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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Boise, Idaho Area

Boise, Idaho Area

Brookfield, Wisconsin

Developed go-to-market strategies and implemented tailored onmichannel marketing campaigns for 159 new product SKUs, driving over 20% growth in the Power Tool business unit.Collaborated on storytelling, positioning, and messaging for new product launches. Partnered with cross-functional outbound marketing teams with an objective-driven strategy to reach our target audience across channels: packaging, social media, email, photography, video, webpages, SEO/SEM, merchandising, training, trade shows, and point-of-purchase collateral.Endorsed visual brand language across all projects to ensure consistency in the Milwaukee Tool message. Revitalized hardware, farm, and agriculture accounts by supporting shows, creating catalogs, and driving promotional awareness to increase sales. Constructed a jobsite-retail environment in conjunction with leading the apparel breakout in the 2018 New Product Symposium for over 200 distributors, media influencers, bloggers, and end-users to drive awareness, excitement, and sales. Planned, developed, and executed the Plumbing/Mechanical user breakout in the 2018 National Sales Meeting for over 1,000 attendees to educate our field sales team on all new products and focus categories.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

TTI is the largest vendor of The Home Depot by volume. With powertool brands such as Milwaukee Tool, Ridgid Power Tools, Ryobi, and Homelite, TTI is responsible for over 1,000 SKUs in the Home Depot. #1 ranked Sales & Marketing Representative out of over 800 nationwide, based on our annual competition reviewed by our CEO and President of Sales. Grew $7.3M territory by $662K through value-selling merchandising and developing in-store point-of-purchase initiatives for TTI brands. Conducted weekly sales events to convert competitive business to TTI through consultative selling and hands-on demos. Trained 72 store employees on selling products and qualifying end-users to achieve an optimal solution for each customer. Assisted manager in new-hire training, as well as university recruiting.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Worked along-side MBA candidates as an Undergraduate student assisting client companies to increase profitability and create a competitive advantage through addressing marketing and strategic challenges. Designed a go-to-market strategy for one of Polaris Industries' all-terrain vehicles with new-to-market user-experience technology by evaluating adjacent industry growth trends, technological-change forecasts, marketing strategies, and by conducting over 50 interviews with sales managers to propose a short- and long-term launch plan.Developed an employee engagement strategy to increase positive reviews for Delta Airline's call center by benchmarking industry best practices, analyzing case studies, and deriving insights through the mining of interview and survey data.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Organized at least 2 product proposal and current offerings presentations each week for customer such as Target, Walgreens, Kohl's, and Blain's Farm & Fleet. Created weekly sales reports for customer in-store and online segments while broadening Excel knowledge.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Co-founded a crowdfunding consulting and marketing company tailored toward social ventures seeking capital. Achieved ways of funding for social entrepreneurs seeking to improve the world around them.Raised $10,921 for a social venture aiding in research for treating cancer through a 1-month Indiegogo marketing plan.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Developed and refined consultative selling skills through training sessions with SPS sales team.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Increased customer base through sales lead generation by research and networking. Managed client relations through newsletter development and industry trend analyses.

Wyoming, Minnesota

Mitigated bank security threats through the implementation of vendor management and risk assessment software. Fashioned customer service abilities by providing assistance in day-to-day teller roles.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Revitalized communication and promotion skills through the transformation of selling 2 units per day to selling over 25 units per day and by winning 3 out of the 10 sales and marketing awards for the program duration. Assisted in expanding sales to the Greater Twin Cities Area.

Bsb - Bachelor Of Science In Business Csom, Entrepreneurial Management And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurship Club - President (Past: Director of Marketing); Co-Lab - Event Planning & Strategic Marketing.

Study Abroad: Luxury Brand Management In Rome & Florence, Italy