Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Sales Leadership
Marketing Leadership
Team Development & Community Building
Strategic, Innovative and Transformational
Additional Information
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Darla Autry

Marketing & Sales Leader/Consultant
Dallas / Fort Worth,Tx

Summary

Over 20 proven years of experience in innovative & strategic marketing, sales leadership, team building and a kingdom driven entrepreneur motivation with a servant leadership style. Articulate in both verbal and oratory communication skills. Creator of systems, protocols & procedures. Kingdom innovative solutionary with transformational mindset. Consultant & coach for team development and dynamics. Brand transformation, development and expansion. Innovative strategist in relation to connecting kingdom aligned entrepreneurs, creatives, nonprofits and small businesses. Over 10 years experience in engaging responsive social media content creation and performance metric analysis in tracking measurables of conversion.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Company Owner

Darling Justice Consulting
Dallas/Fort Worth , TX
01.2016 - Current
  • Incorporating all experience and knowledge of over 20 plus years of an extensive and vast array of corporate, small business, nonprofit and entrepreneurial positions including administrative ,sales in retail, both remote & call center promoted into management within 6 months and continued leadership positions in both sales & marketing.
  • Converging all cumulative roles, functions, experiences while extracting the knowledge and wisdom gained throughout the years and lead, coach, consult and mentor others into breakthrough and transformation in their personal Identity as well as in the marketplace translating into creating & developing their brand.
  • Strategically implemented targeted marketing social media responsive email campaigns, social events and social media platforms and tools conducive to organization or event

Sales Manager

CCR Credit Repair
Weatherford, TX
03.2015 - 08.2016
  • Trained and managed sales team.
  • Scheduled consultations over phone and in office.
  • Created Innovative marketing plan and created copy for sales agents.
  • Assisted clients to find best solution possible for their situation. Discussed their credit reports with them and created strategic solutions depending on their specific goals and deadlines
  • Sales conversions from 35% to 85% within 2 months from innovative change. Received “BEST SALES” award.

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Consultant For Lily's Boutique
Weatherford, TX
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Brand Transition from Fancy’s Resale Shop transitioned into Lily’s Boutique
  • Sales/Marketing, Transitioned brand and demographic from plus size resale into boutique. This was kingdom entrepreneur who needed consulting and coaching on several different business aspects.
  • Increased sales within 4 months by 35% also trained, by leading team into creating excellent customer experience therefore upsells, customer referrals and great reviews were automatically outcome on both social media and local demographic that led to revenue growth.
  • Generated new leads as well as promoted brand awareness by innovative social media promotions and local partnerships that increased customer base demographic and fun community events.

Sales/Customer Service Representative

JCPenney
Weatherford, TX
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Increased sales by 50% by second quarter of grand opening in two different women's departments creating great customer experiences by using design, color skills and love for style -for not only setting up store and also enjoyed assisting customers making decisions to purchase merchandise and upselling accessories, and credit accounts.
  • Showcased product features to customers and discussed technical details to overcome objections and lock in sales.
  • Communicated client satisfaction trends and product usage to marketing, sales and product development groups.
  • Informed customers early of sales and promotions to bring customer value led to boost of foot traffic and increase customer loyalty.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns
  • Collected customer feedback and made process changes to exceed customer satisfaction goals

Sales/ Top Power Seller

EBay Power Seller
Weatherford, TX
01.2010 - 01.2014
  • Provided Excellent Customer Service Experience and became Top Power Seller in first 2 months and increased sells by 35% through customer service follow up and social media promotions while reaching and maintaining 100% in customer reviews and organically grew through referrals.

Marketing & Sales Director

Asset Planning Group, LLC
Dallas, TX
03.2007 - 04.2009
  • Brought Company out of red within 4 months from -$500,000 to +$800,000 achieved this through sales commission/compensation model, created for motivating teams.
  • Successfully led appointment and seminar scheduling for financial advisor workshops by legal team.
  • Formalized company model, and used it as advantage for selling business for large profit.
  • Set up several successful small call centers strategically throughout Dallas /Fort Worth TX Region. Projected to go nationwide with system created.
  • Directed set up of Seminars for Financial Services.
  • Overseer and trainer of teams of which I built for seminar scheduling, hired Assistant Managers, Managers, Teams Associates and Marketing Managers.
  • Scheduled and coordinated with Corporate Primaries, Seminar Speakers, Attendees and Sales Management Teams (local and remote).
  • Scheduled seminars throughout Metropolis and directed all operations including Technical Crews, Sales and Sales Managers .

Sales/Service Manager

Republic Homes
Weatherford, TX
03.2005 - 05.2006
  • Achievements - Set up company with FHA lending and other lending packages along with keeping them updated at renewal, achieving increased sales by 30%
  • Communicated with all clients and contractors in order for sales/ service transactions to meet deadlines.
  • Assisted in clearing Title problems on homes with local and State entities and kept up with Industry’s regulations and sales with customer’s contracts by my proficient use of Access database and using merging aspect of MS Word to complete contracts in less time than usual manual data entry.
  • Monitored team performance, adhered to service level agreements (SLAs) and provided detailed job training
  • Followed up with customers during and after installations to verify satisfaction

SITEL Team Manager

SITEL Worldwide
Longview, TX
01.2001 - 01.2006
  • Promoted within same Company Received award for team with Best Customer Service and achieved status for lowest turnover rate on teams
  • Teams achieved best call time status with highest customer service ratings; through this performance
  • Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service
  • Achieved several plaques and compensated with bonuses for best overall team. Managed over eight different teams of various ages, educational and cultural backgrounds over four-year period consisting of 15 to 35 people per team
  • Assisted in hiring and testing of teams and performed formal training and one-on-one coaching ,KPI's, Time Logs and Plans of Action for Customer Service/Technical Support teams
  • Maintained statistics using Excel and submitted weekly reports and plans of action to Operations.

