MIKE TORRES VANHELDER
Collierville, TN 38017
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OBJECTIVE
Attain an entry-level position in product marketing or account management at a reputable company.
EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration, May 2011 GPA 3.7/4.0
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Science, Marketing December 2008
Northern Illinois University
Certificate in Professional Sales
SKILLS
Relevant Course Work: Creativity and Innovation, Multinational Marketing, Marketing
Research, Global strategic Marketing, Operations
Management, OMIS, Buyer Behavior, Strategic Management,
Advance Professional Selling (Limited).
Foreign Language: Fluent in conversational and business Spanish.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Cultural Ambassador, Xunta of Galicia, A Coruña, Spain. October 2010- June 2011.
• Taught and educated a classroom of 20+ students and directed meetings with staff.
• Learned self-development skills and cross cultural analysis and adaptation.
• Continuously developed projects to increase motivation and classroom learning aptitude.
• Acquired English Language Instructor certification at a high school level.
Product and Marketing communications Intern, Automatic Data Processing, Hoffman Estates,
IL, May- August 2008
• Created marketing communication pieces for new products that assisted sales reps present
ADP products via direct mail and digital media.
• Created and presented to senior management a project plan for a new revenue-driving
product that would potentially generate $260,000 for the company.
• Collaborated with the production team to generate the promotion plan and design of over
100 body catalogue pages for Dealer Office Xpress products and services.
• Communicated and collaborated with other department to complete projects on time.
• Researched and wrote a competitive analysis for ADP’s Design On Demand service.
Store Manager, Soccer USA, Collierville, TN, June 2006 – Current.
• Overseeing systems associated with the day-to-day organizational administrative
activities.
• Attained and nurtured a $30,000 account with Falcons F.C Soccer Club.
• Interact daily with customers to assist them with product selection in Spanish and
English.
• Used sales expertise and account management to increase clientele and maintain margins.
ACTIVITIES
• Collegiate Sales Advisory Board Member.
• Mu Kappa Tau National Marketing Honors Society Member.
• American Marketing Association Member.
• Excellence Award in Professional Sales.
SKILLS
Mac OS X, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Sales Force, Photoshop, Twitter,
Facebook, and other social networking sites, team-building, employee empowerment, research.