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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

NMG Network creates custom media channels for partners in the luxury hospitality, travel and high-end residential industry.

New York City Metropolitan Area

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New York, New York, United States

Raised $2MM of capital for product development, staffing, and marketing; successfully led the company from beta to revenue-generating phase in under one year.Articulated company vision, product and strategy during interviews with publications including WSJ, NYT, WWD, Vox, Business Of Fashion, SXSW, and Vogue UK (see appendix).Developed partnerships through strategic outreach with brands like theSkimm, The Wing, Spring Place, and The Montauk Beach House.Cultivated the Tulerie community of loyal users through an interactive approach including one-on-one FaceTime interviews, SMS communications, and a dedicated Slack channel for members to connect.Produced all social media, email marketing, photoshoots and advertising content.

New York, New York

Lead Saks Fifth Avenue’s corporate client experience division from a single initiative to a highly-valued sales driving arm of the company, significantly influencing the bottom line and garnering recognition as one of the highest performers within the marketing team. Led successful pitches to key brand partners launching the first client-centric partnership of its kind with premier brands like Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Canada Goose & Graff.Scaled the division within one year from a local program to a national program with global reach, activating partnerships across the U.S., Paris, Milan, and London.Owned the division growth strategy, targets, and P/L, controlling an annual operating budget of $3MM.Developed internal marketing and communications framework, presenting quarterly to 100+ team members across merchandising, stores, and marketing to ensure goal alignment.Defined and drove KPIs for the sales teams in 30 stores, partnering with the merchant vertical to understand and communicate vendor-specific targets.Responsible for presenting strategies and results regularly to C-level executives including the president of Saks Fifth Avenue.

New York, New York

Designed omni-channel marketing campaigns for the top 100 vendors using customer insights data to lead the strategy and generate additional streams of revenue for the company.Partnered with all areas of marketing to align stakeholders and ensure seamless implementation of omni-channel campaigns.Led the marketing strategy and project management of two store openings in Sarasota, FL and San Juan, PR working with new verticals like construction, finance, and human resources.

New York, New York

Managed the marketing and charity budgets across all 41 Saks stores, working cross-functionally with all areas of marketing to align stakeholders and ensure program implementation.

Orlando, Florida

Lead multiple audit engagements, including the audit of a Fortune 1000 Company, which required my supervision over staffing, timing and budget.