
Web Usability Specialist, Web Project Manager, Jewelry Artist, and Sales Rep
Burlington, Vermont Area

Web Usability Specialist, Web Project Manager, Jewelry Artist, and Sales Rep
Burlington, Vermont Area
Web project manager and usability specialist with expertise in business to business solutions and a strong sales background.
Sales, project management, web usability, business to business solutions, small business management
(Arts and Crafts industry)
October 2008 — Present (3 months)
Content manager and web producer for www.queencitycraft.com
(Publishing industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year)
Market and sell children's books online and to schools and consumers,
(Arts and Crafts industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Jewelry artist, website project manager, and usability specialist.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)
Responsible for managing the the 2008 and 2009 Global US Open Snowboarding event websites.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)
Managed several existing websites for a 3 month contracting job.
(Privately Held; Sporting Goods industry)
2001 — 2005 (4 years)
Responsible for managing the execution of Internet projects from conception through delivery, including project team management, project resource management, budget planning and compliance, staff scheduling, client relationships, project performance and overall quality and development of project plans. Collaborated with the creative and development teams to review briefs, feasibility, drafting of functional specifications and project plans.
My main responsibility while in this role was to head up the 5 main B2B websites for Burton Snowboards. These 5 websites range from an order entry and management system for their dealers and reps, a line entry creation tool for product managers, an internal availability, a forecasting tool for sales reps, and a proform site for our customers. I was involved in the creation of these tools and the ongoing cycles.
(Sporting Goods industry)
June 2000 — January 2001 (8 months)
Coordinated global sales meetings.
Managed department budget.
Maintained ongoing relationships and communication with our global sales force.
Point person for all web- based sales tools.
Trained global sales force on all web-based tools
Created and delivered price sheets and order forms both in paper and electronic form to our global sales force.
Initiated product sales and promotions for Reps.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
January 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 6 months)
Sales assistant to the Northern California, Northern Nevada and Hawaii territories for the. Independent Sales Rep for Burton Snowboards, Gravis Footwear and Nixon Watches.
Maintained dealer sales analysis using SAP and Excel data.
Made outbound sales calls and in store visits.
Assisted in dealer presentations of product.
Managed the office and customer service relations.
Enhanced dealer relations with Burton and helped in closing the gap between the sales agency and Burton.
(Sporting Goods industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Provided dealers with information on product, orders, credit and shipping issues as the dedicated dealer service rep for California, Nevada, Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Sales, internet, craft, small business, art, music, snowboarding, reading, poetry, photography
Queen City Craft