Jake Smith Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Colorado, United States

Garden City, Colorado

I manage a dynamic team of individuals, producing thousands of prerolls, packaged flowers, and multipacks weekly.

Garden City, Colorado

- Operated this position while simultaneously managing the duties andresponsibilities of the Marketing Administrator position.- Created a brand around and built a preroll product that was brought to the wholesalemarket after extensive in-store testing.- Cold called and built a customer base in areas identified as potential hot spots andtarget markets. - Received / placed wholesale orders for clients around the state via Leaflink- Personally inspected and ensured that all outbound orders were properly accounted forin METRC, the state's tracking system. Also made sure that all orders were in compliancewith company SOPs as well as state regulations.- Developed training and marketing materials for store level employees / budtenders. - Helped interview and train outside sales staff on the core values of company and lightlymanaged their territories.-

Garden City, Colorado

- Formulated, directed and coordinated marketing activities and policies to promoteproducts and services, working with outside company representatives and vendors.- Identified, developed, and evaluated marketing strategy, based on knowledge ofestablishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors. - Directed the training of marketing and sales staff and kept tabs on monthly sales todetermine efficacy. Developed pricing strategies, balancing company objectives and customer satisfaction. - Wrote, developed, and created Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for various dutiesand responsibilities associated with this position while ensuring all practices were incompliance with Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division rules and regulations- Face of the company for most PR events and area groups that they were members of. - Managed and created company Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.- Handled customer complaints across all social media sites, Google My Business, andcompany website. - Oversaw, helped create, and was Master of Ceremonies for a benefit concert thatsupported a local nonprofit. - Organized and executed targeted seasonal specials to benefit area nonprofit organizations.- Led and developed a recycling system that put into place practices that diverted morethan 90% of waste from the landfill to alternative end markets, all in preparation ofapplying for a TRUE GBCI certification.- Created original content in Canva to promote company objectives and sales.- Created an entirely new preroll product for the Colorado market that was taken fromtwo stores to statewide, generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual revenueYTD.

Garden City, Colorado

- Started with company in September 2014 as an entry level trimmer, became thedepartment head within six months before moving into a grower position in late 2015. - Duties involved with these positions required the utmost precision, care, concern andorganization to ensure all plants were managed according to the company'sstandards while still staying within compliance with Colorado's rules and regulationsfor the cannabis industry. - Moved out of the grow and into an Inventory Manager position and was able to join themarketing team full time.- In 2015 came up with the idea for and created a preroll product that brought largeamounts of revenue to the company. Later on repackaged this preroll product into a larger pack that was sold in stores and gave a percentage of sales back towards alternative cancer research. - Duties associated with Inventory Manager position included cash handling, ordering /point of sale entry, coordination of vendor promos, company communication ofupcoming sales, and more.