Sales Insurance Agent
Resume:
Jason Holliday
Allendale, SC 29810
Cell 803-***-**** Email ***********@*****.***
EDUCATION
**** ******** ** ****, ******** and Health, and Property and
Casualty Insurance
2000 Bachelor of Arts, English, University of South Carolina
1993 Diploma, Barnwell High School
WORK HISTORY
May 2010 to present
Insurance Agent, Colonial Life
Sell voluntary and supplemental insurance policies to employees of various
businesses. Duties include contacting potential clients through phone,
email, as well as in-person visits to job sites, meeting with HR Directors,
office managers and business owners and discussing how our products can not
only benefit their employees, but the company as a whole.
September 2009 to January 2010
Insurance Agent, Farm Bureau
Sold home, auto, and life insurance policies as well as discuss long term
care, retirement and annuities with potential clients. Duties include
filing paperwork, contacting prospects through phone and email as well as
helping existing customers that called or came into the office in an honest
and professional manner.
November 2007 to May 2009
Market Specialist, Lance, Inc. (Charleston Area)
Responsible for training new sales reps in company policies, procedures,
and sales development techniques and overseeing initial sales growth for
those reps, providing support and task-specific training as needed for
current sales reps, to enable continued sales growth and market
development, providing vacation relief for sales reps, and assisting area
business manager with other sales-related special events and promotions.
Successfully completed Lance's leadership program for Market Specialists in
November 2007. Promoted to this position after five months of proven sales
success with Lance . (see below). Received 2007 Lance Elite Award for
quarter sales, service and cost reduction.
June 2007 to November 2007
Route Sales Rep, Lance, Inc (Allendale, SC)
Responsible for daily sales and customer service calls to 32 customers
within a three-county service area, including promotional displays, new
product promotion, product positioning advisement and support, developing
and maintaining rapport with business owners and managers, growth of
existing account business, stockroom maintenance and supply oversight and
inventory, customer account collection and maintenance, communicating with
district manager about client needs and sales opportunities, and meeting
and exceeding weekly and quarterly sales goals. Two-time recipient of
Orangeburg District MVP award for outstanding performance and sales growth.
March 2007 to May 2007
Regional Sales Representative, Miller Communications (Orangeburg, SC)
Responsible for selling radio advertising for three company-owned radio
stations in a region that includes Orangeburg, Allendale, Bamberg, and
Barnwell counties. Tasks included scheduling appointments, cold calling on
businesses, visiting past advertisers, establishing rapport with clients,
creating and presenting advertising packages and proposals to suit a
client's needs, closing sales deals, assisting with development of client
commercials, servicing accounts, and taking part in other networking and
promotional activities, including special events, sponsorships, and remote
broadcasts.
March 2005 to March 2007
Assistant Operator, Kronotex U.S.A. (Snelling, SC)
Responsible for quality testing of flooring boards made in plant, including
graphite and scratch tests, alignment and thickness tests, gloss tests,
and acid tests. Also required to trouble-shoot problems with the press
machine and communicate with other operators and quality supervisor.
May 2004 to March 2005
Delivery, The People-Sentinel newspaper (Barnwell, SC)
Responsible for delivery of advertising inserts and papers to newspaper
clients, including subscribers, as well as businesses and other newspapers,
and collection of payments.
Winter 2004 to Summer 2004
Insurance Agent, Family Heritage (Barnwell/Allendale, SC region)
Responsible for cold-calling on business and residential prospects,
creating new business relationships by selling supplemental cancer and
accident policies. Passed SC Insurance Exam, obtained license.
Winter 2002 to Summer 2002
English Teacher, Wando High School (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
Taught college prep freshman and sophomore English as part of the state's
Critical Needs Program. Responsibilities included formulating weekly lesson
plans that followed school curriculum, conducting parent-teacher
conferences, and participating in special events, such as Faculty Follies.
Fall 2001
Paralegal, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson, and Poole Law Firm (Mt.
Pleasant, SC)
Filed legal claims for personal injury and wrongful death plaintiffs,
specifically those related to asbestos. Responsibilities included speaking
with clients, attorneys, and investigators, and writing up claims for
inclusion in client files.
Spring 2000 to Summer 2001
Executive Assistant, Elite Data Group, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL)
Assisted President and CEO in various day-to-day operations for this
outsourcing firm whose primary business interests were in the medical
field. This included handling check verification for several convenience
store chains, collecting on past-due accounts over the phone and by mail,
proofreading all official documents sent from the company, ordering and
receiving all office supplies, technical support and collection of past due
accounts for clients, and calling on and receiving doctors' orders for
diabetic supplies for ExpressMed.
REFERENCES
Dr. Edward Lemon, Optometrist and Mayor of Barnwell, S.C. ( 803-***-****
(w) 803-***-**** (h)
Ms. Laura McKenzie, Publisher of The People-Sentinel newspaper ( (803) 259-
3501 (o)
Mr. Wilbur Cave, Executive Director of Allendale County ALIVE and former
S.C. Representative - 803-***-**** (o)
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