Manager Sales

Dear Corner Office Consultants Recruiter:

This letter is to express my interest in discussing with you the Account

Representative - Broadcast/Communications/Satellite - North Atlanta

opportunity which is listed on the Resume Book 360 web site. The

opportunity presented in your listing is very appealing to me, and I

believe that my experience and education will make me a competitive

candidate for a number of positions.

The key strengths that I possess for success in this position include, but

are not limited to, the following:

. Extensive experience in negotiations, consultative sales and

marketing management in the distribution and key account arenas.

. Extensive experience covering a variety of trade classes to the

highest corporate levels.

. Strong communication skills.

. I am a self-starter.

. Eager to learn new things.

You will find me to be well-spoken, energetic, confident, and personable,

the type of person on whom the employer you represent can rely to get the

job done. I also have a wide breadth of experience of the type that gives

your client the versatility to place me in a number of contexts with

confidence that the level of excellence they expect will be met. Please see

my resume for additional information on my experience.

I hope that you'll find my experience and interests intriguing enough to

warrant a face-to-face meeting, as I am confident that I could provide

value to your client as a member of their team.

I can be reached anytime via my home phone, 770-***-****, or my cell phone,

678-***-****. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to

speaking with you about this employment opportunity.

Sincerely,

Gary Costello

GARY COSTELLO

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1505 Millennial Lane 770-

682-7063

Lawrenceville, GA 30045

*********@*********.***

Detail oriented Consumer Products, Packaged Media Sales/ Business

Development Manager with comprehensive experience in entrepreneurial style

environment and proven strengths/ expertise in Corporate, National and Key

Account Management, Presentations, Interpersonal Communications, Territory

Management, Negotiating, Time Management, Customer Relations, and

Promotional Budgeting.

Experience in product development to include contract negotiations,

product release marketing plans and implementation, and creative

contributions to finished package goods, (labeling, art, pricing,

manufacture, and delivery).

Maintenance of current and the development of new channels of consumer

and distribution business on behalf of Triumph Marketing clients in

the Packaged Media marketplace. Result was to nearly double the

company's account base in six months.

New Business initiative to bring ADV consumer product to Grocery

accounts on a nationwide basis yielded a three-fold growth in sales to

that sector.

Implemented successful campaign to be one of six companies nationwide

to be eligible for New Media contracts with the U.S. Department of

Transportation. Total contract value in excess of $12 million.

Member of six person sales team generating over $75 million annually

for five consecutive years.

Earned P&L responsibility for new Packaged Media label for Orion

Pictures Corporation.

. Extensive "Corporate" level experience.

. Ability to sell across a variety of trade classes to any level necessary.

. Independent thinker capable of going "outside the box", but staying

within predetermined parameters.

Professional Background

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Triumph Marketing LLC, Cumming, GA, July 2004 - November 2008

Business Development Manager

. Assist with contract negotiations with Independent Producers and film

companies to acquire consumer oriented packaged media products for the

Secular and Christian markets.

. Develop and implement marketing strategies to bring new products to

market.

. Contributed creative strategies in the areas of pricing, art work, method

of distribution and promotional funds.

. When necessary, acted as project manager for those producers who required

such services.

Account Manager

. Responsible for the maintenance of current and the development of new

channels of consumer and distribution business on behalf of company

clients in the Secular and Christian marketplace on a nationwide basis.

Such accounts would include traditional distribution, traditional

Packaged Media channels, non - traditional distribution channels, (such

as the web and discount stores), Grocery, Drug, Catalog, Special

Interest, (such as Avon), and Mass Merchant.

ADV Films, Houston, TX. July 2003 - July 2004

Account Manager

. Responsible for the continued growth and New Business Development of ADV

Films product through a variety of business sectors on a Nation wide

basis. Those sectors would include traditional Packaged Media

Distribution, Grocery, Traditional retail, non-traditional Packaged Media

distribution, (web suppliers), and those companies that supply library

and book stores.

. Examples of such accounts would include, Circuit City, Movie Gallery,

Greater Atlantic & Pacific Tea, (A&P), Kin Ray, Ingles Supermarkets,

Kroger, Winn Dixie, and Albertson's; Greencine, Overstock.com, Casa

Caiman, (web), Ingram Entertainment and Rack Services, Baker Taylor,

Borders, Entertainment Resources, Eurpac, Dollar General, Family Dollar,

Avon, Southern Stores, (Blockbuster), and DMK Entertainment,

(Blockbuster).

Sinko America, Atlanta, Ga. 2001-2002

Product Development Manger

. Adapting, branding, and market development for arcade style games

imported from Korea for use in the American market.

T.V. 4 Today.com, Memphis, TN 2000

Independent Contractor

. Independent Contractor for a Memphis based Start-up Company

selling Internet appliances, access and support to the

Hospitality industry.

StudioCom, Inc., Atlanta, GA 1999 - 2000

Director of Sales

. Market development for a two-year-old New Media company

engaged in providing turnkey business communications

solutions through interactive media, (including Internet,

CD-ROM, and DVD development), for business and

entertainment clients nationwide.

. Implemented successful campaign to be one of only six companies

nationwide to be eligible for New Media contracts with the U.S.

Department of Transportation.

. Instrumental in garnering contract for the construction of the J.P.

Morgan Mortgage web site, among others.

. Started revamping initiative to update companies own web site as well as

promotional CD-ROM to be used as a sales tool.

Orion Pictures Corporation, Century City, CA 1987 - 1999

(Acquired by Metro Goldwyn Meyer Studios in

fall of 1997)

Southeast Regional Sales Manager

. Earned P&L responsibility for new Packaged Media label for Orion Pictures

Corporation.

. Account management and total sales activity of Packaged Media products in

eight state Southeast Region. Generated over $20 million in B2B sales

volume annually.

. Negotiate and manage use of all Market Development Funds,

Advertising dollars, quantity discounts, return privilege,

and defective return allowances.

. Customer base to include national distributor corporate

offices and branches, regional distributor corporate

offices and branches, regional offices of national chains,

as well as corporate offices for regional and local chain

stores.

University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida Bachelor's Degree,

Business Administration

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