Sami Grady Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Lexico leverages leading strategy, assessment, and roadmapping capabilities, and an extensive partner network to help clients align and optimize customer experience, digital and technology transformations for better business outcomes.As "air traffic control" for this fast growing consulting practice, I enable all major business function, partnering with functional leaders in the following areas to track, support, and shepherd internal projects from inception to execution. Service Delivery:• Proactively manage project budgets, lifecycles, and advisor allocation; oversee end-to-end contract and statement of work processes; monitor project financials and burn rates; manage onboarding, project timelines, and engagement retrospectives; provide project contract and financial tracking to clients.Growth:• In support of the VP, Growth, implement sales processes and CRM platform and ensure optimization for all stakeholders, ; support developments of strategic partnerships, and processes for government contracting & RFP responses.Talent & Culture:• Collaborate on onboarding, referral program, and team engagement initiatives; facilitate regular team engagement opportunities.Finance & Accounting:• Design and manage accounting processes; oversee invoicing, accounts payable and receivable; serve as the main contact for accounting inquiries.Admin:• Manage team wide scheduling and calendars; monitor executives inboxes and LinkedIn for actions; lead renewal of certifications, insurance policies, audits, and licenses; coordinate special events and provide support for co-founders' commitments and special projects (ancillary boards & committee work).I also provide oversight & management to an Operations Coordinator to support the growing and evolving needs of the business. My goal is to continuously implement best practices and enhance operational processes while providing thoughtful care for our team, partners and clients.

Greater Milwaukee Area

As the first hire of a management consulting start up, I provided support in all facets of the business, creating processes, documentation, and reporting along the way. This is a role of many hats, filling any and all gaps to build a support the growth of a successful consulting business. Key responsibilities included:• As right hand to the cofounders, provided full executive admin support through calendar management, maintaining meeting cadences, research, tracking and oversight of all inflight projects and initiatives• Creation of all financial management tools & processes - all AP/AR functions, invoice creation, tracking and processing, creation of cash flow reporting, project profit & loss statements• Stepping into project coordinator role for client-facing consulting projects• Coordination of all marketing initiatives including social media content curation & posting, marketing material development, event prep & support• Support strategic growth initiatives around targeted audiences and offerings, including research, outreach, and identification of strategic partnersThis role was performed with a mindset of preparing and enabling the company for rapid and longterm growth, setting the foundation for success through exceptional record keeping and proactively pushing key initiatives ahead.

Assist startups and entrepreneurs with development of sales and marketing strategy & execution:• Strategize, plan and execute all aspects of digital marketing for a Dallas, Texas based landscape design firm - Create all social media posts and maintain regular social media posting schedule - Design and build website, design all marketing collateral maintaining a cohesive brand image - videos, mailers, holiday cards & gifts - Consult Owner & Founder on all marketing opportunities, execute on special projects • Built CRM and email marketing campaigns for Milwaukee-area author of leadership books - A/B tested book release email campaigns - Notable bump in sales as a result of campaigns• Assisted CEO and Founder of apparel start up, Sexy Socks, in Cape Town, South Africa - Coordinated and promoted five Sock Drops at local schools in South African townships - Wrote job descriptions, aided in hiring, and onboarded two new employees - Pitched socks to retailers, securing retail space in 10 new stores - Transitioned online sales platform from Shopify to WooCommerce and accounting management from Sage to Xero• Networking and promotional strategy for Airbedding, an AirBnB management service in Sydney, Australia - Identified key events, groups, and advertising opportunities for multi-faceted brand building

Grafton, Wi

Managed all administrative duties including full admin support for the President/C Suite and the planning of travel, meetings, and events for Board of Directors, Executive, and Sales Teams. Launched a new website, managed all social media accounts, honed Google Adwords with the help of a team of experts, and lead all online and offline marketing campaigns. Processed all team expenses monthly and provided quarterly summaries of complex financial statements to Board of Directors. Represented WMP in the community at career fairs, as a career coach for local students, and in regional workforce and economic development meetings. Developed and presented the 2017 Marketing Strategy and created a marketing handbook for incoming Coordinator.Systems learned: Trello, Webex, Wordpress, Buffer

Grafton, Wi

Built and executed integrated marketing campaigns for the Grafton Area Chamber of Commerce and the promotion of its events including managing multiple Facebook pages, websites and email communications. Wrote, designed and edited event materials including advertisements (print and digital), posters, flyers, tickets, and other signage. Provided exceptional customer service and information to callers and visitors as the local tourism office and community resource. Explored new community event opportunities and innovative sources of non-dues income including grant writing.Systems learned: ChamberMaster, Constant Contact

London, United Kingdom

Oversaw the planning and coordination of sponsorship at more than 15 global industry events in a 12 month period as part of the Global Agency Marketing team. Worked with Sales and Marketing teams to align objectives and develop event plans. Negotiated sponsorship packages and liaised with Sales, Creative Services, and Events Teams as well as external organizations across the globe to execute event sponsorship logistics. Used social media including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Reuters Inside Agency blog to share, promote and "Live Tweet" events and engage with followers as part of content marketing strategy. Developed collateral and event materials, including copywriting and editing, as well as assisted the Marketing Development Manager in the execution of marketing campaigns in multiple regions and languages across multiple platforms. Collated feedback from teams to prepare and publish internal post-event reports and event insight blog posts for the Reuters Inside Agency blog. My experience over the course of the yearlong placement culminated in participation in Marketing strategy planning conversations including development of the 2014 events plan and budget, research and planning for Reuters’ first virtual event, and the creation of a training manual for my incoming Event Specialist in this one year work placement program.Systems learned: Eloqua, Salesforce, Cisco Webex

Bba, Marketing, International Business, Spanish Language

Post-Graduate Certificate, International Business Practice

This certification is run through Mountbatten Institute and includes three MBA level modules: Organizational Behavior & Leadership, Global.

Study Abroad, Business & Society Program

Completed five BBA level business and Spanish courses taught exclusively in Spanish.