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Miki Travel

business development manager | february 2025 - june 2025

created and led Miki Travel's North American market penetration strategy

  • identified target audiences and ideal client profiles in the MICE and leisure tour operator sectors in the US market
  • launched a new database of prospective clients, conducting client outreach to secure new partnerships
  • created branding, value proposition, and messaging for the US market and corresponding operations, sales, and marketing tools
  • established the onboarding operational processes with cross-departmental collaboration to overcome challenges specific to the US market and support new partnerships
  • created the b2b distribution strategy for the Miki team to follow through EOY

Evette Staffing

sales manager | december 2023 - february 2025

connected animal hospitals to veterinarians to secure staffing coverage

  • contracted new veterinary clinics in 13 states across the east coast, becoming the #1 salesperson on a team of 10 salespeople nationwide and generating over $1 million in gross profit for Evette in 2024
  • managed relationships with corporate regional managers, such as VCA, and signed a national agreement with the ASPCA
  • assisted the scheduling team in ensuring veterinary clinics schedule shifts with Evette doctors
  • coached employees on sales tactics and objection handling, mentoring individuals on the sales and scheduling teams to help improve their cold calls and emails, conversion rates, and problem solve issues in their territories
  • performed sales enablement functions by creating new processes to improve workflow for the sales team, such as the implementation of Yesware and trained the team on best practices for its use
  • assisted in veterinarian recruiting strategy by identifying the best markets to hire new talent based on demand and current coverage


Go City

director of enterprise partnerships / global trade sales | january 2020 - July 2023
senior manager - enterprise partnerships / global trade sales | january 2019 - december 2019
manager - enterprise partnerships / global trade sales | march 2015 - december 2018

developed B2B distribution for Go City attraction passes

  • managed key accounts generating 90% of the department’s revenue, such as Costco, Groupon, Expedia, EBG, Hotelbeds, GetYourGuide, and more
  • responsible for a quota of $100+ million, compared to original quota of $545,000 as a global trade sales manager
  • analyzed and interpreted data such as gross profit per product, market trends, individual partner website’s unique visitors and conversion rates to select marketing investments, develop growth strategies, and plan country-specific market penetration
  • developed and executed strategies to grow accounts and exceed sales targets, with a focus on contribution margin rather than top-line revenue
  • created market penetration strategy for Brazil and Mexico, hiring an in-market team to generate brand awareness, contract new partnerships, and grow business via existing wholesale partnerships, which generated a 230% ROI in the first full year
  • secured exclusivity deals with select top partners such as the largest online travel agency in Mexico, guaranteeing Go City attraction passes would be the only type of attraction pass sold via these channels
  • led API integrations with major e-commerce sites, coordinating with tech teams to optimize product delivery and user experience


TripAdvisor

business listings, sales executive - latin america | september 2014 – march 2015
business listings, telesales executive – latin America | april 2013 - august 2014

sold digital marketing and advertising space to hoteliers

  • ranked #1 telesales executive for the year in 2014 prompting promotion to sales executive and #1 sales executive in the latam region each month
  • overcame objections using data such as conversion rates, unique visitor’s to hotels’ TripAdvisor listings, and created ROI projections
  • mentored telesales and sales executives, assisting in creating strategies to reach their monthly quotas

content coordinator for SeatGuru | march 2012 -  September 2012

oversaw content for TripAdvisor's brand, SeatGuru


Nuxeo

marketing manager | october 2012 – april 2013

managed marketing initiatives for the content management platform

  • designed, implemented and analyzed the performance of online campaigns such as email blasts to promote content and events and drip campaigns to nurture leads
  • maintained website content, tracking the performance with particular focus on SEO/SEM techniques and web analytics
  • hosted events such as webinars and occasional in-person conferences
  • managed media relations and leveraged social channels to engage with clients and trade journalists
  • wrote and edited content such as announcements, webpages, and blog posts


education

Boston University

bachelor of science - communication | may 2011


additional courses + training

San Diego State University – World Campus

Management Training

 

skills

languages

spanish

native speaker

portuguese

conversational

crms + sales tools

salesforce
hubspot
zoho
ctm
yesware

data analysis

excel
tableau

email marketing

constant contact
mailchimp
market

project management

trello
jira



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