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Salt Lake City, UT
Phone - 585.770.4382
E-mail - theloungelife@gmail.com

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Education

2002 – 2007 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623
B.S. Marketing - 3.3 GPA - 5 Quarters Dean’s List

  • Relevant Class Work - Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, Internet Marketing, Buyer Behavior, Operations Management, Professional Selling, Strategy and Policy, Liberal Arts concentration in Sociology

Professional Experience

Summers 2005 – 2008 High Cascade Camps Government Camp, OR 97028

Manager of Demo Center and Camp Store Operations

  • Demo Center - Coordinated with product sponsors and employees to run a successful demo operation for campers and other customers. Created and published a biweekly, 35 page, statistical marketing report for sponsors (Burton, K2, Salomon and more), keeping them up to date on brand results and key improvement areas.
  • Camp Store - Successfully managed a 2-month, near 100K, retail operation.  This included managing a staff, keeping a balanced inventory, giving insight to product development, maintaining paperwork, and keeping a clean selling environment.
Fall 2007 to Spring 2008 Snow Ski and Board (VJR Corp) Rochester, NY 14623

Snowboard Manager / Event Coordinator / Key Buyer / Viral and Guerilla Marketer  / Salesman

  • Operated as the main hard goods and soft goods snowboard buyer for 2008 and 2009, which produced above a 90% sell-through, with closeouts, by April 1st.
  • Acted as Coordinator, promoter, and course designer at Hunt Hollow Boarding for Breast Cancer in 2008.  We raised $4000 for Breast Cancer Research in addition to developing brand awareness for our store and sponsor brands.
  • Managed the scheduling and employment of 6 employees. The Snowboard department volume exceeded $500k in retail sales.
  • Created an online viral campaign utilizing blogs and video clips on myspace, facebook, and specific forums.
  • Created and implemented in-store video premiere events, featuring local Upstate New York talent for the snowboard community to develop product awareness, as well as general excitement for the sport.
  • Designed the main snowboard logo for the department, which was used on all the price tags and collateral materials.
Fall 2002 - Fall 2007 The Lounge (Snow Country Sports) Pittsford, NY 14618

Assistant Manager / Event Coordinator / Buyer / Salesman

  • Assisted in buying for 2007 and 2008
  • Top salesmen with $75K in logged sales between September 2006 and May 2007
Jan 2007 to April 2007 One Marketing Co Internship Ligonier, PA 15658

Assistant Sales Representative to Rome SDS, Holden, Fallen Footwear and Grenade Gloves

  • Sales - Worked with the Mid-Atlantic rep team to promote their brands at regional and national trade shows including SIA in Las Vegas.
  • As part of this job, I conducted full new line presentations for many of their customers.
  • Demo – Worked on hill at the Rome snowboard demos at Stratton, VT and Snowshoe, WV

Special Skills

Computer – Microsoft Office, Flexi Vector Design, Basic Html, Adobe Premier, eBay savvy
Other – Love for snowboarding, excellent vinyl weeder, positive / upbeat attitude