Independent Sales and Marketing Professional
San Francisco Bay Area
Independent Sales and Marketing Professional
San Francisco Bay Area
• Interfaced with partners and large clients to develop and maintain organizational strategies, operational efficiencies, and proposals for increasing technical efficiency and improving profitability.
• Directed marketing and pricing strategies, business development plans, promotional activities and product development projects.
• Extensive background in management, group presentations, trade shows, strategic planning, online and print media combined with a broad insight pertaining to emerging technologies.
• Enhanced the public image and recognition of the Home Church within the local community through service projects, community outreach, and aggressive networking
(Self-Employed; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Business Development
Project Management
Sales and Marketing
Training / Coaching
Strategic Planning
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)
Form strategic alliances with content developers and shape the identity of a collaborative website.
• Developed a tagline, mission statement, competitive analysis, and standard industry practices summary.
• Produced mutual benefit term sheets and negotiated with potential content partners.
• Identified relevant articles and multimedia required to launch the beta site.
• Mapped out page categories to be populated with available content from secured agreements.
• Networked and brainstormed with organizations to help them achieve greater visibility through modern online technologies.
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
December 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible Pastor for youth and young adult mentoring, activities, church involvement and expansion.
• Launched and oversaw a new ministry focused on our youth and young adults’ spiritual growth.
• Delivered applicable sermons built on scripture while still creating a desire to read more.
• Lead several different weekly Bible studies for both High School and College students.
• Birthed Risen Media, a ministry utilized to present truth to a skeptical culture in a relevant way.
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 11 months)
Work with both companies to deliver a superior service including online media and direct printed marketing in a highly competitive market.
• Increased regional sales by 120% while opening the door for other markets due to alliances with national brokerages.
• Effectively combined and leveraged the strong resources of both employers to form a dynamic service capable of meeting the marketing needs of the largest real estate brokerages.
• Took back the western region from competitors by entering into service agreements with the brokerages responsible for the highest volume of sold real estate.
• Tailored our program and appearance in order to capture the loyalty of our clientele and streamline the sales and production workflow.
(Government Agency; Military industry)
August 1996 — August 2004 (8 years 1 month)
Responsible for the accomplishment of missions as well as the lives and well being of twelve Marines and a Corpsman while conducting combat operations.
• 100% of missions accomplished in Iraq with no casualties in my squad.
• The mission of an infantryman is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or to repel his assault by close combat.
• Infantry and Force Reconnaissance: Marine Corps Water Instructor of Survival, Martial Arts Instructor, Data Communications, Terrorism Awareness, Anti Rioting/Crowd Control Training, SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape) and Basic First Aid.
(Privately Held; Printing industry)
October 2003 — January 2004 (4 months)
Maintain lucrative accounts and secure other promising clients within a marketing calendar.
• Provided such a large influx of work that I was asked to back off from sales in order to allow for production to catch up with the new demand.
• Refined the order and delivery process, bringing the staff back to a manageable workflow.
• Entered into many alliances with marketing coordinators for major brokerages while presenting at the National Association for Realtors Convention.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 4 months)
Implement services and prices for online marketing and deliver them to a non-existent customer base.
• Generated $74,000 of monthly revenue based on a product with a median price of $125
• Pioneered the Virtual Tour industry with many brokerages being behind the tech curve.
• Put into place a referral program that generated business with little to no interaction required.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Wireless industry)
June 1997 — April 1999 (1 year 11 months)
Plant three retail cellular phone store locations in the local shopping malls and ramp up sales.
• Consistently in the top 5 category of our sales reports including every major metropolitan region in the nation.
• Coordinated a young regional sales team capable of delivering products and services within the retail locations and via business to business relationships.
• Managed schedules and performance for individual sales representatives.
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