• Expertly co-manages retail store, grossing $2.6M in annual sales; leads 24 employees in all aspects of retail operations • Manages and executes visual merchandising to enhance customers’ store experience and specifically appeal to store clientele• Interviews, hires, and cross-trains sales leads and sales associates while preparing them for future advancement within the company

• Expertly co-managed retail store, grossing $1.1M in annual sales, which exceeded company performance goals in 8 of 12 months in 2013 and also finished in the top 10% of net sales for the company’s retail stores in Q4 2013• Planned and successfully hosted outreach style events within the community to drive repeat business and build relationships with current and new clients

• Managed over 50 advertising accounts for regional women's publication with a monthly readership of 60,000 individuals in Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head, South Carolina• Served as the magazine’s creative analyst in the development of magazine themes, article types, advertising placement, and final proofing• Consulted with clients to generate advertising campaigns to strategically balance customers' business goals and magazine readers' profiles• Generated new advertising accounts through cold calling and attending business expos

• Generated advertising business for The Manning Times, Times Extra, and other company publications• Creatively designed ads for customers based on sales objectives and current specials or promotions