1. ~Christie Emmert Arnold~
1817 Paul Dr Jefferson City, Tn 37760 cle1271974@yahoo.com (865)-207-2196
Sales Professional~Marketing Manager~Advertising Trainer~Highly Driven
Objective:
Dynamic, self-driven sales professional with 15 years of exceeding sales quotas,
personal ability to communicate and persuade perople on any level.
Very confident and self motivated sales experience. Looking to maintain a position with a
growing company by using marketing skills and personal selling experience for any
product to direct companies by cold calling or through general prospecting. Strong
ability to meet goals, deadlines, and multiple tasks to increase business, strengthen
current accounts and do whatever it takes to grow new client base and will be an assest to
any continual success of any company.
Summary of Qualifications:
Highly skilled professional with experience including:
• Ability to communciate with all levels of management and employees.
• Ability to work well both independently with in team environment
• Take great pride in completing all requirements with accuracy, proficiency, and
effective customer satisfication
Professional Experience:
ArtForm, Inc. Kingsport,Tn. 2001-2002
Vice President of Sales for Ad Specialities
• Started from ground zero the ad speicailites division of sales as a supplier for
promotional products to companies looking to promote the compnay they work
for in order to increase the growth of business
• Provided excellent customer service by introduced new products to new
companies in order to help them establish growth for a brighter future
• Increased the growth of my employer by promoting growth for other companies
Bristol Herald Courier-Bristol Va. (2002-2003)
Sales- Advertising Ads for Newspaper
• Worked with local companies management by cold calling either new customers
or repeat customers to provide and create ads wit hnew ideals for placement in the
newspaper weekly in order to promote the needs of the client and create business
• Actively called on local business and persuaded them to purchase an ad to
increase business for the newspaper and the local business as well as providing
the community information on local business opportunities
• Main goal to increase currect customers by upsaling or giving excellent service to
ensure repeat customers
2. C&E Advertising Jefferson city ,Tn. (2003-2012)
Sales-Presdient-Advertising
• Starting from ground zero as well as operating an advertising and marketing
business through cold calling for printing, apparel, and advertising needs for local
companies to create a professional appearance for the employees and provide the
promotional needs of the business for events, or any printed needed to run their
business successful.
• Responsible for creating business card design as well as logos for apparel or
finding the latest product for the clients needs
• Introduced new promotional products, apparel such as Ralph Lauren, Ping, Nike,
or Bic that would benefit the clients needs to increase their business as they are
currently growing through organized events, employee needs, or local marketing
tools, by quoting the product quickly with the best possible price and service
available, making sure to meet the clients needs as well and create new
opportunity or ideals on items that would help them successful meet the needs of
their employees or clients
• Created new ideals to help companies make sure they had what they needed to
successful increase business with product or special events, by offering excellent
customer service, handle all obstacles in regards to make sure product was printed
correctly or received in a timely manner as well as delivered properly to the
client, working with supplier to make sure they meet the deadline to ensure clients
received the product as described and promptly satisfied.
• Handled various territories and accounts to make sure existing customers increase
the items they purchase by offering new ideals as well as making new customers
by cold calling from word of mouth recommendations or by appointment, gifted
in getting pass the door keeper to increase sales
• Responsible for hiring and trained new sales people to increase growth for
company to successful sale the advertising products that each company needed to
establish a repeat business with existing clients and to increase new clients
successful by meeting the best expetations through great customer service,
follwing up, and meeting the needs of any all clients successful in order to
increase revenue
• Worded with suppliers overseas and suppliers to make sure the best product was
offered to my clients including the best price for the product the company needed
and hit the event deadline
• Focused on increasing business by hiring new employees, increaseing business
from zero to $150,000 in sales within a 3 year span as sole proprietorship
• Managed accounting, paid suppliers and sales people as well as maintining
company deadlines and continued to increase business on a daily basis, by
training new employees in order to ensure company would grow and sales would
increase
3. Liberty Tax Service Jefferson city, Tn. (2014)
Sales-Manager for marketing during tax season
• Making cold calls to local companies such as banks, car dealerships, police
departments, and schools to promote the need for tax return services to local
professional workers
Education:
• Associate of Science and Arts-Southwest Va. Community College (2002)
• 65% completion at Universtity or Tennesee Knoxville (2004-2006)
• Bachelor of Business Adminstration/Marketing-American InterContinental
University-(2007)
Other:
• Life Insurance License Dec. (2105)
References
• John Wilson 423-612-3861
• Vince Neely 865-712-3363
• Shannon Greene 423-736-3920
• Mitch Robinson 423-231-1002
• Tari Robinson 423-465-0003
• Myra Wagner 865-207-9469