improve chapter operation, efficiency and university relations for the betterment of the local brothers and the Fraternity at large.- Executed meeting with entire chapters, leadership boards, alumni and university officials.- Presented action based solutions and fraternity content to audience from 20-200+.- Received 2 national awards for my successful work.

- Executed a dynamic crash course in building local networks and executing activations on a university wide scale.- Provided event support, product seeding, brand hacks, and drove media and events to build brand awareness and promote usage. - Highlight: The largest project was organizing and directly executing a Spring Break Road trip adventure for 7 regional universities that ended in Las Vegas.

Ba, Rhetoric And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: The Sigma Chi Fraternity, Willamette Men Against Violence, and Bearcat Radio Studied diligently, volunteered.

Ap Honors, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Honor Society, Soccer, Tennis and Yearbook