Leisha Fotopoulos Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl

My job responsibilities include taking incoming calls and qualifying the leads to pass on to our local offices. I also handle the bids for AVI-SPL.

My role is reactive and I enjoy that aspect of the job.

Assigned to manage all aspects of corporate level business development for audio/visual requirements. Responsible for evaluating the client needs from office presentations to large events, corporate events, meetings and fundraisers. Completed numerous scheduled client visits to ensure top-notch customer service and sales/client retention. Very experienced in the dynamics of vendor-to-vendor tradeshows marketing and sales. Assist with communication and correspondence, problem resolution for client accounts and facilitate support between customer and technical team.

Financial and Operational Highlights:
* Achieved Diamond Award Winner for 2007 and CS2 Salesperson of the Quarter - 2008
* Managed largest in-house account and handled all the administrative requirements

Consultative Advertising Sales within the Promotional Products Industry. Responsibilities include: Prospecting new clients via fax, referral, cold calling and industry tradeshows and associations. Manage client-marketing plans through sales and scheduling of print advertising, facsimile programs, email programs, information technology services and custom industry catalogs. Facilitate the handling of client issues with regard to their marketing limitations. Maintain over $1 million in established client accounts in addition to growing over $300,000 in new business. Develop long-standing client relationships. Consistently meet and exceed their marketing requirements by understanding their product lines, target sales audience and providing complete follow-through on their marketing programs and the creative processes.

Consultative Advertising Sales within the Promotional Products Industry. Responsibilities include: Prospecting new clients via fax, referral, cold calling, and industry tradeshows and associations. Manage client-marketing plans through sales and scheduling of print advertising, facsimile programs, e-mail programs, information technology services and custom industry catalogs. Facilitate the handling of client issues with regard to their marketing limitations. Maintain over $1 million in established client accounts in addition to growing over $300,000 in new business. Develop long-standing client relationships. Consistently meet and exceed their marketing requirements by understanding their product lines, target sales audience and providing complete follow-through on their marketing programs and the creative processes

Financial and Operational Highlights:

Performed a wide range of support for an Executive relieving him of administrative duties often of a highly confidential and complex nature. Initiative and judgment were required in the absence of specific directions from the executive. Served as a liaison with others within and outside the company regarding administrative issues related to purchasing, personnel, facilities, and operations.

Provided administrative support to the area executive. Coordinated manager's schedule, made appointments, and arranged and coordinated travel schedules. Answered, screened, and directed incoming calls determining those which can be handled by subordinates to the executive. Assisted in the preparation of administrative reports, performed difficult and/or sensitive information gathering, computes statistics, and distributes such reports to the appropriate people. Sorted and distributed incoming mail as well as preparing outgoing mail and other correspondence. Responded to incoming mail and other materials not requiring the attention of the executive. Coordinated and arranged meetings, prepared agendas, reserved and prepared facilities. Contacted key executives, external management personnel, and other persons important to the company to transmit information and obtain data. Typed letters and reports from rough drafts, making changes in grammar, punctuation or spelling as needed.

Financial and Operational Highlights:
Consistently handled all executive needs.
Managed and facilitated travel for executive and handled administrative duties.

Responsibilities include administrative duties to the sales and purchasing managers. Coordinated schedules and meetings. Handled confidential information with complete discretion Managed accounts for executives so that they may conduct higher sales and purchasing power.

Financial and Operational Highlights:
*******Began my career handling administrative duties for the Purchasing Department
Administrative duties for the sales director with the highest amount of revenue consistently

Business Administration

Currently enrolled in Hillsborough Community College.

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