Christopher Finical: JUNIOR MARKETING DIRECTOR in Mission Viejo, CA

- Collaborate with business owners and marketing specialists on a number of creative projects from print flyers, mailers, & tradeshow material to creating responsive websites and landing pages, as well as, managing and creating social media content. Resulting in more brand awareness and through graphics accurately representing the business and the attainment of the employer's targeted results. Clients Include: Worldwide Golf Shops, Volcom, Alliance Residential, WeBuildRes, OT 4 Kids, Speech-4-Kids, Triune Salon, SayClean, Cali Party Bus, and others.

- Responsible for creating & designing marketing material for both our brokers and their realtor partners for any of their digital or print needs. Daily tasks included but not limited to creating custom email campaigns, landing pages, tradeshow materials, flyers/mailers, and social media content. - Managed all website content and responsible for implementing any changes, enhancements, additions, and/or deletions to all websites affiliated with the company as needed while utilizing user-experience best practices - Developed a Submission Portal that allows brokers and realtors to easily submit their marketing needs. This is integrated with the marketing departments project management software streamlining the department’s projects and tasks, as well as, accounting to track upcoming expenses.

- Designed two online seasonal buyer’s guides, procured photos for the forecast team presentations, and assisted in updating WSL power-ranking & competition recap for online slideshow.

Main Street Hub is the “do-it-for-you” marketing platform partnering with +5000 local businesses across the US. I sold our solutions to local retail businesses owners through a consultative sales approach based upon a thorough understanding of the merchant’s needs. The company offers an integrated social media, email marketing and web product designed to help merchants get more customers and keep them coming back by spreading word of mouth, extending their customer service, managing their online reputation. - Built and managed a strong pipeline of new business in Salesforce.com - Executed 7-10 tailored presentations a week; explaining why it is important to ensure your customers have a positive web experience and how that translates into an increase in revenue and brand awareness. - Exceeded daily, weekly, and monthly activity and sales goals.

A local SEO and Internet marketing company partnering with thousands of businesses across the US and Canada. Drive revenue by qualifying and selling small-to-medium business owners and executives on strategies to develop and improve their online presence, resulting in increased traffic, marketing ROI and revenue. Built further awareness of business brands within respected industries. - Exceeded monthly and quarterly goals, achieving a Top 10 ranking each month out of a total 75+ associates. - Led in-depth, technical, customized presentations and demonstrations to articulate product features and benefits, proposing and selling an appropriate search engine solution to improve client leads and revenue. - Created new revenue opportunities through cold calling and outbound marketing, establishing a reputation as being the strongest “closer” on the sales team, making Presidents Club 21 of the 24 months employed. - Significantly outperformed expectations for clients while managing 150+ firms throughout the US and Canada, achieving an 80% retention rate vs. the average rate of 55%. - Successfully developed PPC advertising plans, increasing business demand through proper web localization and map optimization.

A local Search Engine Marketing (SEM) provider with 100+ employees and offices in Washington and California. Sold customers on services through a consultative sales approach, demonstrating how the company’s products would reduce current expenses, as well as increase revenue and overall brand awareness. Worked as a member of the sales team to solve business and technical problems for prospective clients and customers. - Secured new customer accounts through cold calling 100+ potential clients per day which would translate on average to 4 ½+ hours of connected call time. - Provided strategic presales technical and functional support to prospective clients and customers, demonstrating how improving their online presence will result in increased revenue and further brand awareness in local markets. - Cultivated strong relationships with key decision-makers and customers by properly -assessing client’s marketing presence and understanding their core needs. - Earning the reputation of being one of the top Sales Representatives in the first three months, exceeding all weekly and monthly sales quotas, achieving the “Top Producer Award” in July.

A company offering qualifying services for customers to secure loans. Analyzed various areas of homeowners’ finances, identifying qualifying opportunities within lender-specific criteria and federal underwriting guidelines. Evaluated and analyzed data, defining the next steps needed for completion, proactively working to resolve issues to create a pathway to funding. ? Generated more than $25K in monthly revenue, closing an average of more than 17 deals per month. ? Consistently exceeded all monthly sales objectives by 50%, achieving the Top Sales Producer Award in January, 2012. ? Delivered revenue at a rate of 66% higher than the corporate standard by leveraging an ability to handle large quantities of information while ensuring accuracy. ? Generated sales leads that presented the opportunity for a high close rate by balancing a strong sense of urgency and prioritizing potential.

A provider of open source middleware solutions addressing big data integration, data management and application integration needs for businesses of all sizes. I mentored and groomed by top marketing leaders, executing in-depth assessments on the receptivity of initial sales presentations and demonstrations to maximize revenue throughout the Americas region. ? Succesesfully developed a higher education marketing campaign to establish the company as an open source software standard in university settings. ? Initiated the first phase of the marketing campaign, determining software platform preferences and optimal methods of product introduction