1. Colin Stears
(636) 697-3177
colinstears12@hotmail.com
619 Sunny Pass Dr
O’Fallon Mo 63366
Personal Objective
To find a rewarding and challenging career that leverages my skills and experiences, while providing opportunities for professional and personal
improvement and growth.
Strengths
Experience
YP / AT&T Advertising Solutions – St. Louis, Missouri
Success Manager January 2015 – Present
 Responsible for the retention of High spend accounts thru proactively contacting account to review, analyze and correct issues on the account.
 Managed advertising campaigns including search, website and SEO
 Effectively worked with multiple departments across the company to facilitate changes and corrections in an expedited manner.
 Ended 2015 at 118% to objective.
Inbound Direct Mail representative. October 2010 – January 2015
 Responsible for retaining client revenues of customers who want to cancel their current advertising. Have exceeded department and personal stretch goals
past three years.
 Responsible for handling over $1.1 million in revenue for 2014.
 Developed and implemented new strategies and procedures enabling our team to meet or exceed goals every year
 Responsible for training & coaching individual reps on day to day operations, resulting in overall team improvement of 30%
Cyber representative Nov 2007 – October 2010
 Responsible for new advertising client acquisition. Cold Call Sales and retention.
 Excellent product knowledge, recognized by management and peers as the subject matter expert
 Trained and mentored new employees, as well as providing ongoing mentoring to staff
 Consistently in top 10% of all reps
 Host crew meetings when manager is unavailable to lead these discussions
Schwans Consumer Brand - St. Louis, Missouri
Territory Sales Manager. April 2006 – November 2007
 Responsible for managing and writing customer orders for 30-35 stores
 Forecasting sales trends for territory, tracking and analysis of daily and weekly sales figures for head office
 Collaborated on marketing strategies, identifying new target markets, and promotional materials placement
 Trained, motivated, and mentored new associates
 Delivered 10% growth in assigned territory
Seamus McDaniels - O’Fallon, Missouri
Food and Beverage Attendant. January 2004 – February 2006
 Responsible for front and back end restaurant operations
 Trained new employees on restaurant operational responsibilities
 Interacting with customers, and handling issues when they arose.
AutoCenters Pre-Owned - Florissant, Missouri
Financial Service Manager. February 2003 – November 2003
 Responsible for identifying sales opportunities and promoting a full range of service through strong marketing and prompt personal service. Achieved a 20%
increase in sales.
 Reviewed transactions for accuracy, endorsements, proper identification.
 Maintained strict attention to detail while efficiently processing applications
Lou Fusz Mitsubishi / Oldsmobile - St. Louis Missouri
Automotive Sales Associate October 2001 – Feb 2003
 Responsible for managing a portfolio of customers’ accounts, providing regular updates and handling all client transactions in a timely manner
 Increased revenues and exceeded budget projections by 10% through diligent follow-up and customer communications
 Successfully solicited for new customers through networking, and following up with existing customers
Education:
Formally enrolled at University of Phoenix : General Studies, working towards a Business Degree
Currently Enrolled in Stryar University: Studying IT Cyber Security
Consistently meeting or exceeding deadlines
Integrity and dependability
Effective at multi-tasking
Highly organized, detailed and goal-oriented
Proven Ability to work well independently or within a team
Strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrated dependability
Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
Software Skills
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint,Word) and Outlook. Google Ad-Words, ARCM, Sales-Force and ad-sell programs.
BING and GOOGLE Adword Certified