Sarah Neal

About Sarah Neal

Please see my portfolio of work here: https://sarahneal939.wixsite.com/portfolioCurrently a Specialty Account Executive at Place Showroom in the Atlanta, GA satellite office. Formerly the Visual Merchandising and Assistant Manager at the first Stand-Alone, Free People Movement in the Atlanta market. Previously an Account Executive and Marketing Manager with six years of experience and a demonstrated history scaling marketing and advertising efforts in the wholesale industry. Passionate about finding the most efficient way to advertise today\'s top lifestyle brands for customers while also looking to broaden my skill set in new realms of work. With a proven track record of optimizing social media accounts, websites and email commerce, I can take a unique, small brand to a well-known household name.

Experience

1. Specialty Account Executive

   Place Showroom

   Jan 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Analyze monthly sell thru by style and door for top accounts by brand in order to propose proactive actions and initiatives to improve sales and maintain a strong relationship with all accounts-Current brand manager over four states in the southeast territory to build out existing business while also creating new business through target leads-Travels up to 50% a year to national tradeshows as well as building out a road schedule to ensure all doors are up to date with seasonal deliveries and maintain personal relationships with specialty boutique owners and buyers-Knowledgeable about market and competitor performance and trend forecasting for all upcoming seasons-Must meet quarterly sales goals and come up with a brand strategy to upper management to maintain profitability-Strategizes innovative routes to reach new clients in the market via marketing, social media, outreach and cold calling-Works closely with the showroom and merchandising teams to maintain assigned collections product knowledge seasonally-Efficient in running reports through Showroom Exchange and Excel to create pivot tables to assess missed bookings each quarter

Education

• The University of Georgia

  Bachelor’s Degree, Consumer Journalism

  2012 — 2015

Skills

• Indesign
• Leadership
• Facebook
• Google+
• Website Creation
• Inventory Management
• Social Media
• Data Entry
• Merchandising
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Time Management
• Cashiering
• Fashion
• Communication
• Photoshop
• Retail
• Twitter
• Corporate Communications
• Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Public Speaking
• Journalism
• Advertising
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Blogging
• Research
• Marketing
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Writing
• Visual Merchandising
• Web Content Writing
• Telephone Skills
• Customer Service
• Customer Satisfaction
• Retail Sales
• Press Releases