Led the strategic and tactical direction of a professional services firm serving growing small businessesCreated Hard Rock concert recap videos using drone and traditional video tools for 10 nationally touring acts including Kane Brown, Jake Owen, Shinedown, and Willie Nelson.Utilized drone and time lapse footage to optimize layout of concert venue resulting in 15% more capacity and more efficient sales of refreshments and merchandise.Recaps used to convince larger national acts to play at the venue.Grew Facebook followers by 400% for a well established restaurant in a 3 year engagement.Produced TV commercials for Record Printing and Motor Parts Central that aired on national affiliates for ABC, CBS, and NBC.Created promotional videos for several local nonprofits.Increased social media reach using both photographic and video assets for several local businesses resulting in earned reach of tens of thousands of potential customers.Trained in Lean Startup methodology and applied it to drone inspection service for utilities.

Created targeted marketing campaigns focused on where temporary employees spend their time including Facebook, traditional radio stations, and Spanish language radio stations.Developed incentives working with a food truck to provide meals in exchange for tokens earned for filing applications and other behaviors desired by the business resulting in 250% increase in applications.Cultivated business relationships with the directors of HR within the major manufacturing employers in the community including Wells Dairy, Seaboard Triumph, Tyson, and Royal Canin.Exceeded every sales benchmark for every month over a 18 month time period, achieving the highest level of sales in the company’s history in 2018 and then again in 2019.

Secured the first big box account for a local customized goods manufacturer, granting national distribution to brands like John Deere and Bomgaars among many others.Established trade show channel including over a dozen shows ranging from Ag to Boat & RV representing thousands of small businesses.Established 40 regular accounts that brought in over $350,000 in sales that year.

Solely responsible for all VIZIO.com sales/promos and Extended Services sales)Responsible for creating, implementing and executing all VIZIO.com sales promotions.Deal Of The Week, Holiday Promos, Black Friday Specials, New Product Releases, Presales for highly anticipated new product offerings (tablet and 3D) etc.Implemented a inventory clear out sale on products ranging from recently EOL (end of life) models to models that were 5+ years old.This was the most successful direct sales promotions on VIZIO.com and helped make room in the regional warehouses to prepare for the Q4 rush (Win Win for customers and VIZIO).Communicating with multiple departments to get the promotions up and live on time and accurately.Tracking sales performance and making the necessary adjustments to improve the next promotion.Extended Services/Product Registration/Customer Retention Marketing ManagerResponsible for communications between VIZIO and our 3rd party extended service provider and building our current business.Making adjustments to our current product registration methods and improving overall product registration rates.Product Registration Rate was at 3.8 % at the beginning of the program and was at 12% when I left the company (approx 300% increase).Increase average extended warranty sales from 1.2 years to 2.3 years.Responsible for increasing our overall extended warranty sales and the total registered community.Creating/Executing sales SPIFF's for the Call Center reps (150 Reps)Almost instantly doubled overall sales performance for the call center.Increased ESP (extended service plan) sales during what has typically been our worst time of year for ESP sales and TV sales in general.Performed sales training with the entire sales floor and management on how to improve overall sales. Helping non-sales oriented people become great sales reps.Mentored many reps and increased their ESP sales from a few a month to 25+ ESP's per month.

I was chosen to launch the first B2B outbound sales initiative in the company's history. Research/create my own sales leads and cold call companies nationwide to build my personal client database.Started with no accounts and built my client database to over 60 accounts, of which 15-20 were buying consistently.Monthly sales goal of $50K in TV and $5K in accessoriesBuilt my business to $500K/month before VIZIO discontinued the B2B/Reseller program.I was able to keep my sales figures up even during times of inventory constraints and my pricing was always higher than our retail partners to avoid any channel conflict. I was able to overcome the pricing issues by selling the added benefits I could offer with a one stop shop contact within the company.The program was discontinued once a new VP of Sales came in and wanted to drive all B2B sales through distribution.

Troubleshoot all VIZIO products in an effective and efficient manner. Interact with customers (some of whom were disgruntled) in a professional manner to determine the best resolution for their issue.Meet all metrics in regards to call stats and quality, while best servicing the customers.Calls/shift goal = 33. I usually took around 50-60 calls/day. Typically in the top 2 on the floor. Average Handle Time Goal = 10mins. Mine was usually around 8 minutes or less.Sales: I was always in the top three in regards to sales on the call floor

Maintain inventory control, ordering, scheduling, promote events, payroll$134,000 of average weekly inventory, 1200 different items in store, maintain staff of 10-15 employeesAnnual sales of $2,123,000 with a gross profit of $362,000 ,as well as, 40% growth YTD.

Launched a new student publication on campus at the University of Iowa August of 2007. Initial circulation of 4,000 papers/week and increased circulation by 50% to 6,000 papers/week in 1 year.Negotiate various distribution outlets with business owners, hire and maintain a distribution staff of 5-10 employees, distribute 4,000 - 6,000 papers weekly around campus at the various distribution outlets.Campus ManagerSign advertising contracts with local business owners, maintain staff, meet deadlines for print, maintain smooth communication between corporate office in Chicago and staff on campus, schedule/conduct weekly meetings with all staff members (writers, distribution reps, editor, P.R. reps

Office of Student Affairs and Curriculums/Admissions)Responsible for maintaining databases and securing confidential files.Interacting with students, professors and doctor's to complete various tasks