JESSICA CARTER
**** **** ** *** ** #***, Montreal QC H3w 2H5 ♦ 514-***-**** ♦ E-mail: **********@*****.***
Objective
To contribute strong leadership and interpersonal skills, as well as add value and relevant experience to your company.
Professional Profile
• Bilingual: English & French
• Committed, professional, team Player, hard worker and persistent
• Energetic, nurturing achiever who can inspire and motivate team members, successfully manage multiple priorities, and perform under pressure in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Effective communicator with proven ability to understand and convey complex product information, develops good rapport, and builds strong relationships with clients and long lasting bonds with team members
• Computer-proficient with experience in MS Windows95,98,NT,2000 Pro, XP, MS Office
Internship/volunteer Information
Stage Perspectives One.
• Led a course aimed to young students, who have been removed out of regular school.
• Planned and implemented a 2 hour class once a week, dealing with difficult subjects pertinent to adolescents.
Volunteer Place Kensington
Worked with non Autonomous seniors at their place of residence.
• Used games and movement to provide them with some activity as well as socializing them with others
Professional Experience
Account Manager, Rouge Media Group, Montreal QC 2008-2009
• Sales of Media space and advertising/event marketing;
• Responsible for creating customer relations;
• Brainstormed with a team, creative advertising and branding ideas;
• Cold Calling and creating new leads.
Sales Representative, Twelve Ounce , Montreal QC 2008
• Responsible for developing a large clientele for a new denim line; opening new accounts
• Responsible for forecasting sales for purchasing the product for all of Canada
• In Charge of providing sales representatives with the tools they require
• Responsible to meet the set sales goal season to season
Retail Manager, American Apparel, Montreal, QC & Ottawa, OT & London, OT - 2004-2008
• Responsible for re training all retail managers across Canada as well as for store openings;
• Increased store sales by an average of 50% per year in the last two years
• Responsible for managing and motivating a team of up to 25 individuals to increase sales;
• Responsible for managing inventory levels and making key decisions about inventory control
• Responsible for analyzing sales figures and forecasting future sales volumes to maximize profits
• Analyzing and interpreting trends to facilitate planning
• In Charge of dealing with staffing issues: interviewing potential staff; conducting appraisals and performance reviews; and providing or organizing training and development
• Ensuring standards for customer service are met
• In Charge of new store openings, interviewed, hired, and trained new staff for new locations;
• Responsible for merchandising new and old product on a daily basis
Sales, Jeans Homogene, Montreal, QC - 2003-2005
• Worked tightly with a small team, to help ensure high sales
• Dealt with inventory, pricing and merchandizing
• Assisted with buying and inventory control
Education
BA Majoring in Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal QC - 2005
DEC, Dawson College, Social Sciences, Montreal QC - 2001