QUAID WILLIS
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Dynamic professional offering expertise in building partnerships, retaining key accounts and enhancing profit channels. Strong leader with proficiency in growing professional network, influencing decision-makers and devising successful strategies. Collaborative and strategic team leader with robust background in customer relationship management.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Actor/Filmworker
SAG-AFTRA
Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - Current
- Perform in film, television, and commercial projects.
- Collaborated with actors and directors to revise scripts, boosting audience engagement.
Life Insurance Agent/Financial Representative
Primerica
Los Angeles, CA
09.2017 - 06.2021
- Licensed agent in California, self-generating B2B and B2C clients through networking.
- Communicated complex insurance information to clients and pinpointed beneficial plans.
- Ensured fulfillment of policy requirements, including medical examinations.
Account Manager
Happy Tax
Los Angeles, CA
03.2017 - 06.2021
- Executed initiatives for successful acquisition of new customers in a crowded industry.
- Cultivated and maintained client relationships.
- Negotiated agreements, gathered required information for tax-related processes.
Technical Recruiter
Jobspring Partners
Los Angeles, CA
08.2016 - 03.2017
- Led end-to-end recruitment process, sourcing, interviewing, and qualifying candidates.
- Worked alongside hiring managers to identify their recruitment requirements and objectives.
- Executed sourcing through platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, Careerbuilder, external networking, and cold calling.
- Screened resumes, interviewed qualified candidates, evaluated skill level, performed reference checks, managed offer process, and negotiated salary recommendations.
Corporate Finance Intern
Wasserman
Los Angeles, CA
06.2015 - 07.2015
- Conducted comprehensive market research on the NBA, MLB, NFL, and competing firms in the industry.
- Prepared deliverable spreadsheet reports showcasing up-to-date quantitative data for upper-management on a daily basis.
- Presented detailed market share analyses and competitor analyses on competing firms to upper-management, highlighting the Company's competitive advantages in relation to its biggest competitors.
Event Marketing Manager
Chegg, Inc.
Flagstaff, AZ
08.2014 - 03.2015
- Developed and implemented event marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition.
- Recruited and onboarded team of 8 for promotion, building brand awareness and generating new mobile application downloads/users.
- Achieved a 35% growth in the mobile application's user base within (city) market.
- Ensured that objectives were accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities.
- Discovered more effective methods of product promotion through operational analysis.
- Reported directly to the National Distribution Manager and delivered daily written reports.
Education
Bachelor Of Science - Strategic Communication/Advertising/Business
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ05.2016
Skills
- Relationship building and management
- Business development
- Excellent communication
- Account management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Applicant tracking systems
- Client relationship management
- Contract negotiation
- Applicant interviewing
- Candidate sourcing
- Resume screening
- Written and verbal communication
- Negotiations
Certification
- Marketing Research Certificate - American Marketing Association
- Sales Career and Selling Process Certificate - American Marketing Association
Timeline
Actor/Filmworker
SAG-AFTRA
02.2021 - Current
Life Insurance Agent/Financial Representative
Primerica
09.2017 - 06.2021
Account Manager
Happy Tax
03.2017 - 06.2021
Technical Recruiter
Jobspring Partners
08.2016 - 03.2017
Corporate Finance Intern
Wasserman
06.2015 - 07.2015
Event Marketing Manager
Chegg, Inc.
08.2014 - 03.2015
Bachelor Of Science - Strategic Communication/Advertising/Business
Northern Arizona University