Ben Trail
Email: ********@*************.***
Address:
City: Wake Forest
State: NC
Zip: 27587
Country: USA
Phone: 804-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Surfing and the action sports lifestyle are my breed and passion. Meshing innovative products and brand placement in already existing competitive market is my goal. Surfing and surf related brands have been my forte and opening accounts and maintaining relationships with honesty, integrity and hard work make up who I am.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Liberty University, Lynchburg VA 1/2001 to 1/2010 (Business Marketing)
High School Dipolma from Rift Valley Academy, Lynchburg VA 1/2001 to 12/2012
Job History / Details:
Professional Summary
Surfing and the action sports lifestyle are my breed and passion. Meshing innovative products and brand placement in already existing competitive market is my goal. Surfing and surf related brands have been my forte and opening accounts and maintaining relationships with honesty, integrity and hard work make up who I am.
Core Qualifications
Results-oriented
Client focused
Excel in relationshiped base management
Quick Learner and Coachable
Accounts Management
Product placement
Brand Awareness
Experience
February 2012 to Current
Wisdom Beverage (Red Bull) Outer Banks, NC
Accounts Manager
- Managed over 100 pre-existing accounts selling and managing Red Bull
- Maintained the Red Bull standards in all aspects of the brand and market.
- Opened several new accounts.
- Responsible for Product Placement, Brand Awareness, Merchandising and efficiency in delivery and operations.
April 2011 to January 2012
Wise Flooring KDH, NC
Carpenter
-Install
-Tear Out
-Sand
-Finish
Everything having to do with all aspects of hard wood flooring. Developed Customer Service Skills.
May 2009 to August 2009
Outer Banks Boarding Co. Nags Head, NC
Sales Associate (College Summer)
-Sales Associate
-Surfboard Ding repair
-Airbrushed Surfboards for team riders Jesse Hines and Kim Diggs.
-TOMS shoes. "One Day WIthout Shoes" featured artist
January 2007 to June 2007
Safari Spider Surfboards Durban, KZN South Africa
Head Airbrush Artist
-Airbrushed surfboards for Safari (Largest Surfboard manufacturer in the Southern hemisphere)
-Trained and worked along side some of the worlds finest shapers and craftsmen.
-Airbrushed approximately six custom boards a day that were shipped to over 20 countries world wide.
- Painted boards specifically designed for WCT campaigner Travis Logie, Greg Emslie and Royden Bryson.
Education
2010 Liberty University Lynchburg, Va
Associate of Science Business Marketing
2005 Rift Valley Academy Kijabe,
High School Diploma High School
Professional Affiliations
-Lived in 6 Countries
-Traveled to 23 countries
-Internship through the North American Mission Board and the Church of Outer Banks. (April 2010-Dec 2010).
- Completed several commissioned oil paintings. Most recent was for former president Jimmy Carter's 87th birthday.
- Airbrushed boards that I have done have been featured in Transworld Surf Magazine, January 2011 as well as the On A Mission website.