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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
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Summers 2005 – 2008 |
High Cascade Camps |
Government Camp, OR 97028 |
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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.
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| Fall 2007 to Spring 2008 |
Snow Ski and Board (VJR Corp) |
Rochester, NY 14623 |
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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.
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| Fall 2002 - Fall 2007 |
The Lounge (Snow Country Sports) |
Pittsford, NY 14618 |
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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
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| Jan 2007 to April 2007 |
One Marketing Co Internship |
Ligonier, PA 15658 |
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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
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Computer – Microsoft Office, Flexi Vector Design, Basic Html, Adobe Premier, eBay savvy
Other – Love for snowboarding, excellent vinyl weeder, positive / upbeat attitude |