Director

Mark B. Gelbart 713-***-**** ● ****.*******@*****.*** ●

linkedin.com/in/mark-benjamin-nyc

EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Baltimore, MD

Master of Business Administration Dec 2023

Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance May 2012 GPA: 3.73, Honors

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rain Magazine New York

Brand Manager Jan 2016 - Present

● Manage all operations of a luxury print and online fashion magazine to reach 1M monthly users

● Build relationships with influential leaders and decision makers in entertainment, fashion, art, and music industries to create hundreds of high quality features

● Supervise 6 direct reports to achieve critical and commercial success in highly competitive print fashion magazine industry

● Partner with PR and brand managers to achieve a dozen advertising deals with LVMH and Kering brands: Gucci, Celine, Moncler, Burberry, Raf Simons

● Conceptualize features with dozens of celebrity and influential voices in entertainment, art, and fashion, such as Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tyga, Jaeden Martell, Julie Mehretu, Cindy Sherman

● Monitored print production, distribution, budgets and sales performance in over 50 countries and 1,000 points-of-sale

Mark Benjamin Studio New York, NY

Brand Consultant Jan 2017 - Present

● Supervised creative direction, production, post-production, and project management for creative clients

● Led teams to create for Architectural Digest, Slurp Laboratories, Broome Street Hospitality, The Purist, Billionaire's Row

● Accomplished covers for Robert Downey Jr. and Jennifer Anniston for AD and advertising imagery for 252 E. 57th St

LVMH (Loro Piana) New York, New

Buyer Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

● Managed product procurement for a luxury cashmere line distributed across 36 store locations in the U.S. grossing $100MM+ in annual sales

● Recommended business ideas to streamline distribution of $10M of luxury products saving Loro Piana over $2M

● Restructured a product line by offering all styles and colors throughout all locations, resulting in an increase of annual revenues of over $1M+

● Traveled to Milan to work with executive teams to place dozens of buys for U.S. stores

● Developed and integrated key performance metrics across all business lines to drive and monitor sales trends, segmentation, and profit margin analysis leading to a 12% increase in profit

● Tracked sales data to identify specific product opportunities and collaborated with PR to place dozens of editorials with The Wall Street Journal, T Magazine, Vanity Fair, and Financial Times Ralph Lauren New York

Global Operations Analyst Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

● Partnered with senior leadership to restructure business objectives, strategic plans, and operational efficiencies for all business lines leading to a 25% margin improvement

● Administered a team of 30 individuals tasked with uncovering additional margin resulting in a 25% increase in profitability

Goldman Sachs & Co New York, New

Summer Analyst May 2010 - Jul 2010

● Led two meetings with senior investment bankers on briefings as it related to new and current requests from clients. Participated in client and board presentations, as well as communicating financial information to partners

● Conducted NAV valuation models critical to a potential $3B sale in metals and mining

● Drafted a placement memorandum for a hospitality client regarding a $500K bond offering

● Presented information to management committees regarding a $1.3M real estate investment proposal

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