Cara Peters - Resume

CARA J. PETERS

**********@*******.***

618-***-****

EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

B.S., Business Marketing, May 2004

•Major GPA- 3.5

•Focus Area- Sociology

•Northern Illinois University Competition Cheerleading Team- Captain

•American Marketing Association- Member

WORK EXPERIENCE

Camuto Group,

October 2006- Present

Merchandise Coordinator: Fashion Footwear

•Manage territory of Florida and Louisiana including six nationally recognized retailers and four fashion footwear brands.

•Support multiple retailers by creating exciting visual displays, educating sales staff, participating in sales events, assisting with markdowns, and ensuring all product is on sales floor as well as correctly priced.

•Attend buy meetings on a monthly basis and provide information during these meetings obtained from the sales floor and communication with sales staff.

•Support shoe shows by maintaining displays in showroom and writing orders when additional sales support is needed.

Dillards/Clinique,

October 2005- September 2006

Business Manager/Sales Consultant

•Maintained and executed marketing plan and advertisement throughout department and shopping mall for events

•Selected and trained new sales consultants; training and coaching included how to achieve basic sales, add-on cross-selling tips, communication and teamwork, as well as computer skills.

•Exceeded sales goals of each major event (Makeover events 'Gift with Visit', Free Sample events 'Colour Treats', and Purchase with Purchase events), consistently outsold other counter managers in St. Louis and Kansas City territories during these events.

A.G. Edwards,

June 2004- October 2005

Financial Analyst

•Analyzed foreign stocks, announcements, and annual dividends.

•Assisted lead management in implementing department program conversion.

•Responsible for updating report training tools for department after conversion.

Millward Brown, January 2004- May 2004

Marketing Research Intern

•Worked in a team environment to research, analyze, and present marketing information for a number of Fortune 500 corporations.

•Provided team with detailed reports at meetings, which included research and information relating to the technology industry and computer companies we were analyzing.

•Worked with SPSS program and assisted with questionnaire building, analyzing data acquired from questionnaires, and presentation building on PowerPoint.

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