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Thomas Gifford

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Costco Employee

Costco
07.2023 - Current
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations in the tire center, cashiering, and membership departments.
  • Informed members and others about the benefits of having different memberships at Costco and the services that are provided to Costco members
  • Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing them for resolution.
  • Handled over 1000 dollar transactions in tire sales with cash, card, and check form payments
  • Installed tires onto several types of vehicles promptly, balanced and rotated tires to ensure the entire life of the tire can be obtained, and repaired tires with punctures
  • Offered different options of tires that would be the best fit for a member vehicle


Client Relations Manager

Ring Ring Marketing
01.2023 - 04.2023
  • Created PowerPoint presentations for clients with information from their Google Ads campaign, analytics, and Google Business Profile
  • Sent email follow-ups to clients reiterating main topics from meetings as well as if any changes were going to be made to the campaign
  • Provided suggestions on clients' websites to ensure the best customer experience on the website
  • Used Google Tag Manager to get GA4 tracking on clients' websites to provide data on how people interacted with said website

Rental Representative

Penske Truck Leasing
11.2020 - 09.2022
  • Managed 10 agent locations by providing units as well as updates on when units would be at locations
  • Inspected trucks for damages coming in and out of reservations to have the units correspond with federal DOT laws
  • Ensured Penske's assets received their preventative maintenance such that units were compliant with federal DOT laws
  • Dispatched drivers to ensure that all reservations are covered with the correct type of equipment for the reservations
  • Provided solutions to consumer, commercial, lease, and national rental accounts if the type of unit is not readily available for the customer

SEO Marketing Intern

First Merchants Corporation
05.2019 - 08.2019

Increased First Merchant Corporation's online visibility by optimizing the phrase “Banks near me” searches using digital marketing and SEO tactics

  • Manually entered 121 different branch locations information on 15 different local listing websites
  • Created a template for business information with the name, addresses, and phone numbers with 150, 500, and 1000-5000-character descriptions for the bank's branches
  • Improved the appearance of the Google photos of each branch using Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Increased the likelihood of a branch appearing at a higher position in the photos tab of a search engine by adding metadata to photos using Adobe Bridge.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Ball State University
Muncie, IN
05.2020

Skills

  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Customer Relations
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Organization and Time Management

Timeline

Costco Employee

Costco
07.2023 - Current

Client Relations Manager

Ring Ring Marketing
01.2023 - 04.2023

Rental Representative

Penske Truck Leasing
11.2020 - 09.2022

SEO Marketing Intern

First Merchants Corporation
05.2019 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Ball State University
Thomas Gifford