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Aidan Black

Sales & Marketing
Vancouver,BC

Summary

Results-driven individual offering over five years of success in sales, marketing and brand development. Drives competitive growth for branded products by converting sales leads and managing multiple accounts. Creative, forward-thinking and profit-minded. Thorough in monitoring trends, capitalizing on emerging opportunities and working as part of a team.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Brand Developer

Cult Drinks
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
10.2020 - 08.2022

· Account management and sales growth for over 200 on and off trade accounts.

· Achieved growth of over 20 different alcoholic beverages.

· Logistic and route planning for all call runs.

· Collaborating with the marketing department in creating on and off trade promotions through social media.

· Maintaining and building relationships with wholesale suppliers and reps directly.

Brand Ambassador

Insight Marketing
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
05.2019 - 09.2021
  • Increased brand awareness through event marketing, demonstrations, sales and brand promotion.
  • Engaged, educated and befriended customers to deliver amazing shopping experience.
  • Designed, filled and arranged eye-catching product floorsets to increase sales.
  • Assisted with daily opening and closing tasks to maintain clean, neat and professional store.

Sales & Marketing Advisor

ISI Dublin
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
08.2019 - 08.2020

· Responsible for all partnership management in the Latam market. Duties included, processing bookings, closing sales and representing the school at fairs and networking events amongst others.

· Responding and engaging to direct inquiries from the Spanish & Latin American market, as well as making quotes and selling points for ISI Dublin and its courses.

· Running Social Media campaigns on platforms including Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

· Coordinating with the marketing team.

· Analysing data and making reports through CRM platforms.

· Oversaw the biggest increase in direct sales in over five years.

Merchandiser

Tucks O'Brien
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
07.2017 - 09.2018

· Quality control of deliveries in Ireland’s biggest hardware chains such as Topline, McQuillan Tools and Heiton Buckley across Leinster and Dublin.

· Coordinating between all levels of staff from sales to management regarding stock discrepancies, product knowledge, commercial awareness, delivery of information and upcoming promotions and sales.

· Sending orders and administration duties.

· Planning and organizing agendas for each week.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Applied Language & Translation Studies

Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
09.2014 - 11.2019

Associate of Arts - Pre University Arts And Languages

Dunboyne College of Further Education
Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland
09.2013 - 05.2014

Skills

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Accomplishments

· Managed the reopening of the on trade in Ireland after the pandemic while growing 20 different products.

· Have earned promotions within a month working at three different companies.

· Coordinated merchandise launch in Cult Drinks in 2021 which continues to add passive income to the company

· Winner of Europe's Best English Language School 2020 while working in ISI Dublin which added €20,000 to our marketing budget.

· Biggest direct sales growth in ISI Dublin in over five years while I was managing direct sales

Timeline

Brand Developer

Cult Drinks
10.2020 - 08.2022

Sales & Marketing Advisor

ISI Dublin
08.2019 - 08.2020

Brand Ambassador

Insight Marketing
05.2019 - 09.2021

Merchandiser

Tucks O'Brien
07.2017 - 09.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Applied Language & Translation Studies

Dublin City University
09.2014 - 11.2019

Associate of Arts - Pre University Arts And Languages

Dunboyne College of Further Education
09.2013 - 05.2014
Aidan BlackSales & Marketing