Juli Arnold ********@*****.***
Antioch, IL
Innovative and experienced professional committed to excellence. Experience
Founder – Consultant
Accolades Consulting Group
April 2012 - Current
Freelance consulting specializing in working with small businesses, retailers, and artisans.
• Developed and launch multiple web stores
• Social media management and content creation
• Successfully developed and executed national consumer voting campaign, earning client title of #1 Vendor of Renaissances Faires four years in a row, setting record for first vendor to hold title for three consecutive years.
• Doubled show participation increasing annual sales by 175% for a traveling merchant. Shoppe Manager
Mockingbird Studio – Bristol Renaissance faire
• Summers 2017 and 2018
• Product display, sales, inventory, and production assistance
• Customer service, cash handling, and shoppe maintenance
• Employee schedule and payroll
Sales Associate
Arte of the Book – Bristol Renaissance Faire
Summer 2016
• Sales, customer service, customer education, and cash handling. Sales Associate
Wondrous Works in Wood - Bristol Renaissance Faire June 2007 - September 2015
• Sales, product display, shoppe maintenance, customer service, and cash handling. Marketing Coordinator
Marketing Forecytes, Inc
November 2008 - February 2012
• Managed corporate marketing and communications functions, overseeing a $2.3M budget and 8-member international team.
• Collaborated with HQ in Germany and the other global coordinators to develop a unified global corporate presence.
• Directed brand management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, sales collateral and tradeshow marketing in North America and Australia.
• CRM strategy development and execution.
Marketing and Business Consultant
Self-Employed
November 2005 - September 2008
• Market and consumer research, analysis, and reporting
• Marketing plan development and implementation
• Social media presence establishment and maintenance
• Brand creation and development
• Event coordination and promotions
• Technical, business, procedural, ISO, content, and creative writing
• Business and Marketing budget creation
Assignments have included
• Grainger
• Residential Homes of America
• Chippewa Renaissance Faire
• Wondrous Works in Wood
• Ogre’s Den
• Pickus Construction
• Danaher Controls
• Equity Lenders LLC
• Kanzler Landscape, Inc
• Circus Vargas
• Just For You
… and numerous small businesses in the fields of sales, photography, musician, artist, real-estate rentals, and animal rescue
Corporate Quality Assurance Supervisor
WMS Gaming, Inc
September 2003 - November 2005
• Supervisor of Corporate Quality Assurance / Incident Management department.
• Corrective and Preventive Action Request process lead
• Process improvement
• Facilitate Cross-Functional process development and implementation, including employee training.
• Project lead for development and implementation of the new Corrective Action database development.
• Weekly reporting to executive committee.
• Employee training and job aid creations
Charity Volunteering
RESCU Foundation, Inc Health Fair Coordinator 2013 - 2014 Education
Masters, Communications and
Marketing
Franklin University Jan 2013 – Aug 7, 2014
Summa Cum Laude
Bachelors, Marketing & Business
Administration
Franklin University 2007 - 2012
Cum Laude
Computer Science & Criminal Law Oakton Community
College
1985 – 1987