Sales Manager

JOSHUA T. LINTON

** * ** * * E Z S T R E E T, P I T T S B U R G H, P A . 15211

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EDUCATION

Washington & Jefferson College Washington, Pennsylvania

B.A. in Psychology May 2009

G.P.A in Major: 3.0/4.0

Honors: Presidential Scholarship

Activities: W&J Football Team, 4-Year Letterman

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Philanthropy Chair

Pre-Health Society

EXPERIENCE

Innovative Benefits Consultants Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Financial Services Analyst May 2012 – Present

• Analyzing creative insurance and estate planning strategies for affluent individuals

• Providing client and advisor related presentations for each strategy

• Staying current with tax, legal, and other industry related issues

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sales Support Assistant May 2011 – January 2012

• Worked directly with Account Executive to cultivate and grow business by providing industry, prospecting, and

client research as well as assisting with sales presentations

• Maintained appropriate and regular communication with current producers within an assigned territory via personal

meetings, phone, email and in-writing

• Planned and coordinated schedules and territories for Sales Associates

• Developed a comprehensive data analysis and aided in the business plan of establishing business in newly

restructured territory

• Position terminated nationally, laid off due to anticipated transfer of business ownership

ComDoc Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Account Manager November 2010 – May 2011

• Managed current customer accounts using market strategies and goals for each product or service

• Traveled throughout assigned territory to develop new business and customer relationships

• Used technical, organizational, and customer knowledge to influence customers and assist them in applying the

products and services to their needs resulting in revenue generation

• Went above and beyond expectations and sales goals

• Left role to accept position at The Hartford

Mars Home for Youth – D.A.S. Unit Mars, Pennsylvania

Residential Advisor June 2009 – July 2010

• Provided intensive direct care and support for children ages 13-18 who have a range of mental health needs

• Left position for personal reasons

RELEVANT COURSES -- Many of these courses required advanced techniques in Excel and Word

• Marketing • Neuroscience • Advanced Composition

• Microeconomics • Experimental Psychology • Public Speaking

• Presenting Data Info • Theory of Personality • Analytical Chemistry

COMMUNITY SERVICE

W&J Varsity Football Team Fall 2008

• Planned and participated in a bike race and dinner fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Fall 2007

• Organized a 3-on-3 basketball tournament to raise money for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Instituted “Hats Off to the Soldiers” to help provide necessary items, food and clothing for the men and women or

the armed services who have been seriously wounded in the line of duty

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