Business Analyst/Sales

Digital Origination
Dallas, TX
01.2004 - 03.2005
  • Achievements - Streamline Discovery Phase of gathering requirements for website design, which resulted in 50% increase in production of Websites, which translates into approximately $150,000 annual increase in revenue
  • Coordinated workflow for call center activity and reduced trouble ticket handling time by 40%
  • Tickets open for 5 days were resolved and closed in 3 days
  • Created new infrastructure for programmers on handling trouble tickets.
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality

Education

Business Management, Business Administration

Weatherford College
Weatherford, TX

Business Marketing & Leadership Development

Le Tourneau University
Dallas, TX

Skills

Executive Marketing & Sales Leader Innovative Strategist * Team Developer * Implementer Complex Project Management * Scheduling & Coordinating Events Social Media Marketing Strategist * Kingdom Entrepreneur Consultant

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Sales Leadership

Extensive sales background with over 20 years of experience in various sectors acquiring vast knowledge and experience in both sales/sales leadership that range from digital, retail, financial advisor services,(both annuity and credit repair), as well as business events, trade shows and various venues. Entrepreneurial to the kingdom marketplace / online sales of "Get Things Straight" to CEO/CFO’s , EBAY Power Seller, along with both strategic & innovative consulting services to kingdom motivated entrepreneurs and specifically in the last 3 years developing skills and knowledge along with social media responsive strategies specific to the kingdom motivated entrepreneur and their various missions.

Marketing Leadership

Extensive innovative marketing with over 20 years experience of knowledge acquired through direct marketing, radio, oversee scheduling of financial service workshops throughout DFW regions(remotely & on site ), several years of network marketing, as well as setting up at various venues including a wide range of platforms from business expos ,trade shows, nonprofit, workshops and seminars.Investing the last 3 years in specific kingdom entrepreneurial social media Innovative and strategic marketing knowledge with an incubator group learning the new “challenges, masterminds,

VIPS, summits, funnels, landing pages, list building ” world. Coach, consult and mentor kingdom entrepreneurs both in marketplace and online as a transformational business and connect aligned partnerships.

Team Development & Community Building

Significant experience in the coaching, development and building of both teams and leaders in various organizations ranging from small business,corporate, nonprofit, network marketing to entrepreneurial and virtual.Teams ranging from 5 to100 in capacity. Strategic planning, execution, development and implementation of repeatable process to establish systems and protocols that strategically and innovatively lead to a strong team dynamic with cultivating passion along with fun ways of implementing “friendly competition” that pervades the work culture and leads to fluidity in creative and innovative lead generating marketing along with organically produced referrals. knowledge and experience in scaling and expanding teams successfully along with identifying and removing barriers to create strong creatively innovative dynamics within teams. This experience has also translated into successfully coaching group leaders to create a safe, healthy and creative community that grows organically.

Strategic, Innovative and Transformational

Extensive background in leading strategic initiatives focused on building authentic relationship dynamics in work culture including call center projects, team building, marketing & sales culture along with nonprofits. Initiating and leading the transformation process as barriers and objections, along with resistance of change arose. Ability to identify and removed to successfully transition and scale for expansion. Execution & implementation of strategic and integrative processes has led to transformation and growth of the work culture, team dynamics and ultimately consistent growth of revenue. Experience in using different social media platforms such as Facebook groups, Instagram,Twitter to create brand awareness along with strategic and innovative implementation and scaling process of virtual “challenges” for revenue growth.

Additional Information

  • Women’s Business Expo
  • Social Media Award for Website
  • Attended at Zig Ziegler's Sales
  • Online Summits Dean Grakowsi, Les Brown, Lisa Nichols
  • Highest Sales Award at CCR
  • Best Customer Service Awards at SITEL
  • Social Media Marketing & Business Groups 100X
  • Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
  • Serving & Volunteering in Nonprofits including Hope Haven and Center of Hope

Timeline

Company Owner

Darling Justice Consulting
01.2016 - Current

Sales Manager

CCR Credit Repair
03.2015 - 08.2016

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Consultant For Lily's Boutique
01.2015 - 01.2016

Sales/Customer Service Representative

JCPenney
01.2012 - 01.2014

Sales/ Top Power Seller

EBay Power Seller
01.2010 - 01.2014

Marketing & Sales Director

Asset Planning Group, LLC
03.2007 - 04.2009

Sales/Service Manager

Republic Homes
03.2005 - 05.2006

Business Analyst/Sales

Digital Origination
01.2004 - 03.2005

SITEL Team Manager

SITEL Worldwide
01.2001 - 01.2006

Business Management, Business Administration

Weatherford College

Business Marketing & Leadership Development

Le Tourneau University
Darla AutryMarketing & Sales Leader/Consultant