Russ Mitchell

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ABOUT RUSS MITCHELL

Sales leader and executive with success in positioning and delivering high quality guest experiences and value. Agile with the ability to consistently deliver strong financial results and market share in a changing market. Collaborative approach and success at building a customer centric sales culture that focuses on winning business and customer loyalty. Astute with recognizing trends and opportunities for new business, developing plans and implementing strategies. Use of innovation and technology to find new sources of revenue. Strength with talent acquisition, retention and development.STRATEGIC EXPERIENCE• Development and implementation of strategic plans -Experience includes luxury, convention and city center hotels• Repositioning hotel and driving business results in a changing market• Relationship management with large scale and local real estate development companies• Developing and leading teams with strong customer centric valuesSALES & MARKETING EXPERIENCE• Public Relations• Brand Creative & Graphic Design • Event Management• Customer Relationship & Loyalty Management• E-Commerce and Social Media • Sales Performance & Incentive Plan Management • Presentation Skills• Team collaboration, innovation and conceptualizationCORE COMPETENCIES • Strategic Planning and Innovation• Influencing team dynamics to execute on key initiatives• Leading high performance sales teams• Top talent motivation and retentionFOUNDATION• 20+ Years of Sales Experience• 11 Years of Marketing ExperienceCOMMUNITY• Service as Board Member of a diverse selection of community service organizations.• Graduate of Lead San Diego – Class of 2012