Brandy Burge: in San Marcos, CA

• Responsible for all Home and Office accounts and sales representatives in the United States and Canada. Traveling to all large retail accounts for sales presentations • Working trade shows for the industry throughout the year. • Responsible for establishing new accounts as well as keeping relationships with existing accounts. Making sure sales goals are met yearly

• Responsible for placing all purchase orders and follow up for each job that is placed for promotional products with the company until it delivers. • Attend trade shows and vendor meetings to keep up to date on the latest ideas and products available in the promotional industry. • Assist in all office, administrative and accounting functions using Macintosh Computer programs including the following: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, MYOB Accounting, Filemaker Pro, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet Explorer.

• Developed and presented proposals for new products, advertising, in store promotions and trade shows. • Hired, trained, and managed a team of 20 Sales Representatives throughout the United States and traveled with each in their specific territory. • Conducted trunk shows on a monthly basis to educate employees and customers on our line of eyewear, to increase sales and awareness.

• Completed schedules, budget, sales spreadsheets, and reordered product on a weekly basis and in a timely manner. As well as on a daily basis, took store inventory. • Attended trade shows and read trade magazines to stay on top of all aspects of the sunglass and optical industry. • Extensive product knowledge and trained all employees in over 50 sunglass lines.