Manager Sales

Bailey Mackowitz

** ****** ******* **, ********, CT • 860-***-**** • *********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Detail-oriented, self-motivated & highly responsible; trained to execute pivotal moments in public relations, event planning, and marketing & sales.

Areas of Focus

Event Planning:

Event Manager for Connecticut Literary Festival: Founded by Central Connecticut State University Professor Jotham Burrello to bring together writers from across the state which was hosted at RealArtWays in Hartford, CT, Fall 2019. This inaugural event drew a crowd of 800 and involved dozens of authors’ reading panels, poetry slam performances, musical performances, etc.

• Email

• Coordinate rental agreements

• My work with the CT Literary Festival is ongoing, we have been working endlessly since early December planning a bigger, more layered event until Covid-19 intervened

• Currently working remotely planning web programs and webinars Manager & Creator:

Manager and Creator for the first Connecticut Literary Anthology: Created by Jotham Burrello as a branch off from the Connecticut Literary Festival, which is sponsored by CT Center for the Book. 2020

• Managed submissions with submittable.com

• Used Mailchimp for email blasts

• Active member in choosing art for the Anthology

Director & Editing:

Art Director for The Helix (award winning literary & art magazine for Central Connecticut State University). Helix magazine has a national reach and a reputation as one of the best regional public university literary print journals in the U.S.

• Selecting art & literary submissions

• Travelled with the Helix team to represent our journal at the Association of Writing Programs annual conference in San Antonio Texas 2020

Editor for Blue Muse (online literary magazine for Central Connecticut State University)

• Edited submissions

• Worked with a team of editors to produce a mini-New Yorker

• Wrote features and special sections text

• Worked with copy editors & designers to meet deadlines

• Interviewed business owners and wrote published article Publications:

• Blue Muse Magazine, "One Plate: New Britain", April 18, 2019

• Blue Muse Magazine, "Don Juulio: 6 Reasons Why Juul is Fooling Us, Again", May 14, 2019 EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Major: English, Minor: Writing

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

TELAID, Niantic, CT

Service Coordinator (September 2020 to January 2021)

• Organize / manage orders

• Review weekly onsite reports

• Call and report to vendor’s and project managers CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britain, CT Internship (2019 to May 2020): Connecticut Literary Festival

• Manage submissions

• Create and update marketing platform using Mailchimp

• Coordinate rental agreements

• Direct Reading Gallery

NARDELLI’S GRINDER SHOP, Middletown, CT

Manager / Sales Associate (January 2014 to March 2020)

• Started out as a janitor and quickly became a trusted employee working in the deli and responsible for opening and closing the store.

SHORE POWER INC., Old Saybrook, CT

Warehouse Specialist (May 2017 – Dec 2017)

• Pack & Ship orders using various shipping programs

• Assist in loading & unloading courier trucks

VARIOS OTHER POSITIONS: Calvin Klein Sales Assistant & Greeter, Platt Nature Center Camp Counselor, Self Employed Landscaper.

Proficient in: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Submittable (submission management software), Mailchimp. Weebly, WordPress

Contact this candidate