Maria Blanco: in Torrance, CA

Managed the Los Angeles Sales office and the Corporate Marketing administrative department. Responsibilities included: budget management, creation of marketing materials, event coordination and trade show management, marketing media, graphic design, and online presence management, human resources, information technology, finance, supervision, QS compliance. ? Established and updated Standard Operating Procedures for the Marketing department and brand guidelines ? Created & maintained a budget management system for all marketing expenses for planning, reporting, and analytics ? Successfully managed and executed over 200 events/trade shows, increasing the customer lead captures ? Developed thousands of marketing materials & literature: banners, backdrops, web, posters, flyers, brochures, presentations, magazine ads, labels, photography, packaging label design & compliance, etc. ? Graphics design for the entire company, saving the company thousands of dollars with in-house development ? Hired an entire sales team (Resume review, interviews, onboarding, and training) ? Proactively managed an entire sales office and marketing shipping and receiving office ? Developed and managed an ecommerce website for bulk orders, which included customer service for all aspects ? Responsible for brand guideline compliance on all marketing promotion items, uniforms, customer gifts, etc

Assisted executive management and sales associates in an international sales office. Provided sales support, bilingual customer service, QS compliance, company event coordination, web development, form creation, scheduling/planning, travel and hotel accommodations, vendor management, Finance AP/AR, reports and presentations, translations, business development, meeting minutes and coordination, etc ? Designed an extremely organized sales records database system, which maintained our company QS compliant ? Revamped the corporate website (www.ilacorp.com) and developed additional company websites: www.Idemitsu- usa.com, www.pag-idemitsu-usa.com, internal company website. ? Created a sales and travel manual; mentored and trained all new employees ? Enforced company rules, reviewed expense reports, provided HR and IT support to the sales team ? Provided sales periodic reports and analytics for sales meeting ? Office expense budget management, collections, and vendor cost down negotiations