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NW Regional Marketing and Events Specialist

Specialist & Consultant

My experience as the NW Regional Marketing and Events Specialist at Nordstrom has prepared me to become a qualified assest to any retail marketnig and merchandising team. With over 3 years of e-commerce and event marketing experience I have a proven track record for staying on budget, driving sales, and being a leader to my peers.

Perhaps most importantly, I offer a history of outstanding outcomes, as confirmed by the following marketing results for my current employer;

-Oversaw an event that promoted a top lifestyle designer, which increased YOY daily sales by $45,000 and raised another $10,000 for uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
-Created a grassroots marketing campaign for a celebrity book promotion on a shoestring budget and increased YOY daily department sales by 12%.
-Responsibly managed budgets of up to $500,000
-Elected by management to be the national project lead for Nordstrom Shoes,
Pop-In at Nordstrom and campaign strategies for west coast Nordstrom Rack openings.



•	National project lead developing campaign strategies for rollout to counterparts providing direction on all elements including creative, visual, design, collateral/copy, advertising and in store presentation
•	Provide multi store instructions to all levels of management for planning and execution of regional and national promotions; mentor, train and coach counterparts
•	Analyze sales and create in-depth recaps for future market research and brand management 
•	Create budgets and present proposals to senior leadership 
•	Define, develop and implement recommendations for collaborative marketing and partnership taking strategy brief from proposal through recap review to support company merchandise strategy and overall multichannel approach
•	Identify market issues and engage appropriate partners for growth including sponsorships, joint endeavors and media attention
•	Create and execute marketing campaigns to maximize ROI, increase customer acquisition and strengthen customer loyalty

•	Ensured web site is merchandised to brand standards to maximize customer experience and ROI per category
•	Identified and proactively communicated business issues to cross functional partners and provided recommendations and solutions to ensure deliverables were met
•	Communicated quality assurance policies and procedures to vendors and internal cross functional partners
•	Facilitated and analyzed monthly reports to accurately present product sales and return reports to stakeholders

QA Product and Fit Assistant Specialist

•	Exceeded goals for customer satisfaction scores by managing featured product through Catalog and Editorial process, ensuring that the items are available to purchase by the designated feature date 
•	Partnered with multiple teams throughout the Product to Web Lifecycle including Marketing, Buyers, Buy Planners, Site Merchandisers, Creative Teams, Image Production Team, Site Coordination and Quality Assurance
•	Provided support by executing established business processes and plan, facilitated and executed multiple assigned projects with various buying teams.

Dresses, Women’s and Kids Shoes, Encore, Bridal – Featured Projects Product Coordinator

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