John Graham

**** ******* *** ** *** Bay BC

cell: 250-***-**** e-mail: accdxj@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Media Sales and Marketing Real Estate Publications Black Press, 2013-Present

Black Press is Canada’s largest community newspaper group with over 200 newspapers across Canada and

into the USA. In my position with Black Press I am responsible for all media sales into the real estate se ctor of

their many publications.

Developed new sales, including dealing with local to national real estate organizations.

Created and delivered sales and marketing campaigns for multiple publications.

Continued to build customer retention programs and multiple sales opportunities for the Vancouver Island real estate

industry.

Sales and Marketing Director Promo Crunch., 2006- 2013

Promo Crunch is a sales, import and design business which works with clients and their agency’s across the

continent. It designs, sells and delivers custom creative products for their marketing departments.

In this business I managed all sales and sales marketing materials.

Developed business with sales exceeding $900,000 in annual sales.

Created and delivered multiple promotional ad and social media campaigns for the company.

Created sales channels in retail including working with New York Jewelers Tiffany and Co., Entertainment Industry

projects for James Bond, SkyFall and Harry Potter Movie series and as well in the corporate business sector for Princess

Cruises and 100’s of other.

Pimlico Apparel Director of Marketing, Director of Sales 1999-2007

Pimlico was at one time, Canada’s largest garment manufacturer. In the time I was there I oversaw the sales for

the entire company (excess of $20 Million US) and oversaw all facets of sales and marketing for the company.

Created dozens of online and printed ad campaigns for Pimlico’s various divisions, Retail, OEM and Corporate.

Oversaw all sales and promotions.

Developed sales programs into large scale retail denim programs including OEM work with Nordstrom, Levi’s, Harley-

Davidson, and many other private label programs.

Designed and Executed all sales tools and sales for Pimlico.

Planned and executed over 20 tradeshows.

Director of Sales and Marketing Sun Cruz Trading Co., (1993-1999)

Sun Cruz is a garment manufacturing company that worked with high end sporting good, active wear and resort

retail companies across the continent and in Europe.

Sales Manager for 10 salespeople. Responsible for all sales and marketing material.

Increased sales from under $800,000 per annum to in excess of $10,000,000 per annum.

Designed and Produced all sales initiatives for in-house and outside reps.

Personal Sales in excess of $1,000,000 per annum.

Feldman Talent, Agent (1983-1992)

The Feldman Agency is Canada’s largest talent agency http://www.feldman-agency.com/ and is responsible for

managing and touring such acts as Bryan Adams, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello and others. In my

position there I was a line agent responsible for sales and touring of acts across Canada.

Talent Agent for Bryan Adams, Trooper, Loverboy, etc.

Responsible for artist and agency management for over 60 touring acts.

Generated sales in excess of $1,000,000 per annum.

Responsible for tour marketing, cross promotions, radio and print promotions.

CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instructor at CATO in Kelowna

CATO is the Okanagan’s leading private post-secondary facility. At Cato I taught courses in Music Business and Event

Management as well as Sales and Marketing (Social Media and traditional sales).

In this program I instructed the student in the creation and delivery of online social media content and how to make that an

integral part of their business. In this Program we extensively use Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Linked In and Instagram

to create a unified Social Media business plan.

2006-2010 Instructor at Vancouver Art Institute

At the Art Institute I taught event planning, sales and marketing and Web Site/Social Media Development in the Fashion

Marketing Program. I also taught traditional sales skills and sales planning.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BBA U-Vic 1982

Various sales and Marketing courses over 25 years including Sandler Sales and Peter Maw Sales Training.

Well Versed in CRM products wwwSalesforce.com, and www.Zoho.com (previously with www.Maximizer.com)

Trained in Social Media and its integration into business including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Blogger

SKILLS

Photoshop

Web Development, Social Media, SEO

Teacher/Mentor

Highly Computer Literate

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