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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Trained or Assisted with the training for 50+ new hires in both in-office or remote settings. • Roles Trained: Carrier Sales Representative, Afterhours Carrier Sales Representative, and Digital Procurement Representative • New Roles created during duration as Training Manager: Digital Procurement Representative and Procurement Coordinator • Redwood Mexico: Played a supportive role for the Carrier Sales Reps in our MTX office, assisting with any carrier sales needs and operational related questions. • Acquisition of Rockfarm: Assisted with creating the training plan and post-go live plan for all Carrier Sales Representatives. • Played a supportive role for tenured Carrier Sales Representative to develop their book of businesses, maximizing carrier capacities.

Chicago, Il

• Provide and negotiate freight rates to motor carriers (and internal sales team as needed), ensuring maximum profitability on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis• Coordinate available customer freight with available motor carrier equipment• Consistently provide service and support to motor carriers in an effort to build the business relationship• Maintain a file of all open truck shipments and of records of trailers in assigned areas• Verify all freight charges, confirm receipt of Bill of Lading, and resolve all payables discrepancies prior to final payment to motor carrier• Monitor Bill of Lading discrepancies to ensure proper return of commodity is arranged, as necessary• Perform other related duties as assigned

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

JoyRun is a mobile app that rewards you for doing favors and food runs for friends. This is a Silicon Valley startup backed by the original investors in Lyft and Airbnb, currently at over 50 campuses nationwide and growing rapidly. • Developed and rapidly grew business operations in Normal, IL • Executed marketing campaigns and promotions with local business partners• Identified and established partnerships with organizations to drive brand excitement and order growth • Monitored key metric/goals on a real-time basis to track results of all activities • Proposed and implemented plans to consistently improve • Connected with diverse sets of student groups

Lake Villa, Il

• Engaged in professional customer service with approximately 200 children and parents/guardians • Learned about empathy through my daily tasks• Lead of group ages 3rd-5th grade, taking responsibilities for all of them • Supervised developmentally appropriate activities for special needs children• Composed daily activity and incident reports for parents/guardians which included legal retention files • Gained an immense amount of communication skills through daily discussions with children and parents/guardians

Lake County, Il

This is a free publication mailed to every home within the community. It is not just a calendar but a direct mail piece that serves as a community resource guide, calendar and advertising piece. • Used Facebook analytical tools, perform digital marketing to track linked users and their interactive actions to expand followers• Created content for upcoming events in the area using WordPress• Differentiated the target audiences, prepared and posted applicable information

Illinois State University

Odyssey democratizes content, giving people the opportunity to share what's important to them and their communities, enriching everyone with broader, more honest perspectives on topics they care about. • Composed weekly articles aimed at our target audience of college students • Involved with the multimedia team, sharing our writer's weekly articles on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) to reach maximum views • Managed our page by using Facebook analytics tools

Lake Zurich, Il

• Engaged in professional customer service with approximately 50 children and parents/guardians • Learned about empathy through my daily tasks• Lead of group ages K-2nd grade, taking responsibilities for all of them • Gained an immense amount of communication skills through daily discussions with children and parents/guardians

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing: Integrated Marketing And Communications

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Sigma, Rho Gamma

Study Abroad: Business And Cultural Experiences In Peru

Activities and Societies: College of Business• Spent time in the two major cities of Lima and Cusco • Learned to adapt in a new culture.