Lucas Da Silva Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida, United States

Generated over 300 new leads by canvassing in the field. Achieved team goals on a consistent basis by ensuring over 30% of new leads received a demonstration. Effectively drove sales by building rapport with homeowners and following perfect pitch practice standards. Managed lead flow through Office Suites and CRM software.

Greater Denver Area

Temple Hills, Maryland

Developed a cohesive sales-generating team based on effective hiring practices and weekly 1 on 1’s.Created a system for outreaching to small businesses, effectively growing the store’s business footprint by 20%.Achieved store goals on a consistent basis with an overall success rate of 77.8% month over month.Effectively drove sales by hosting 16 events, driving over 1,000 client calls, and over 30 staff trainings to build a book of clients.Developed a system to hold staff, store cleanliness, and other administrative duties to the highest standards.

Washington, District Of Columbia

1900 L St. Nw Washington D.C. 20036

United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation, a powerful nonpartisan network made up of 55 local groups in 26 states. UWD organizes and advocates for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and families, regardless of immigration status.• Designed over 20 schemata and developed the Dream Connect, the primary database of the organization. Dream Connect is available to all 55 affiliates in 26 states and includes 7 major platforms including:o Event Managemento Advocacy Managemento Operationso Field Management Systemo Case Intakeo Hotline Intakeo Narrative Collection• Maintained and administered the Voter Activation Network (VAN) containing over 60,000 records. This included targeting, turf cutting, and reporting. I developed the organization's first national report to inform all departments of metrics that advance advocacy, development, and other programs.• Developed an intuitive and engaging training curriculum to change the culture of data throughout the organization's three programs. Working with 15 teams across the country, I developed a narrative, tone, and script to train and coach teams the importance of data in organizing.• Utilizing the training method briefly described above, I performed over 100 training and coaching sessions with over 25 field teams and 50 leaders from across the country.• Managed the civic engagement data program in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. This included building a universe, setting targets, training volunteers, cutting turf, tracking support and reporting to national.• Developed online live events standards and curriculum. This included outreaching and coaching speakers, developing PowerPoint presentations and setting up technology.• Piloted the organization's Snapchat social media account by implementing a strategy to solidify a base and increase growth by over 100%. • Managed the release of press communications via Meltwater, a press management tool.

Orlando, Florida Area

FOCUS Orlando, currently known as Faith in Florida, is a faith based organization that advocates for equal opportunity in healthcare, voting rights, and immigration in central Florida. FOCUS Orlando is made up of a multi-faith coalition including: Catholics, Baptists, Muslims, Jews, etc.• Developed and maintained over 50 relationships with clergy and lay leaders from across the state. This included prominent Pastors like David Uth from First Baptist Orlando and President Obama's spiritual advisor, Dr. Joel Hunter.• Built 7 local organizing teams based on the snowflake model developed by the New Organizing Institute (NOI) and developed training materials to further leadership development. The local organizing teams were responsible for coordinating recruitment, press, events, lobbying and more.• Developed the leadership of over 15 local leaders through 1 on 1 coaching and engagement. These leaders would go on to continue building a constituency to challenge political leaders on their stance for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.• Lobbied over 10 state and federal Senators and Congressmen for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. This included coordinated trips to Tallahassee and Washington D.C. to meet with, deliver stories, and demand support from Republican and Democrat Congress Members and Senators. The most prominent of which was Senator Marco Rubio.• Planned and executed over 30 events from logistics and outreach to messaging and media, etc. This included Press Conferences, Information Forums, Legal Service Clinics, Actions, Civic Engagement volunteer events and more. The largest event I planned and executed included an attendance of 850 people from across Central Florida and prominent faith leaders from across the state.

San Francisco Bay Area

The Campaign for an American DREAM (CAD) is a national project entailing a walk across the country advocating for passage of the DREAM Act. As one of the 11 founding members, I helped develop and implement the infrastructure to take the organization from vision to national reality. I walked from San Francisco to Nevada, about 600 miles. This project has helped strengthen and develop my leadership and organizing abilities.• I walked 600 miles to advocate for passage of the federal Dream Act and engaged with over 3,000 people across the country through panels and forums. I was a speaker at high schools, universities, churches, indigenous tribal communities, etc.• Lobbied over 50 state officials for support of statewide Dream Act initiatives. I met with elected representatives in state legislatures in California, Nevada, and Utah from both political parties to discuss the need for educational opportunity for undocumented students in their states. This included several hours with Gilbert Cedillo, who was the architect of the California Dream Act.• Produced over 20 press releases and advisories and developed over 25 relationships with media outlets and reporters. I was the media liaison in the field and handled all the media relationships and pitches necessary to raise awareness of the project.• Created, coordinated and maintained all social media accounts for the organization, increasing organizational reach to tens of thousands of people nationwide. Utilized social media tools such as Tweetdeck and Hootsuite to form a social media strategy to increase online activity and constituency. Worked with a team to deliver scheduled blogs and CAD news to subscribers across the country.• Assisted in the development of organizational structure and capacity building by defining internal and external processes. This included hands-on organizing of decision-making, accountability, recruitment, financing, communications and logistics structures.

Florida Mall, Orlando Florida

Champs Sports is one of the largest mall-based specialty athletic footwear and apparel retailers in North America. Its product categories include athletic footwear, apparel and accessories, and a focused assortment of equipment. This combination allows Champs Sports to differentiate itself from other mall-based stores by presenting complete product assortments in a select number of sporting activities. Its 552 stores are located throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Champs Sports stores have an average of 3,500 selling square feet.• Supervised a team of over 30 employees under the direction of the General Store Manager. I was 19 years old and managing employees that were much older than me. This was challenging, but also rewarding in that it gave me a head-start in my ability to connect well with others.• Responsible for employee scheduling, balancing ledgers, receiving and sending shipments, and other administrative duties. I assisted the General Store Manager with all operational duties including traveling to and fro the distribution center, maintaining store cleanliness and visuals, counting drawers and making deposits, and more.• Boosted sales by upwards of 15% over the course of the summer of 2009. There is a large tourist industry in Florida and I realized we were not tapping into that industry as much as we could. I worked out a special coupon with corporate for the tour guides and members to bring in more foot traffic. On top of that, I created relationships with the tour guides and made deals with them to have them start their mall tours in front of our store.• Awarded for the best performing audits for two consecutive years. Under the leadership of the General Store Manager, Michelle, we performed the best audits the store had ever had by coming in under 5% in difference versus LY.• Responsible for reduction of internal theft and closing daily operations with transactions totaling upwards of $50,000.

4.0 Gpa

High School Diploma, 3.6 Gpa