Mark Sorak

Director of Marketing and Business Development @Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing

Rockville, MD, US
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WORK HISTORY

Nov 2010 — Present

Director of Marketing and Business Development @Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing

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Oversee all marketing strategies, including in-store merchandising, email and direct mail marketing, branding standardization, internet advertising, catalog creation and development of the ecommerce business. • Create 7 sales events per year by selecting sale product assortment, art directing multi-page sales flier print production, developing web graphics, and coordinating mail and in-store delivery. • Increase ecommerce visibility through SEO and SEM, growing web revenue by 40% annually. • Instituted marketing strategy that doubled custom framing revenue. • Initiated and developed social media marketing program for Facebook and Instagram. • Streamlined direct mail program and initiated vendor-sponsored advertising, saving $60K annually. • Implemented point of sale and website email collection, eliminating six-week data entry delay and increasing website customer email capture by 250%. • Developed private label acrylic line from inception. Chose product assortment, designed packaging and display, determined pricing and promotional strategy, and sold $50K in first 12 months.

EDUCATION

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Seminole State College of Florida

Associate of Arts - AA, Fine/Studio Arts, General

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Seminole State College of Florida

AA, Fine Arts and Music

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Georgia State University

Associate of Arts - AA, Music Performance, General

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Georgia State University

Associate of Arts - AA, Music Studies

SKILLS

SellingArtPhotoshopMerchandisingStrategic PlanningAdvertisingRetailInventory ManagementMarketing StrategyLeadershipTrade ShowsPurchasingDirect MarketingSalesProduct DevelopmentSales ManagementMarket PlanningNegotiationEvent PlanningManagementPricingProduct MarketingCustomer ServiceMarketingTime ManagementBudgetsTeam BuildingNew Business DevelopmentMicrosoft Office

ABOUT MARK SORAK

With a career spanning over 13 years at Plaza Artist Materials, my strategic approach in…

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