Management Sales

AUGUST DU PONT

* ***** **, ***. *, Brooklyn, NY *1211

201-***-****, *********@***.********.***

EXPERIENCE

MERITAM INVESTMENTS New York, NY

Marketing Manager Present

Bring non-profits from the New York metropolitan area onto Meritam’s investment management platform, assessing their financial needs and helping them select the right investing strategy.

BLOOMBERG L.P. New York, NY

Brand Strategy Intern Summer 2014

Steered development of a new corporate treasury product through interviews with prospective clients; discovered target market by creating financial profiles of firms that had participated and analyzing for trends.

Identified optimal messaging within the Bloomberg Terminal experience for critical client segments, conducting surveys to complement datasets of user behavior.

Launched competitive analysis of corporate social responsibility initiatives to assess their effect on brand perceptions and client relationships. Mapped out future KPIs with social media team.

MARC JACOBS INTERNATIONAL New York, NY

Consultant of Product Lifecycle Management 2011-2013

Deployed product management software to replace offline manufacturing processes and financial modeling. Identified pain points of rollout through interviews and observational research, then resolved those with vendor.

Redesigned workflows for Marc Accessories, the company’s highest-selling department, which eliminated redundancies in data management and defused resistance to a corporate initiative to reduce cycle time by 85-90%.

Empowered merchandising and sales teams to launch new ERP environment by aligning data from legacy systems. Improved budgeting metrics by advancing company-wide visibility to data from disparate sets.

Revised methods for QA testing by expanding the bill of materials to accommodate international customs requirements and identify high-risk categories for chemical contamination, saving ~$1 million per year.

Taught the materials sourcing team how to predict market effects on product margins, using commodity prices and foreign exchange rates.

BONHAMS AUCTIONEERS AND APPRAISERS New York, NY

Preview Staff 2010-2011

Drove sales by meeting with clients to clarify their needs and demonstrate the provenance of auction items.

Developed research strategies to become fluent in several specialized product categories and adapt to different clients.

Managed multiple workstreams: initiating, maintaining, and closing several auction campaigns simultaneously.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL New York, NY

MBA, May 2015 GMAT: 730, 96th Percentile 2013-2015

Academics: Statistics for Investments, Applied Regression Analysis, Managerial Negotiations

Leadership: Initiated UX review of the Columbia’s website for student clubs and activities, ultimately leading the school to find a better vendor; as Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for the Academics Board, isolated which student backgrounds required additional resources to succeed by combining the school’s records with survey data.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE New York, NY

BA, Anthropology, May 2010 GPA: 3.7 2006-2010

Leadership: President, Worldmuse Vocal Ensemble

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Volunteer Work: As a Peer Advocate at Gay Health Advocacy Project, counseled clients before and after they received HIV tests. Received special recognition for protecting confidential information with a high level of professionalism and warmth.

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