Brookstone, Inc. August **** – Present
Senior Project Manager
Preside over 2500+ Marketing projects yearly. Projects include paid advertising, print ads, social media, catalog, packaging, instruction booklets, store signs, promotional materials, brochures, videos, emails, eCommerce, shop-in-a-shop displays, wholesale/corporate sales
Reduced packaging project timeline by 30%
Reduced the number of projects having to be revamped by 50% by implementing new approval process and complete documentation during onboarding process
Works within the Agile method of project management
Departmental budgeting ($2M+)
Envision new and modify project management processes
Project onboarding, resourcing and scheduling
Marketing and production calendar
Approvals and documentation
Consolidated marketing project management for retail, catalog, visual display, eCommerce, and PR teams into one business until
Manage product samples from clients to photo studio
Oversee 3 Project Coordinators (2009-2013)
Asset management and requests (images, videos, model agreements)
IT resourcing
Gardeners’ Eden (division of Brookstone) March – June 2005
Inventory Planning Coordinator
Bertucci’s Restaurant 2000- 2005
Purchasing Assistant/Executive Assistant to VP of Purchasing
Oversaw all wine, beer and spirits accounts
Handled all restaurant issues for food shipments and cost
Manage office supplies account for entire company
Supported Vice President and the Director of Purchasing in travel plans, writing correspondences, meeting notes and coordination
Maintain recipes books for chain, which includes writing, testing, printing
Developed and produced all kitchen training documentation
Bertucci’s Restaurant 1997-2000
Restaurant Manager
Day-to-day management of restaurant, oversee all staff
Coach, develop and mentor staff led to very low turnover
Customer Service- make sure everyone leaves happy
Inventory control
Hiring and training of new servers, hostesses and kitchen staff
Yearly budget development
Weekly schedules for staff
Pizza Hut 1995-1997
Restaurant Manager
Walt Disney World-College Program 1994
Education
1991-1995 University of New Hampshire
B.A., - Hospitality Management
1991-1995 University of New Hampshire
B.A., - Hospitality Management
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111 Marsh Road Barrington, NH 03825
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Award
Brookstone Core Values Excellence Award
February 2015
Computer Knowledge
Microsoft Office
Adobe inDesign
Adobe Photoshop
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