Reginald L. Williams Jr.

Reginald l. williams jr.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    US & Canada Program Manager Merchant CX

  • Education

    • East aurora high school

      2001 - 2005
      High school diploma

      Activities and Societies: Varsity Tennis, Honors Society, Scholastic Bowl, Student Council

    • Waubonsee community college

      2005 - 2008
      Associate of arts (a.a.)
    • Columbia college chicago

      2008 - 2012
      Arts, entertainment, and media management

      Activities and Societies: Black Student Union,

  • Experience

    • City of aurora

      Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
      Administrative assistant

      Reported directly to the Director of Neighborhood StandardsCommunicated with 30+ community members daily assisting them with property management regulations as outlined by City of Aurora Department of Neighborhood StandardsDeveloped a process to recoup delinquent accounts recovering $20,000 in otherwise lost paymentsCoordinated a schedule with ten city contractors for weekly property maintenance of 40+ properties per week

    • Starbucks

      Mar 2010 - Aug 2013
      Shift supervisor

      Certified Barista Trainer responsible for the successful training of 20+ baristasDeveloped 8 baristas to reach team lead positionsCollaborated with General Manager to create supplementary marketing campaigns to drive in-store sales of seasonal items beyond estimated goalsLed all food safety initiatives and processes assisting the store in achieving 90%+ Qasa auditsKey holder responsible for daily operations of the store including management of staff, cash handling, and providing world class customer service Show less

    • React presents

      Jan 2011 - May 2016

      Responsible for the sale of over $10 million in tickets annually. Managed 30+ client accounts while prospecting, consulting, and closing on seven accounts annually.Designed, documented, and implemented ticketing structure for up to ten high volume, large scale music events per week.Oversaw migration of customer email database of two million+ from Mailchimp to Exact Target minimizing email marketing costs by $1,000 monthly.Collaborated with website developers to create a fraud prevention system that automatically designated a risk score to orders which triggered a secondary customer verification process that saved the company $200k annually in fraudulent orders.Negotiated contracts with various vendors including on-site internet service, lighting and stage companies, and event credential providersManaged 30+ client accounts ensuring contract renewalSpearheaded the overhaul of processes for all online customer service operations reducing online first touch response time from one hour to ten minutesCoordinated with senior project managers to create site layouts, manage budgets, coordinate on-site logistics, arrange staffing plans, and execute front-end operations for six music festivals annually. Show less Promoted events online via various websites, forums, and promotional companies ensuring an online presence was created for 10+ events a weekCompleted general office tasks including answering phone calls, supply runs, scheduling meetings, and aiding in the creation of marketing campaignsManaged the creation and scheduling of social media content across three different propertiesReviewed and organized artist contractsAssisted stage manager with event settlements, artist relations, and event coordination Show less

      • Director of Ticketing/Project Manager

        Jan 2012 - May 2016
      • Intern

        Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
    • Freelance/contract

      May 2016 - Mar 2017
      Freelance event manager

      Supervised team of 10 responsible for on-site activations within the Red Bull invite-only oasis at Lollapalooza with an attendance of 1K+ people dailyResponsible for all ticketing operations associated with Island of Light Music Festival (Puerto Rico) produced by Silver Wrapper

    • Uber

      Mar 2017 - now

      Manage team of ten increasing individual agent productivity by 15% annually through consistent 1V1 coaching focused on performance efficiency and successfully developed 4 agents for role advancement Partner with menu team to recommend improvements to current menu processes within EatsFasTrack including an improved escalation path reducing average case resolution time by 2 hours Partner with project manager to develop an active case tracker monitored weekly and mitigate account takeover cases by suggesting high verification policy updates saving merchants $100K+ in lost funds Show less

      • Program Manager, Merchant Experience

        May 2022 - now
      • US & Canada Service Team Lead Eats FasTrack

        May 2021 - May 2022
      • Team Lead US & Canada Restaurant Support

        Aug 2019 - May 2021
      • C360 Specialist Driver Payments

        Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
      • Incident Response Triage Agent

        Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Creative Writing Instructor

      Issued by Yorkville Public Library on Jan 2006
      Yorkville Public LibraryAssociated with Reginald L. Williams Jr.