Sales Manager

Meaghan OBrien

Email: abqcv9@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** ****** **** **

City: Encintas

State: CA

Zip: 92024

Country: USA

Phone: 858-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $65,000

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Job History / Details:

Profile

I`m a -bigger than the box- thinker, an excellent communicator, passionate, organized and extremely ethical.

Experience

Owner, Studio Lupeet Showroom San Diego, CA 4/12 - 1/13

Sales representative for upscale women`s clothing and accessory brands. Specialized in new territory launches.

Grew client base through trade shows, road sales & direct cold calls

Compiled data base of over 1700 specialty boutiques

100K in new business within 6 months of start up

Attended trade shows: LA Market, CALA San Fran & Denver, Miami Swim Week / Salon Allure, Swim Collective

Utilized email, direct mail and social media marketing to gain buyers interest

Engaged buyers with creative sales techniques such as new customer incentive programs and specialty print materials. Tailored recommendations based on unique needs and boutique styles

Collaborated with new brands on product placement, pricing, design edits, trade shows, marketing and building brand awareness

National Sales and Marketing Director, Violet Love / Rebecca Michaels Los Angeles, CA 7/10 - 2/12

Managed sales and marketing division of women's clothing and accessory company.

Managed company`s website. Wrote product descriptions, contributed to content building with weekly blog posts, implemented best SEO practices

Managed $200-500/month in Google Ad Words campaigns making all necessary adjustments to maximize results

Reported Google Analytics monthly to CEO via spreadsheets containing all pertinent metrics

Created & managed Facebook fan page - Contests and partnerships on local and national levels.

Increased online retail sales by 20%

Worked directly with web developers and graphic artists for 2 new website launches

Worked directly with CEO on separation of accessory and clothing divisions to create new clothing brand. Logo design, brand awareness, product placement, customer retention strategies on wholesale and retail levels.

Implemented Brand Ambassador program - Hired 15 ambassadors across country resulting in grass roots marketing that created $5K in revenue in first 3 months of inception

Assisted with clothing design and production

Coordinated and worked over 15 trade shows and cash & carry events

Maintained and grew client base of over 800 US & International accounts

Converted 40% of internal sales inquiries and contributed to 35% revenue increase 2010 to 2011

Opened over 20 local Southern California accounts

Designed, built, marketed and managed San Diego based retail outlet store that contributed approx $1000 in additional monthly profit

Promoted and received pay raises at months 3 and 15 of employment

Account Manager, Reach Local San Diego, CA 3/10 - 7/10

Responsible for cold calling regional business to sell Search Advertising, Web Marketing, Web Design, Display Advertising and Remarketing.

VP of Marketing, Discover Home Network Ocean City, MD 8/09 - 12/09

Built and grew clientele for start-up website EasternShoreHousing.com from 0 to 15 paid advertisers in 4 months totaling $120K in revenue. Conceived, developed and implemented all sales and marketing materials and processes for ESH.com

Company relocated to San Francisco Dec 2009

Account Executive, Yellow Book USA (Hibu) Salisbury, MD & San Diego, CA 4/04 - 8/09

Responsible for linking buyers and sellers utilizing Yellow Page print ads, YellowBook.com and WebReach (Google and Yahoo PPC campaigns).

Targeted, captured and developed two new markets from $0 to $10M in annual sales in under two years.

Exceeded established quotas through excellent networking abilities resulting in 2006 President`s Achievement Award given to top 5% of sales force nationwide.

Outperformed other sales representatives in overall percentage to objective, new dollar objective and new business objectives by an average of 127%

Management Assistant, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Baltimore, MD 11/01 - 9/03

Promoted through three varied environments specializing in city-wide corporate, retail and insurance rentals, fast paced international airport business rentals and -on-demand- local car dealership / service center rentals

Education

Bachelor of Science, Salisbury University Business/Marketing Salisbury, MD Overall GPA 3.4

Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point. Mac Pages, Numbers, Keynote. Photoshop. Advanced Social Media Skills. Google Analytics, Google Ad Words PPC, SEO best practices. Word Press. Blastramp.com, MailChimp.com, SalesForce.com, ShowroomExchange.com.

Referrals

Brandon Flynn - Regional Marketing Manager - YellowBook (Hibu) - Washington D.C. 240-***-**** abqcv9@r.postjobfree.com

Aaron Brodsky - Director of Sales Enablement - YellowBook (Hibu) - Baltimore, MD 610-***-**** abqcv9@r.postjobfree.com

Cindy Cruz - Executive Director - Leaping Lotus - Solana Beach, CA 858-***-**** abqcv9@r.postjobfree.com

Belinda Kazanci - Owner / Designer - Bel Kazan - Los Angeles, CA 213-***-**** abqcv9@r.postjobfree.com

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