Successfully founded woman-owned and operated promotional marketing agency. Responsible for daily operations while driving brand growth and improving process efficiencies. Consistently market, recruit, facilitate schedules and activities for the organization. Proficient in meeting deadlines, creating documents, and maintaining professional correspondence with clients.• Partnered with clients to suggest stand-out branded merchandise for their business• Successfully exposed the brand of clients with simple, fun, and unique items• Initiated, performed and managed all aspects of a small business (Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Budgeting, HR and PR)• Fostered excellent relationships and referrals by building trust and rapport with clients• Developed and maintained effective business marketing techniques yielding consistent company growth• Implemented streamlining operation procedures enhancing company profits• Trained, coached, and mentored employees to ensure quality of work• Sourced efficient suppliers and maintaining good working relationships• Researched market competitors and industry trends to identify potential new products and services• Developed and managed client base by providing excellent customer service and strong sales and negotiation skills

Collaborated with experiential marketing agencies and internal marketing teams globally to provide promotional merchandise and apparel for events and marketing campaigns. Provided exceptional professionalism and customer service to each client during each phase of the process from conception through delivery.

• Consistently lead generated and collaborated with clients in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Washington, DC to produce the nation's largest luxury bridal show. • Strategized with clients during production of each event to maximize their business opportunities. • Coordinated with cross-functional team to plan and execute bridal shows, marketing roundtables and networking events in each market while evaluating feedback for continual improvement.

• Supported upper management in the supervision and management of multiple White House/Black Market retail stores.• Vetted, interviewed, hired and trained new staff for three locations.• Continually monitored productivity of cross-functional team while motivating to exceed expected goals.

• Continually recruited new members, retained current members and offered support to staff for events and programming. • Connected member businesses to local community resources and organizations to provide Business to Business networking and support.