Sales Manager

MERGEFORMATJohn Verran

Principal - MLA. APA and Chicago

Long Beach, CA

**********@*****.*** - 714-***-****

• To seek a full-time position that develops my interpersonal and professional skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Principal

Editorial Services - Los Angeles, CA - August 2008 to Present

Advised graduate students at local universities, including UCLA and USC, in editing and revising graduate and

doctoral theses for grammatical errors, layout and tone.

• Advised undergraduate students at local universities in editing and revising term papers and other major

assignments for grammar, tone and proper citations (MLA. APA and Chicago).

• Obtained new clients through advertising in The Daily Bruin, Daily Trojan, Craigslist and through word of

mouth from academic department chairs and students.

• Utilized social media (Facebook and Myspace) to market editing services and to target students in need of

assistance.

Beverage Department Manager

Cost Plus World Market, Westwood - Los Angeles, CA - October 2011 to July 2014

Maintained store and department inventories using AS400, as well as Microsoft Excel; tracked incoming

shipments and routed them to be placed on the floor by the stock crews.

• Analyzed sales data in order to better place popular products in higher traffic locations; analyzed data was

also used to enhance schematics sent from the corporate office.

• Supervised and implemented the transition of the smaller accessories department into a more wide open,

brighter "beverage boutique".

• Was able to maintain the department as the leading sales department for the store; sales for FY2011 were

in excess of one million dollars and were up 15% for FY2012 and 5% for FY2013.

• Utilized various social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) in order to target specific local

demographic groups, primarily students at UCLA, and increase foot traffic in the store.

Consultant

Valuation and Information Group - Culver City, CA - July 2010 to June 2011

Analyzed demographic information (Census 2010 data, real estate price trends, etc.) to create city and regional

profiles for use in appraisal reports and market studies.

• Analyzed property tax bills for skilled nursing facilities, medical offices, hospitals and other commercial real

estate to create tax and financial forecasts and projections for clients.

• Worked directly with clients to help them understand and utilize the demographic and financial information

presented in each report.

• Helped design and edit content for a publication using Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 that dealt with changing

Medicare rates and commercial/medical property forecasts in all fifty states, Puerto Rico. The publication is

available both in print and online.

• Helped alpha/beta test and develop a programming using Narrative 1 that streamlined the retention of report

data and the combining of several Excel documents into one report.

Assistant Editor (Contract)

MLA. APA and Chicago - Los Angeles, CA - September 2009 to December 2009

Directly edited news articles that were featured on the Reuters.com website, as well as several articles that

were published in newspapers and blogs worldwide.

* Conducted legal research to ensure that information portrayed in nationally and internationally distributed

news articles was factual through multiple sources including Westlaw, court records and other legal resources.

* Presented findings to teams of journalists and editors while operating under strict deadlines.

* Led small editorial teams in gathering relevant content (videos, pictures, articles, etc.) and presenting the

most relevant findings to superiors and journalists.

* Authored a memo recommending technology improvements such as iPads that would benefit the offices'

operations; implementation began shortly before contract expired

Centralized Accounts Payable Specialist

The Irvine Company - Newport Beach, CA - January 2008 to July 2008

Supervised a small team in the creation of the Irvine Company's centralized accounting department, the

overhaul of its filing system and the rewriting of its accounting policies and procedures manual.

• Distributed incoming invoices via SAP to the appropriate department.

• Tracked various department invoices to ensure they were paid promptly and in full.

• Worked with department leadership to create accurate accounting projections.

• Managed communication between central corporate and satellite residential sales offices.

EDUCATION

Southwestern Law School - Los Angeles, CA

August 2008 to August 2009

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

University of California - Barcelona, Barcelona

September 2003 to June 2007

Certificate in Geographic Information Systems

University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA

2013

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills

• Expert with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), proficient with Windows

XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 8 and Mac OSX.

• Able to type 70 wpm.

• Conversational spoken Spanish and intermediate written Spanish.

• Proficient user of various social media platforms including LinkedIn, Yelp, Facebook and Twitter.

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