Celebrating 20 years at Tyndale House Publishers! Believe it or not I've been working in various areas of the Christian Retail industry for 39 years, starting as a customer service rep in a Christian bookstore, to a promotions manager with a retail marketing group, to a Senior Marketing Manager of Fiction and Kids products and now Sales Channel Director at one of the most respected Christian publishers in the industry. My career started in 1985 when I applied at one of the largest and most honored Christian bookstores in the country. Our owners specialized in excellence, training the employees about product knowledge, customer service and treating the store like it was your own. This training instilled a “striving for excellence” principle that I have taken into each and every job since then. During my 16+ years of retail experience I specialized in employee development, vendor relations, product knowledge (books, music and kids), promotions and merchandising. The knowledge acquired during my years in retail has given me a unique perspective of how to get a product into the consumer’s hands as I’ve transitioned into the vendor sector. During my 20 years at Tyndale House Publishers I’ve been a part of one of the most innovative sales and marketing teams in the industry engaging consumers through targeted promotions via online, mobile, radio and print. Being on the Sales team has given me a well-rounded knowledge of publishing and getting our product into the hands of consumers. The staff I manage benefit from the years of management training I mention above and are among some of the most respected Sales Reps in the industry. It's an honor to be on the ground floor of books that are going to make a difference in people's lives. I’ve been privileged to work alongside Joel Rosenberg, Francine Rivers, Left Behind, Chuck Norris, Randy Singer, Chris Fabry, Gayle Haggard, Dandi Mackall, Chris Fabry, Jerry Jenkins, Tim Lahaye, Karen Kingsbury, Lisa Wingate, Susan May Warren, DiAnn Mills, Tessa Afshar, Craig Parshall, Ben Zobrist family, Scott Stapp, and Phil Vischer.Specialties: Creative Thinker, Team Leader, Branding, Realist, Organized, Accuracy, Meeting Budget parameters, Product Merchandising, Online Marketing, Social Media, Sales growth, Managing Teams successfully
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