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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Seattle, Wa

*Coordinate logistics for national and international tour dates*Operate as liaison between band, booking agent and venues*Advance all shows to ensure a smooth day of show experience for all parties*Ensure compliance of all contractual obligations*Recognize and report opportunities that increase net profit of each concert

Seattle, Washington

*Provide strategic vision to attain Company’s short and long-term sales and financial goals*Identify opportunities, issues and risks to develop business in close coordination with Company ownership.*Improve operation efficiencies by influencing personnel, process and technology choices*Lead all aspects of retail strategy*Directed implementation of an omnichannel inventory and sales platform allowing the company to sell the same inventory through multiple platforms such as Amazon, Reverb and eBay as well as wholly owned assets. Key objectives of the integration were fill rates, supply chain ergonomics and loss prevention*Increased same store retail sales numbers year over year at an average of 12ptc while expanding gross profit margins by promoting value added services*Strong partnership with Company and key industry leaders, developing Company brand as an internationally recognized category leader*Marketing, visual merchandising, supply chain operations*Provide inspirational leadership and direction to direct report team

Bothell, Washington, United States

Forecasting, planning and executing purchasing for Combo (guitars, basses, amplifiers, effects) and Pro Audio Divisions for 11 store chain of musical instrument retail stores.*Conduct qualitative and quantitative anaysis, research market trends.*Manage category budgets, profit and loss plan and financial metrics against sales and operating margin targets.*Build and maintain relationships with strategic industry partners.*Create and manage annual category operating plan - purchasing, pricing, distribution and marketing.*Negotiate and oversee all aspects of product purchases for two divisions of company.*As Director of Retail, managed, hired and trained 11 managers and 130 employees and merchandising and product placement in tenth largest musical instrument retail chain in the US.*Oversaw year-to-year (comp) sales growth of between 10-and-24% as manager of three separate store locations.

Seattle, Wa

Oversee all aspects of promotions, marketing and advertising for largest trade show of its kind in the Pacific NW. GSGVS's annual event features around 100 instrument dealers from across the western USA and attracts close to 2,000 attendees. Our sponsors include Marshall amplification, Dean Markley Strings, ESP Guitars, Ibanez bass guitars and many other notable musical instrument manufacturers.*Secured Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) and Bill Frisell as spokesmen for KING TV feature segments on morning newscasts to promote event.*Procure sponsorships, including: Marshall Amplification, Washburn, ESP Guitars, Ibanez, Kustom, Dean Markley, Line 6, Soldano, Mackie/Loud Technology, KMTT, KISW and many others.*Work with graphic designer, Brad Hale, to develop annual theme for posters, print ads and other collateral materials. Oversee design process from inception through print check and distribution.*Coordinate all elements of trade show, including venue negotiations and site scouting, media buys, vendor relations, sponsor relations and procurement, art direction, day-of-show coordination.*Since 1991, GSVGS has developed a reputation in the industry as being one of the ten best regional events of it's kind in the United States.

Managed $6 million+ department in 36+ million annual gross store. Responsible for hiring and training of staff, development of managerial candidates, P&L of department, store manager on duty in General Manager's absence. As the Hollywood store is Guitar Center's flagship, I acted as artist liason during some "Rockwalk" inductions and special events for musicians such as Stephen Stills, Hall & Oates and Ozzy Osbourne. Posted first double-digit growth in the Accessories Department in over 5 years.

Initiated, researched, scheduled and oversaw all elements of regional, national and international tours for The English Beat and General Public. Tour and Artist Management, public and media relations, logistics and travel arrangements for tours lasting anywhere from one week to three months and in venues ranging in size from 500 to 25,000 attendees. Coordinated appearances on Canada A.M., XM Satellite Radio, The Mike Bullard Show (highest rated evening talk show in Canada) and American Airlines inflight radio.*Consulted with booking agents, concert promoters, record company and venue staff in coordinating all elements for national and international tours.*Along with managing all aspects of the band, I also worked as guitarist and backing vocalist on multiple national and international tours.*Liason with United States Olympic Committee for band to play 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic and Paralympics closing ceremonies.

Developed and oversaw monthly production of demographically targeted music video programming for JC Penney, RadioShack (US and Canada), Channel M and many others. Managed network programmers, video editors, graphic designers.*Oversaw exponential growth from 1400 to over 14,000 tapes shipped per month between 1994 and 2000. Maintained leadership role with programming staff and key clients during this accelerated growth period.*Wrote Standards and Practices Manual that set the precedence for usage of video in retail environments.*Researched studio equipment and worked with editing staff and vendor representatives prior to making purchase recommendations to executive management.*Scripted, directed, produced and provided voice-over talent for commercials, bumpers, stingers and spots for some of the world's largest retailers.

Orange County, California

During college, I worked Summer and Christmas breaks in a variety of positions (Attractions Host - Disney, Valet -Ritz Carlton, Sales Associate - Nordstrom) for some of the world's most recognized customer service companies.