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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York, United States

• Concurrently manage multiple Capital One paid media budgets for sports and entertainment sponsorships and small business credit card across both TV and digital, social, and audio channels• Strategize, negotiate, and execute Capital One’s sports and entertainment sponsorship contracts including NCAA football and basketball (media deals with ESPN and Turner Sports), Major League Baseball, and iHeart concerts totaling over $150 million annually• Synthesize consumption trends and ratings data to deliver effective media strategy to reach intended audience• Adapt media plans to stay current with latest digital adtech, targeting, and measurement solutions• Identify areas for process improvement and initiate and implement effective solutions• Lead supervision of four team members, developing their skills in client presentation, budget management, and effective client service• Coordinate with various cross-functional teams internally and externally across media, investment, sponsorships, and creative• Create a systematic method for calculating sponsorship ROI by evaluating delivered media and integrations

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Work on creating and executing media for Capital One's committed sports initiatives, entertainment sponsorships, and Spark business credit card

Greater New York City Area

Work on a team to collectively ensure that all advertising targets and budgets are implemented for Microsoft’s Surface and Windows 10 products, with specific responsibility for:- Manager: mentored and supervised intern and assistant communications planners through successful learning of media software and client report deliverables- Research prospective target audiences using tailored software to determine trends and interests- Compile and analyze weekly financial reports for delivery to client by cross-referencing project spend and reconciliation of discrepancies by detecting root cause problems - Develop and deliver comprehensive client presentations that offer strategy and rationale for media plans- Responsible for creating and implementing Microsoft podcast advertising strategy resulting in podcasting ad spend increase many multiples YoY- Managed media teams in Europe and Asia and coordinated construction of global media plan strategies

Greater New York City Area

Work on a team to collectively ensure that all advertising targets and budgets are implemented for Microsoft’s Surface and Windows 10 products, with specific responsibility for:Researching prospective target audiences using tailored software to determine trends and interests- Compiling and analyzing weekly financial reports for delivery to client by cross-referencing project spend and reconciliation of discrepancies by detecting root cause problems-Developing and delivering comprehensive client presentations that offer strategy and rationale for media plans-Developing and delivering comprehensive client presentations that offer strategy and rationale for media plans

New Rochelle, Ny

• Selected products for sale and maintained appropriate databases to enable Steiner products to appear on retail and wholesale websites• Managed private and public autograph sessions and focused on assisting professional athletes• Handled customer service functions including entering sales orders • Created and designed new products for sale

Montclair, Nj

• Operated fan services booth to ensure attendee satisfaction experience• Lead promotional merchandise sales on game day• Engaged fans in game day promotional activities and assisted with fan participation events• Assisted with general stadium operations

Greater New York City Area

• Performed all aspects of administrative functions (filing, copying, scanning) for large international trade service company

Brooklyn, Ny

• Staffed events including Board of Director’s meeting, press conference, and dance team tryout; duties included site checks, participant check in and escort; area set up, clean up and monitoring• Researched vendors and venues to use for future events.

Flushing, Ny

• Chosen from a few hundred applicants after several rounds of tryouts to join a select number of ballpersons to work on court at the most prestigious US national tennis event• Developed leadership, responsibility, and teamwork skills; rose to role of crew chief in charge of a team of ballpersons for given matches

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance And Sport & Event Management, 3.8

Activities and Societies: • Honors Fellow (1 of 40 Honors Fellows from 2015 class) • Vice President - Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society • Member.

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