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Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Se

Luxembourg, Lu

Accokeek, Maryland, Us

Gardone Val Trompia, Brescia, Lombardy, It

Gardone Val Trompia, Brescia, Lombardy, It

Manage all commerce aspects of healthcost.com the first self-pay consumer healthcare platform targeting 60 million under insured, uninsured healthcare consumers, including content, site navigation, checkout process, SEM/SEO, UX, performance analysis Google Analytics and paid search campaigns

London, England, Gb

Managed sale strategies, analytics and cross functional teams scaling Christie’s e-Commerce online sales division realizing $120M of sales since 2015 selling over 22,000 items. Oversaw the business processes for Christie’s e-Commerce S.A. Geneva. An e-Commerce business entity allowing sales to be executed through a decentralized logistics model in New York, London, Hong Kong and Dubai reducing operational costs 33%, increasing profit after tax and gross margin per tractions by 20% against comparable auction sales. Implemented financing deals with corporate capital to purchase inventory for digital sales resulting in higher profit margins per transaction on retail salesCollaborate with product designers on the requirements; build and testing of new web page and App functionality to define the user experience across all transactional channels of Chrisites.com Develop online content marketing strategies, style guidelines and CRM strategies for Christie’s digital sales to refine product offerings through quantitative and competitive analyses that increased new E-commerce client purchases by 30% YOY Scaled global digital Jewelry by over 50% through pricing models, analyzing client life cycles and increasing client retention through email, social and content campaigns.Collaborate in individual and corporate CSR initiatives by undertaking charity auctions for non-profit organization and foundations in New York raising $1M+ for higher education and environmental causes.

London, England, Gb

Managed auction budgets and regional office costs of $20M per annum, leading a 15-person team of art specialists, consultants and support staff. Provided executive management quantitative reports on the performance of the Dubai Company, client insight profitability and life time value analysis per client. Conducted financial reviews to find cost savings by negotiating service contracts with logistical, exhibition and hospitality vendors.Authored three-year growth strategy to deliver $1B of sales across the MENA region by targeting specific countries, sales categories and institutions, including developing bonus structures for staff to support targets.Developed digital and print content strategies to internationalize the sales category increasing international client participation by 20% from 2011 to 2013. In collaboration with UAE law firm Al-Tamimi and in-house counsel, providing remedies for debt recovery, dispute resolution, sanctions provision and AML compliance reducing corporate and individual risk.Managed Christie’s growth strategy for Saudi Arabia developing new partnerships with governmental organization SAGIA and private investment firms SEDCO and NCB delivering exhibitions and educational seminars increasing new Saudi client participation at auction and private sales.  Headed relationship with corporate sponsors Credit Suisse and Zurich Insurance developing co-branding strategies and client recruitment initiatives worth over $ 1M per annum Coordinated Christie’s strategic CSR initiatives across the Middle East with foundations and private clients to raise over $10M through charity auctioneering for philanthropic organization including the Noor Dubai, Magic of Persia and The Heartbeat Foundation Beirut.

London, England, Gb

Managed relationships with over 20 high net worth individuals in Asia and the Middle East to increase buying activity and drive sale revenues across sale category and sites through Christie’s online bidding platforms.Ensured best-in-class post sale customer service experiences were established in collaboration with the Head of Digital strategy. Project-managed reduction of unknown owner stock held on Christie’s premises securing $400,000 of direct revenue from the proceeds of sold stock.

Executive Education, Digital Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geography