Successfully execute sales through alcoholic beverage tastings within beverage retailers and grocery stores.
Increase customer loyalty through personalized sales interactions, providing expert product knowledge and recommendations.
Develop strong relationships with store managers to secure prime tasting locations for increased visibility and consumer interaction.
Field Marketing Manager
Ready Nutrition
05.2023 - 11.2023
Oversaw hiring, training, and scheduling of brand ambassadors to execute event and retailer activations.
Negotiated local event partnerships with national organizations such as, Girls On The Run, Buddy Walk, Walk To End Alzheimer’s, and NFL Alumni South Carolina chapter.
Enhanced lead generation through targeted local events and trade shows.
Regional Field Marketing Manager (contract)
Aspire Brands, INC
10.2021 - 11.2022
Led successful team of up to 80 brand ambassadors across 7 states and within 164 retail stores.
Reached targeted KPIs by hosting regular team trainings to enhance sales techniques, in addition to heightened recruiting and scheduling efforts, resulting in an 81% increase in weekly sales numbers within warehouse stores.
Reduced monthly supplies budget by $1,100 by utilizing better, more cost-efficient strategies of getting materials to ambassadors.
Sales Consultant
Vita Coco
04.2021 - 10.2021
Filled over 100 out of stock voids to retain facings on shelves of multiple accounts.
Increased our shelf facings and floor displays by 90% through collaborative negotiation and follow-up with store managers.
Secured branded cooler placements at checkout areas within multiple big box stores and drugstores, increasing monthly reorders for those accounts by 15% more.
Sales Ambassador
Coladka Vodka
10.2019 - 04.2020
Researched and executed 70-90 monthly visits to new and existing accounts, including scheduling 3-5 promotional bar events per month.
Developed and executed promotional campaigns to drive brand awareness and sales, expanding our product onto shelves of major new accounts.
Sold upwards of 20 bottles of product at each ABC store tasting, also securing product re-orders and future samplings at each.
Agency Coordinator
ZICO Coconut Water
03.2015 - 11.2018
Managed team of brand ambassadors for on-site event activation's, including training, staffing, and on-site setup and breakdown.
Negotiated and secured 5-7 event placements weekly, ranging from fitness classes, to music festivals, and trade shows.
Created unique activation setups based on current marketing campaigns and style of event being attended.
Participated in multiple sales blitzes and crew drives and sold in an additional 110 cases and 15 displays during our 3-Day Fall Football Program across D.C./VA Giant Foods.
Executive Administrative Assistant
Action Sports Photography, INC
07.2010 - 02.2020
Managed complex schedules, travel, studio and track production days, and other needs for office executives and photographers.
Traveled within NASCAR circuit weekly to oversee staff and client operations at racetrack, while also working to attain new clients onsite.
Implemented switching from CD’s to hard drives for housing event images, saving company $6,000 yearly in labor hours and equipment costs.
Assisted with production day needs such as studio setup, creating timelines and shot lists, catering placements, prop and decoration research and ordering, image transfers, and any other client needs
Handled confidential information as it pertained to high-profile clients, teams, drivers, sponsor, and other companies.