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New York City

•Responsible for venue concept, design, build-out, branding, marketing, and advertising. Direct, control, and plan all activities/entertainment for the venue including private events, music, and the production of weekly shows.•Control all responsibilities relating to venue operations including finance, business strategy, licensing, property lease, insurance policies, payroll, and capital improvements. Maintain expenses below budget through accurate planning, forecasting, purchasing, and cost-effective operating procedures. Oversee the hiring of staff and maintain ongoing training programs to ensure consistent high quality products and customer service standards. •Venue’s unique concept and design featured in People Magazine, Time Out New York, New York Post “Page Six”, New York Magazine, Thrillist “Best Bars on the Lower East Side”, Inked Magazine, among others. Venue was included in CMT Network show My Big Redneck Vacation and forthcoming release of Hockey Wives on the W Network.

New York City

• Responsible for the end-to-end management of in-house agency artwork including production, procurement, and overall ad management. Experience includes photography, video production, and voice-overs that are utilized across all advertising media. Advertising campaigns were targeted to high-net-worth individuals.• Delivered nearly 300 annual advertising/marketing campaigns at an average campaign cost of $5,000. Project delivery time ranged from 48 hours to four months depending on sophistication of campaign and the target market segment. • Led relationship management and contract negotiation with key vendors to purchase or license creative content. These efforts resulted in negotiated savings of 15 percent over the past 5 years.• Managed cross-organizational responsibilities with the Merrill Lynch and US Trust divisions for the creative development and review of advertising concepts and campaigns targeted at ultra-high-net-worth clients.• Developed a strategic plan to monetize photo/video/audio assets of Bank of America. As a result, all lines of business and partner agencies have been able to reduce photography spend by 10 percent since 2013.

New York City

• Managed a team of inside sales Account Executives responsible for more than 100 ad agency and marketing accounts generating in excess of $2 million in annual sales. Developed new business accounts through direct meetings and sales presentations to high-level Executive Creative Directors and key decision makers.• Negotiated pricing agreements that resulted in more than $350,000 in additional sales. Developed and managed long-term relationships with leading advertising, marketing, and design accounts to maximize revenues and increase overall business opportunities (accounts included: JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi, Young & Rubicam, etc.)• Led response strategy to purchasing RFPs from advertising and marketing clients resulting in increased revenue growth by 25 percent from 2006 to 2008. Exceeded established revenue goal during that time period for by 18 percent.• Oversaw advertising accounts for Corbis, in variety of roles (AE, SAE). Advised clients on licensing photography, video, music, and other creative content for commercial use. Posses a deep understanding of intellectual property, copyright and third party licensing issues.

New York City

Measured, analyzed, and forecasted retail sales, merchandising, production and planning for J. Crew (NYSE: JCG), an American clothing and accessories retailer.•Planned and managed the flow of over $30M of inventory to 155+ retail locations nationwide.•Communicated with all levels of management, sales, merchandising, production, and planning to ensure proper sell-through of product.•Forecasted and replenished core merchandise to achieve at least 95% in stock position taking into account sales trends, demand, store unit plans, and capacity.•Analyzed and identified sales trends by same-store and developed optimal same-store inventory levels.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology