Sales Marketing

Leslie Russell

**** ***** **** * Midland, MI ****2 * 989-***-**** * ******@******.***

Professional Profile

Highly motivated professional with over 20 years of diverse work experience

including extensive sales, management, recruiting and training, IT,

industrial chemistry, marketing, advertising, and research. Solid

understanding of team building and the importance of maintaining strong

relationships with associates and clients. Creative and innovative.

Skills and Experience

* Business communications, corporate communications, executive

communications

* People leadership, training, recruiting, motivating, evaluating, and

long term development

* Strong multi-tasking skills combined with extensive project

supervision skills

* Strong work ethic and positive attitude that easily extends to others

* Experience in Microsoft Publisher, Gift Works, and Dreamweaver CSS

* IT experience; hardware and software updating, upgrading, testing and

evaluating

* Industrial chemical sales and laboratory experience

* Corporate event planning and project management

* Articulate and energetic public speaker

Professional Experience

. Guest Teacher - Professional Education Services Group, 2009- Present

. Trained and certified Guest Teacher for grades K-12,

. Emphasis on Special Education, Emotionally Impaired, and Juvenile

Detention/ high risk.

. Account Executive -Aegis Environments, 2008-2009

. Managed Sales and Marketing liaison position for industrial chemical

company

. Led wound care research project working directly with patient

. Technical background including AATCC testing

. Created innovative marketing strategies

. Clientele included Walmart and Hasbro

. Sales Director -Reroute, Inc. 2001-2008

. Directed all trade show, web-based, and print media marketing projects

. Produced a 15% efficiency increase in sales management with 40%

increase in overall sales

. Realigned division sales and management traffic to create cost savings

of 20%

. Clientele included SC Johnson, US Navy, AT&T

. Sales Director -Network Learning, Inc., 1996-2001

. Grew Michigan-based IT training company to multinational corporation

in under 5 years

. Set pricing, goals, demographic focus, and marketing strategies

. Supervised off-site training seminars

. Managed inventory and created new international markets

. Clientele included US Army, Pfizer, and Cisco Systems

. District Manager - MGRE, 1988-1996

. Supervised nine Detroit area locations in Fortune 500 Company with

volumes in excess of $22 million and 200+ employees

. Designed and implemented specialized training and recruiting programs

with strong emphasis on understanding different comprehension and

communication methods at corporate level

. Direct contact with designers and merchandisers

. Consistently maintained highest volume and profitability ratio in

division

. Created strong demographic-based marketing and merchandising designs

for culturally diverse district which carried over into corporate

merchandising protocols

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Advertising

Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 1990

Community Focus

Shelterhouse- Volunteer Coordinator, Fund Raiser, Donation Coordinator,

Friends for Journey Mentor

Town Hall Quilt Guild- Publicity Director, Donation Coordinator,

Catastrophic Event Quilt Sponsor

Habitat for Humanity- Corporate Donation Organizer and Coordinator

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