Matthew Talbot Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

• Provides guests with world-class ‘education’ and guest experience in the areas of product, culture, and community by speaking authentically about product use through their own experiences• Product Education: communicates special features, benefits, fabric properties, usage, and best care instructions• Culture Education: ‘demonstrates’, the culture held within the company, including: attitude of fun, respect, support, empowerment, encouragement, passion, interaction with other staff, and in-store discussion of lifestyle (i.e. yoga, fitness, health and fun)• Community Education: ensures guest is aware of in-store community bulletin board – for information and resources regarding yoga and other health, fitness and related community information

• Provided exceptional one-on-one service to consumer per their treatment plan.• Supporting the active achievement of written goals for the induvial.• Assisted with development of the individuals treatment plan and goals.

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Public Sector SMB: K12 | HiEd | SLGTerritory: Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, & Texas

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Public Sector SMB: K12 | HiEd | SLGTerritory: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, & Utah

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Public Sector SMB: K12 | HiEd | SLGTerritory: Arizona & New Mexico

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

• Maintained website by constantly updating new product, visually merchandising, creating better organization and helping generate original content for private label.• Provided superior customer service while engaging with customers, online and in person.• Created a style guide and process for uploading and updating content to the site.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Founding DASH team member, helped facilitate with the initial DASH brand launch.• Handled any and all administrative processes within the Raleigh office. • Successfully reconciled over $400k+ in business expenses for both branches.• Coordinated the printing, ordering, and purchasing of any and all promotional marketing materials for both branches.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Produced 53rd and 54th Annual Frankie Lemmon Golf Classic with a gross income of over $100k each year while working directly with Peter Millar to procure patron player packages.• Arranged, booked, and managed hotel, airfare, and rental cars for 70+ vintners during the 2019 Triangle Wine Experience.• Collaborated with a variety of wine partners to plan auction lot trips within the U.S. wine country for the 2018 and 2019 Triangle Wine Experience.• Initiated “5 Questions” social media spotlight campaign that celebrated the various teachers, patrons, and volunteers that allow our organization to exist.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Discovered and vetted a wide range of bloggers and influencers for potential brand partnerships with our clients.• Developed and extracted various industry media lists for a wide range of clients using Cision Point.• Distributed media lists across four office locations, increased client relations by 30 percent.• Maintained a healthy ration of followers on multiple clients Instagram and Twitter accounts in order to sustain an elevated following by 50 percent.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Proficient in achieving individual sales plan, ensuring the store is fully stocked, displayed, and secured, can proficiently operate the POS system and account for all transactions, providing excellent customer service, describing the benefits of various lenses, replacing missing screws, making adjustments, opening and closing the store, and has a wonderful demeanor with all customers, service providers, and associates.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Achieved the highest sales in handbags department for the Nordstrom Annual Sale, during the private and public sale.Curating products for customers based on their needs and current trends.Worked directly with designer, bridge, and contemporary products. Proficient in achieving sales goals and developing client / customer relations. This is generated by providing the highest level of customer service available in addition to complying with all company policies, procedures and directives.Effective at meeting, if not exceeding, daily sales goals; which includes SPH, ADS, and total sales. Identifying and communicating customer needs to help them find the best product(s) that suits their needs. Educating customers on our products, pricing and current promotions.

Greenville, North Carolina

• Generated review information and PowerPoints to help students learn material on their own time• Facilitated review sessions in order to help prepare students for tested materials• Provided individual tutoring sessions

Greenville, North Carolina Area

Contributing Writer: (August 2015-March 2016)Publishing and distributing weekly articles that are relevant, thought provoking, and capture a wide audience.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Generated social media content from May-August for the North Carolina Veterinary Association (NCVMA) • Drafted press releases for Mims Distributing Company• Conducted a media audit for North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association (NCNLA)• Produced lists of competition and potential food bloggers for AN Asian Cuisine• Created a media landscape for WHR Architects, the healthcare practice of EYP Architecture & Engineering

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Proficient in achieving sales goals and developing lasting client / customer relations• Meet daily sales goals; including unit per transaction (UPT), average dollar sales (ADS), and total dollar sales• Team Trainer for Michael Kors, for 2015 Holiday Season• Educate customers on products, pricing, and current promotions

Master’S Degree, Master Of Global Innovation Management, Global Luxury Management, Jenkins School Of Business

Master'S Degree, M. Sc. Of Global Luxury Management

Communication Studies Bachelor Of Science, Public Relations Concentration & Fashion Merchandising Minor

Activities and Societies: AIMO (Apparel Interior Merchandise Organization) & PRSSA (Public Relations Society of America)