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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As head of people, I have one mission - create a culture where people can thrive. I oversee all of our people operations from recruiting, training and development, employee engagement/satisfaction, performance management, and organizational design.

Chicago, Illinois

As Director of Talent Strategy at Hunt Club, I am responsible for ensuring that our team finds the best talent for our clients, and delivers a highly personalized experience to our candidates. At Hunt Club, we are changing the way that companies acquire talent. From using innovative technology to tapping into highly connected professionals for 1:1 referrals to putting a human touch back into a traditionally impersonal process, we are setting a new standard for talent acquisition.

Chicago

As Director of Training and Development I am responsible for new hire training, product and technology adoption/education, advanced skill development and sales communication strategy. During my time as director, I have rebuilt the new hire education program and improved the ramp of our new sales reps, worked alongside stakeholders and executives to develop an inside sales structure within the organization resulting in substantial KPI improvements, built a national quality assurance program to… Show more As Director of Training and Development I am responsible for new hire training, product and technology adoption/education, advanced skill development and sales communication strategy. During my time as director, I have rebuilt the new hire education program and improved the ramp of our new sales reps, worked alongside stakeholders and executives to develop an inside sales structure within the organization resulting in substantial KPI improvements, built a national quality assurance program to improve our online customer engagement experience, and built out a sales communication strategy to strengthen cross-functional communication. Additionally, I doubled the size of the training team and have had the pleasure of training and managing a team of eleven exceptional trainers, training managers and product managers. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

As training manager at Trunk Club I worked alongside stakeholders to launch and grow Trunk Club for Women. I was responsible for developing, executing and scaling Trunk Club for Women's sales and stylist education program. As training manager running our women's division it was my responsibility to analyze the needs of our customers, and ensure that our sales team was delivering on those needs. This included educating on our product selection and Nordstrom integration, building our core sales… Show more As training manager at Trunk Club I worked alongside stakeholders to launch and grow Trunk Club for Women. I was responsible for developing, executing and scaling Trunk Club for Women's sales and stylist education program. As training manager running our women's division it was my responsibility to analyze the needs of our customers, and ensure that our sales team was delivering on those needs. This included educating on our product selection and Nordstrom integration, building our core sales and styling principles and training every new and existing stylists (over 500) on the skills they needed to successfully drive revenue and improve KPI's. Show less

Chicago, Il

As the first Sales Trainer at Trunk Club, I successfully onboarded and trained over 300 sales reps nationwide. In addition to running new hire training, my role included identifying development opportunities within the sales organization, and creating and implementing advanced education programs.

Chicago, Il

As a sales representative I was responsible for self sourcing new business, using hunter mentality. Contacting and qualifying potential clients. Building and maintaining relationships with clients to ensure repeat business and loyalty. Additionally, I worked across departments to develop marketing campaigns, beta test new tools and develop various client acquisition and retention campaigns. I also helped mentor and develop new team members to teach best practices and ensure successful growth… Show more As a sales representative I was responsible for self sourcing new business, using hunter mentality. Contacting and qualifying potential clients. Building and maintaining relationships with clients to ensure repeat business and loyalty. Additionally, I worked across departments to develop marketing campaigns, beta test new tools and develop various client acquisition and retention campaigns. I also helped mentor and develop new team members to teach best practices and ensure successful growth. My success included consistently performing in the top 10% and exceeding KPI expectations. Show less

Chicago, Il

My role at Groupon is to drive new business for my company and create strategic relationships with local merchants in Seattle. I was promoted into this role in November of 2010 based on my strong performance. Through active listening and a true partnership mentality, I have been successfully exceeding expectations in terms of revenue and profit for my company. Specifically, I generated 1 million dollars in revenue in my first year. I have also created, and lead, an internal group at Groupon… Show more My role at Groupon is to drive new business for my company and create strategic relationships with local merchants in Seattle. I was promoted into this role in November of 2010 based on my strong performance. Through active listening and a true partnership mentality, I have been successfully exceeding expectations in terms of revenue and profit for my company. Specifically, I generated 1 million dollars in revenue in my first year. I have also created, and lead, an internal group at Groupon designed to serve as a platform for strengthening internal communications. Show less

Chicago, Il

As my first role at Groupon I worked to build a small market by creating strong relationships with the top businesses owners and the most influential members of the community. I successfully strengthened the Groupon subscriber base and increased revenue through strategic networking, event sponsorship, social networking and persistent prospecting. My success in this market ultimately lead to a promotion to one of Groupon's top 10 markets.

Chicago, Il

I was brought on to develop a brand new role in Advertising sales. In this role I responsible for working with outside sales representatives on selling new and transitional advertising products along with making initial contact with hard to reach prospects. My success in this role lead to tremendous revenue growth and the role ultimately expanded to training a new team brought on to execute the new position across all Tribune markets.

Chicago, Il

My role as an account manager in recruitment was to determine businesses recruitment needs and provide a customized hiring solution package created from Tribune Interactive and Careerbuilder products. My success in the this role lead to being hand selected as one of only four account managers to take on the additional task of testing the newest recruitment products.

Roanoke, In

In this role I executed a completed overhaul of the company's database and organizational system. In addition, I was responsible for coordinating schedules between the clients and field technicians.

As the co-owner of this company I was responsible for designing and distributing a line of original women's winter accessories. In this role I managed daily financial accounting, reported to investors, managed employees, and negotiated manufacturing costs. As co-owner I was also responsible for selling the product to local retailers through door to sales and expanding the brand nationally by participating in national trade shows. In addition, I was responsible for marketing the… Show more As the co-owner of this company I was responsible for designing and distributing a line of original women's winter accessories. In this role I managed daily financial accounting, reported to investors, managed employees, and negotiated manufacturing costs. As co-owner I was also responsible for selling the product to local retailers through door to sales and expanding the brand nationally by participating in national trade shows. In addition, I was responsible for marketing the product. Persistent marketing lead to local newspaper recognition, an article in a local magazine publication and a compelling review in Chicago's "Daily Candy". Show less