DANIEL CANDIDI
West Valley City
Summary
Proactive and versatile sales professional with extensive luxury client customer service experience. Do what it takes work ethic—comfortable with physical work, odd hours, and going the extra mile. Self-taught in modern marketing, media, and automations, using data to drive decisions. Deeply passionate about homes, homeownership, and helping others. Teachable and always focused on growth and learning.
Highlights: 10+ years with luxury Park City clientele • Real estate media & drone experience • Grew social channel to 70K+ followers • Self-taught digital marketing & automations • Passion for homes & homeownership
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Server / Closing Supervisor
Riverhorse on Main – Four-Star Restaurant
2016 - Current
- Serve approximately 25–45 luxury guests per night, including high-net-worth individuals.
- Multitask timely service for up to 6 tables at a time during peak season while maintaining a relaxed, high-touch guest experience.
- Drive memorable experiences through relationship-based selling, tailored recommendations, and reading guest preferences.
- Trusted closing supervisor for cash reconciliation, staff coordination, and guest recovery on busy nights.
- Redesigned tip-out/accounting workflows using advanced spreadsheets and automations, reducing daily data input and calculation time for our accountant by 1–2 hours.
- Daily practice in negotiation, persuasion, active listening, and quick mental math under pressure.
Operations, Drone Pilot & Team Lead
Atmosphere Tours – Real Estate Photography
2018 - 2020
- Supported photography for residential and commercial listings with rapid, next-day media delivery.
- Licensed drone operator capturing aerial imagery for listings and marketing materials.
- Recognized by Colliers International as "the benchmark" for outstanding photography and marketing assets.
- Provided photography services for the Utah State Capitol, Colliers, AirBNB, Kid to Kid, Nexus on 9th, and 4141 Canyon Estate Drive in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Digital Marketing Specialist
Roofing Marketing Guys – Digital Marketing (Contract)
2020 - 2022
- Created ad media and direct-response copy for roofing and home-services campaigns.
- Ran ad campaigns consistently achieving click-through rates (CTR) of approximately 7–10%.
- Set up GoHighLevel automations (pipelines, SMS/email follow-ups) to nurture and convert leads.
Founder
TheUntamedApparel.com – Online Retail Brand
2023 - Current
- Launched and scaled a cat-themed apparel store, building and managing a lean print-on-demand operation with website and Printify integration.
- Created efficient systems to build a unique website, produce and list over 50 unique products in under 2 months.
- Automated artwork creation, product listings, descriptions, and uploads using AI and spreadsheets.
- Run Facebook/Instagram ads and email automations, tracking performance metrics and optimizing based on data.
Founder
CatbotAI – Social Media Brand
2023 - Current
- Built and grew a niche AI cat-content page on Instagram to approximately 70K followers in 8 months.
- Created images and short-form videos, with multiple posts reaching over 1 million views.
- Attracted highly engaged followers through micro-campaigns achieving follower acquisition costs of around $0.03 each.
- Leveraged early engagement to trigger algorithms, boosting reach and virality across key posts.
- Use AI, Google Sheets, and Make.com to automate ideas, captions, and content tracking.
Education
B.S. - Accounting
Rutgers University–Camden
01.2011
A.S. - Business Administration
Gloucester County College
01.2008
Skills
- Problem Solver, proactive in anticipating potential outcomes and solutions
- Flexible - love spontaneity
- Dedicated - People over profits A quality experience in more important than commissions
- High moral, ethical values cultivated through consistent attention and reflection
- Luxury customer relations experience
- Negotiation, persuasion, and objection handling
- Local market familiarity (Park City, UT)
- Practical home and systems knowledge (maintenance, upgrades, remodeling)
- Modern Tech, Automation & Data
- Advanced Google Sheets/Excel (formulas, lookups, dashboards)
- Strong mental math and quantitative analysis
- Data-driven decision-making
- Modern direct-response copywriting (ads, emails, landing pages, product descriptions)
- Social media management and growth(Instagram, Facebook, TikTok)
- Media creation: photos, social graphics, short-form video
- Adobe Photoshop expert
- Facebook/Instagram ads management A/B testing, data analysis, focus on conversions and metrics
- Continuing Education
- Ongoing self-study in sales, negotiation, marketing, comunication, and mindset
- Influenced by authors such as Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Dr Joseph Murphy, Maxwell Maltz, Earl Nightingale, Norman Vincent Peale, and modern experts including Russell Brunson, Dan Kennedy, Chris Voss, Joe Vitale, Tom Hopkins, and Gallant Dill
Certification
Real Estate: Actively preparing for Utah Real Estate Sales Agent license, focused on contracts, agency, and residential transactions.
Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout
Attained rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America
Timeline
A.S. - Business Administration
Gloucester County College
Server / Closing Supervisor
Riverhorse on Main – Four-Star Restaurant
2016 - Current
Operations, Drone Pilot & Team Lead
Atmosphere Tours – Real Estate Photography
2018 - 2020
Digital Marketing Specialist
Roofing Marketing Guys – Digital Marketing (Contract)
2020 - 2022
Founder
TheUntamedApparel.com – Online Retail Brand
2023 - Current
Founder
CatbotAI – Social Media Brand
2023 - Current
B.S. - Accounting
Rutgers University–Camden