Laura Sullivan Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Manage a team of 3. Serve as their leadership contact within the Thesis organization.
• Host regular 1:1s and pod team meetings with my direct reports, support and guide employee growth projects, encourage my team to use their education budget + HR benefits, monitor and approve employee timesheets.
• Collaborate with Thesis leadership on the APLA team to maintain account health and client relationships.
• Own operational processes (including but not limited to documentation, tools, and training), and project management. Working to connect with greater ops, on a quarterly basis, to unearth learnings, efficiencies, and.
• Program management of APLA Retail operational workstreams across Stores & Partners
• Steer critical Geo & Territory meeting agendas & recaps, and serve as team “Chief of Staff”

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• As the Stores Marketing Ops lead, I provide administrative and operational support to the APLA Stores Geo team to help ensure seasonal plans, processes, and initiatives align with overarching strategy and objectives.
• Responsible for tracking and managing my own and my teams’ projects in all areas of operations.
• Develop complex operational models and own transition management in putting them into action. Identify, plan, and implement process guardrails to lead to long-term improvement and increased productivity.
• Serve as the Airtable expert, including building the ops base from the ground up to manage all processes and workflows. Collaborate cross functionally to improve connectivity with other teams + bases.
• Manage work across both the Stores and Partner marketing teams. Serve as the staff and client go-to for process improvements, operational solutions/resolutions, and political challenges to keep pushing the team and.
• Provide operational and administrative support to help ensure seasonal plans, processes, and initiatives align with overarching strategy and objectives, on time and on target. Embracing an operational mindset while.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Serve as digital operations expert for seasonal projects across the Flagship team. Monitor activation efforts and proactively elevate risks.
• Provide process refinement recommendations, including facilitating cross-functional collaboration to improve process across teams.
• Develop/maintain documentation and lead trainings across teams to ensure operational excellence.
• Create work-back schedules with key milestones. Maintain brief documentation to create one source of truth within the Airtable tool.
• Ensure metrics and recap information are accurately captured and shared to inform seasonal recaps.
• Manage meeting details and collaborate with project team captains to discuss current/upcoming campaigns and milestones.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Manage all content across the APLA Nike.com Ecosystem including serving as the primary point of contact for all Nike.com needs
• In collaboration with various stakeholders, lead the seasonal, monthly, and day to day Nike.com planning and execution process
• Strategically source content and recommend digital strategies that meet the needs of multiple teams and maintains a smooth consumer journey
• Lead key operational initiatives that are pivotal to the success and growth of the partnership, including serving as the.com Airtable Production SME for the Korea team transition to on-platform.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Airtable, the team's primary content planning tool for all digital executions
• Onboard new team members to.com processes

Nike, WHQ

• Manage internal corporate giving platform and troubleshoot employee inquiries. Including back-end vendor (Benevity) and external partner support. Report on employee giving metrics, especially around key dates and.
• Drive engagement on platform: toolkit creation and peer-peer support. Train geo leads on platform usage & reporting admin tools.
• Lead coordination and implementation for employee training (50-200 attendees) focused on youth sport coaching. Oversee event logistics, communications and partner management.
• Create Board Service lessons via Lessonly. Implement on campus informationals in partnership with the Non-profit Association of Oregon.
• Coordinate disaster response funds with internal due diligence team.

Mulhouse Area, France

• Head Coach for U-11 Girls team. Coach weekly trainings and tournaments. Assisted with U-9, U-13 & U-15 when needed.

Mulhouse Area, France

• Compete in the Ligue Du Grand-Est 4th Division, the French Cup, and the Alsace Cup.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Promoted Vive NW and increase Latino engagement with the outdoor lifestyles of the PNW.
• Managed social media accounts, monthly newsletter and contact database. Doubled membership in 6 months. Increased Facebook ‘likes’ 200% since launch.
• Served as event liaison (events with 10-300 guests), scheduled and prepared for meetings, represented Vive at external conferences and events.
• Formed strategic partnerships with organizations to increase engagement without duplicating programming.
• Prepared proposals for potential sponsors.
• Partnered with CO on grant research and application processes. Co-Wrote a scope of work that secured $25,000, wrote a research grant for $5,000 in funding, and secured the Trailblazers LIVE Grant in 2017.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Used Salesforce to track donations and donor communications, monitored and updated Grant Management Deliverables (Grants & Donations ~90% of Child Aid revenue), deposited donations and managed follow up.
• Reported to the Director of Communications while also providing general support to the Executive Director and the office as a whole.
• Maintained social media channels in Spanish & English on Facebook/Instagram.
• Supported the Director of Communications on fundraising Campaigns. Specifically managed the calendar, communications, and deadlines for the organizations fall fundraising event at Lagunitas Brewery
• Spearheaded the research for securing additional free/discounted books for the organizations growing network in Guatemala (over 100k Spanish lang. books needed annually).

Portland, Oregon Area

• Share my passion for the Adidas brand as an ambassador for the company using product expertise toengage with customers.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Coach and direct summer camps for players aged 4-13.
• Completed USSF ‘E’ Coaching license.
• Received 2016 ‘Coach of the Year’.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Worked on community programs, fundraising, and weekly newsletter for the Hispanic fan base.
• Represented the Stand Together brand at external events (engaging groups from 50 to 200 participants) as well as facilitated conversation between Spanish speaking players and guests.
• Used Social Media to interact with the Hispanic fan base including Instagram (575 followers), tweeting (2,260) followers, ~75 tweets/game), and event promotion.
• Assisted with the execution of additional summer soccer camps hosted at more accessible locations to the hispanic community. Included registering participants, fielding questions from families and supporting coaching.
• Increased following of @Somostimbers twitter account by 12% during 2015 season

Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Champions of the 2014 Women’s 1st Division of Argentina.
• Qualified for Copa Libertadores 2014

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Taught University students English for Psychology and Business over 3 semesters.
• Developed lessons to facilitate language learning for classrooms ranging from 6-32 students.
• Followed assigned textbook while creating classroom specific written and oral assignments and language building exercises.
• Created and executed both written and oral mid-terms and final exams. Graded students coursework, followed up with individual support to encourage classroom participation.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• English Language Teacher for beginner to advanced students
• Worked with students one on one to improve their English with workbooks, personalized activities and conversation
• Created and implemented lessons for students at various levels of English fluency

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Worked behind the bar during both day and night shifts
• Directed and advised guests on activities and tours they should do on their stay as well as helped them navigate the city

Piçarras, Brazil

• English Language Teacher for beginner to advanced students
• Lead conversation classes and review sessions for students

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Soccer coach for children aged 2-14
• Coached small groups of children in soccer as well as supervised activities for up to 100 campers at a time
• Developed age appropriate activities to provide soccer instruction

Other; Certificate In Sustainable Business Strategy, Complete

Sustainable Business Strategy is a 3-week, 15-20 hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. Sustainable Business.

Ba, International Studies (Comparative Culture And Identity), Romance Languages And Literatures

Durring my time at U of M I was a member of the Michigan Women’s Soccer Club for 4 years with 2 years of board experience coordinating and.

International/Global Studies, Portuguese

Spent a semester studying Brazilian Literature and Nationality as well as Portuguese at a local University