Shelley Knight

Experience

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  Smart Mail

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Administration HR
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  American Identity

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Special Order Sales Coordinator

  *Merchandise product recommendations for specific events on multiple accounts. This includes product presentations, quotes, orders, and follow up through delivery and accounting closeout.*Accounts include vertical markets for national accounts within financial, global industrial construction, insurance, retail electronics and medical.*Work with sales reps and directly with clients and supply chains to provide best service possible as a solution partner for promotional product needs.

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  Staples Promotional Products

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2011

  *Manage creative team projects for RFPs co-ordinating multiple componenets and deadlines related to product sourcing exercises and creative scenarios. *Leverage vendor relationships for best price options including import solutions for lowest cost options.*Provide solutions with creative and custom merchandise selections based on vertical market and client demographic requirements. *Travel to client presentations with the business development team speaking on corporate creative solutions.*Prepare and present client facing retail trend reports and showcase specific product translations across promotional product catagories. *Merchandise product collections for event specific sales opportunites including product relevance and rationale. Show less

  • Creative Merchandise Project Manger

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  • Creative Sourcing Specialist

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
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  Staples Promotional Products

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  Corporate Creative Merchandise Manager

  I have the best crazy job in the Promo products industry, finding creative solutions. If there's a new product or hot trend, I want to find it and an application as a solution to a client challange. I love to think out of the box on top of the box or take a sprint around it. Bring on the challanges to do things a little different and stand out.*Merchandise and prepare creative product collections for corporate marketing materials based on buying cycles and seasonal marketing calendars*Attend national and regional shows for retail and promotional trends and new product release *Prepare and present client facing trend reports with relevant product translation across promo product catagories*Stratigize and source creative product solutions on RFP and high profile sales opportunities.*Blogger on corporate blog*Utilize social media connections to distribute trending and new product concepts for creative solutions. Show less

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  T-Shirt Tycoon Solutions Inc.

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  VP Corporate Markets

  Challenged to grow the ASI Corporate Market business channel with an innovative apparel. Counselor Magazine's Fastest Growing Supplier of the Year 2014: "Sales at T-shirt Tycoon jumped from $220,000 to $2.2 million in a single year and will top $4.6 million this year".Focusing on strategic growth though sales and marketing directed at developing new business. Finding creative recommendations using on trend products and technology that will allow our partnership with distributors to deliver unique brand message solutions to their clients. Show less

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  AIA Corporation

  Dec 2014 - May 2016

  Business Development Manager

  Business Development Manager with AIA, helping successful promotional product professionals maximize resources and grow their businesses. Connecting motivated professionals with solutions and services for the promotional marketing industry. Offering capital, back office support, supplier relations, technology, marketing tools, sales support, and coaching.*Connecting people to solutions to help reach their individual goals*Discovering and developing action plans for successful business growth*Uniquely intertwined mix of visionary and implementer*Possessing a unique perspective in strategic thinking used to reach the goal*Coaching toward proven positive outcomes*Translating trends into industry relevant brand promotions*Genuinely embracing the practice of laughter and celebrating the daily small victories to harness the momentum which makes upward movement possible Show less

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  BDA, Inc.

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

  Client Services Manager/Chief of Staff Liaison

  Promoting a strong brand message with successful corporate merchandise solutions. Focusing on Creativity, Client Collaboration & Flawless Execution to reach marketing goals. I love finding the right fit between the challenge and building a strategy for outcome. Using trending merchandise to provide a unique and memorable client experience with day to day needs and at high profile, key events. Custom, Stock, Retail ~ thinking out of the box, generating proven one-of a kind results.

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  Allcustomwear.com

  Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

  Director Business Development

  Building strong customer relationships, developing and implementing corporate initiatives, advance new accounts and sales goals, foster beneficial vendor partnerships.

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  Faith Maternity Care, Mid-Missouri

  Apr 2022 - now

  Executive Director

  Growth and Development Leader working with women living below poverty, to become healthy, successful and self-sufficient as they grow into a hope-filled lifestyle.