Darin Chidester Email & Phone Number

Auburn Hills, MI

• Provided direction and supervision over client campaigns that effectively increased sales, surpassed lead generation goals, and increased brand awareness through multiple marketing channels.
• Reported account direction to senior leadership, gave project direction to vendor partners, conducted event staff training, managed tour logistic schedules, and advised best practices for event operations.
• Assured event sponsorship fulfillment, supervised celebrity appearances and provided hospitality needs at the indoor custom cars shows: Detroit Autorama, and Kansas City World of Wheels
• Provided account management to client companies GMR Marketing and Epsilon Marketing as a fabrication vendor for CHEVRON Super Bowl 50, Red Seal Red Shed National Tour, NASCAR Mobile1 Tour, Indian Motorcycle Sturgis.
• Gave additional account management to client companies; Chevy Performance, Tremec, and Cue Vapor

Warren, MI

• An inside sales position fulfilling all aspects of account management from project initiation to delivery. Aspects included project definition, estimating, project management, quality control, and customer service..
• Managed an annual account base that grew 300% from $600,000 in year 1 to $1.8 million in year 3
• Continuously increased profit margins through improved efficiencies in project definition, project management, clear cross departmental communication, and client consultation for best practices
• Daily duties included project review with department managers in printing, sewing, and metal fabrication as well as job estimating, writing work orders, quality control, forecasting, and prospecting for new business
• Provided consultation and management for social media content on, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Birmingham, NI

• A strong cross departmental team member that contributed to business development initiatives and program operations for the start-up experiential marketing company.
• Provided consultation on new business proposals on operation budgets, event staff requirements, tour scheduling, creative ideas for event activities, and how to achieve client goals
• Sourced and vetted vendors to develope relationships vital to program operations for the Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Animatronic Tour, Dodge Stripes Make You Faster Tour, Brooks Running Shoes Rock’n Roll Marathon, ABC.
• Implemented inventory and logistical practices not yet place
• Directed event staff training on promotional asset functionality, and event execution duties

Lake Orion, MI

• Performed as a jack of all trades in program management, and program operations for multiple experiential marketing campaigns. Excelling as a staff manager for event executions, reporting and advising best practices to.
• Directed a sales staff of 120 team players achieving a 200% growth in new activation sales for all territories from year 1 to year 3 in the AT&T Blue Room Tour, and quadrupled new activations in the Southwest region.
• Hired and trained staff members for AT&T’s first AT&T Wireless and U-verse Retail Store Location
• Production Manager of client projects from design to final fabrication for major accounts AT&T, Qwest, JVC Consumer Electronics, USAA Federal Savings Bank, State Farm Insurance
• Provided promotional asset and logistical budget allocations for new business proposals
• Sourced and vetted vendors for asset fabrication, purchasing, and event services

Auburn Hills, MI

• Prospected, acquired, and maintained a client base of $235,000 annually in new season ticket packages for the Detroit Pistons (NBA), Detroit Shock(WNBA), Detroit Fury(AFL), DTE Energy Music Theatre and Meadowbrook.
• Conducted sales meetings and gave facility tours with decision makers to acquire new business accounts
• Handled all aspects of accounts receivable, additional client ticket purchases, and provided ongoing customer service

Ba, Sport Management And Business Marketing

Activities and Societies: Student Ambassador for the Office of Admissions, Sport Management Association, Marketing Association, Member of.

College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program