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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

For almost 20 years, Varitalk has (quietly) provided patented marketing technology and award-winning personalized content for more than 50 top brands and media companies worldwide.In this role I assist with audio post production and web/software development. Currently working with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and JSON. Also working with AWS, MAMP Pro, and Sublime Text. You'll also find me wrestling with the shell.SEO focused - building inclusive websites that are optimized for… Show more For almost 20 years, Varitalk has (quietly) provided patented marketing technology and award-winning personalized content for more than 50 top brands and media companies worldwide.In this role I assist with audio post production and web/software development. Currently working with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and JSON. Also working with AWS, MAMP Pro, and Sublime Text. You'll also find me wrestling with the shell.SEO focused - building inclusive websites that are optimized for search engine traffic. Show less

After being furloughed during covid I started at Foxtrot as a store team member. Six months later I was promoted to Shift Lead for the gifting center. In that role I was overseeing 1-3 store employees while we built creative and thoughtful gifts for the holiday season. In that role I helped to manage inventory in the warehouse and in the online inventory system. Along with that I was responsible for meeting the packing goals each day as well as ensuring boxes were being transferred to the other… Show more After being furloughed during covid I started at Foxtrot as a store team member. Six months later I was promoted to Shift Lead for the gifting center. In that role I was overseeing 1-3 store employees while we built creative and thoughtful gifts for the holiday season. In that role I helped to manage inventory in the warehouse and in the online inventory system. Along with that I was responsible for meeting the packing goals each day as well as ensuring boxes were being transferred to the other Chicago stores for in-store merchandising. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

-Provided world-class customer service to my clients-Booked and managed a 250 person holiday party-Collaborated with event staff to ensure successful events-Partnered with our corporate team to customize menus so that they had more value and appeal to our smaller groups (15 people and under)

Greater Chicago Area

-Was brought onto the team to grow our government business. Within my first year I booked a large government program for a need period -Brought creativity to this role. When I started many of my clients were very close with the previous Sales Manager so I filmed an intro video of me to send them to begin building the relationship-Within my first year I booked more than one contract that was for multiple years, securing repeat business

Greater Chicago Area

-Made up to 50 prospecting calls per week-Booked a large trade show over need dates who had the intention of returning the following year-Despite lack of demand in my market I developed a plan each week on what companies/industries to target to ensure I was doing everything I could to bring in business

Greater Chicago Area

-Promoted to this position and asked to transfer to this newly acquired hotel -Created a profitability guide for our event menus to assist in improving the hotels profits. This guide was featured in the hotel owner's quarterly newsletter -Was the event manager for 90% of the groups for the hotel including those booked by myself and by other Sales Managers- Ran and presented daily, weekly, and monthly reports accurately and on time-Exceeded sales goals for every quarter while at… Show more -Promoted to this position and asked to transfer to this newly acquired hotel -Created a profitability guide for our event menus to assist in improving the hotels profits. This guide was featured in the hotel owner's quarterly newsletter -Was the event manager for 90% of the groups for the hotel including those booked by myself and by other Sales Managers- Ran and presented daily, weekly, and monthly reports accurately and on time-Exceeded sales goals for every quarter while at this hotel-Assisted in training the Sales Coordinator to sell for small meetings and also detail programs-Trained with my director on forecasting for banquets and catering-Attended weekly revenue meeting to discuss hotel revenue and strategies. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

-Was promoted to Event Sales Manager after 10 months with this hotel. One year later was promoted to Senior Event Sales Manager-Exceeded quarterly goals for every quarter at this position-Trained and oversaw the Sales & Catering Coordinator-Assisted the Director of Sales with forecasting for banquets and catering revenue weekly-Manager of the Quarter for Q3 of 2014-Took on the leading role for Marriott's Meetings Imagined initiative and utilized this program to improve upon… Show more -Was promoted to Event Sales Manager after 10 months with this hotel. One year later was promoted to Senior Event Sales Manager-Exceeded quarterly goals for every quarter at this position-Trained and oversaw the Sales & Catering Coordinator-Assisted the Director of Sales with forecasting for banquets and catering revenue weekly-Manager of the Quarter for Q3 of 2014-Took on the leading role for Marriott's Meetings Imagined initiative and utilized this program to improve upon meetings in a creative way-Certified in Green Meetings through Marriott Show less

Greater Chicago Area / Marriott Chicago At Medical Center/Uic

-Completed administrative duties for the sales office which included: -Maintained files and records on site -Copying / Faxing -Taking all incoming calls and distributing them as was appropriate -Attending meetings on behalf of the sales team and recorded staff minutes to report back -Directed inquiries and visitors to the appropriate staff -Utilized computer programs such as Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint-Employee of the month for February… Show more -Completed administrative duties for the sales office which included: -Maintained files and records on site -Copying / Faxing -Taking all incoming calls and distributing them as was appropriate -Attending meetings on behalf of the sales team and recorded staff minutes to report back -Directed inquiries and visitors to the appropriate staff -Utilized computer programs such as Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint-Employee of the month for February of 2014. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Trained in PMS and MARSHA.