Letter of recommendation from Michael Keaton, President of Schleich USA Inc.

1. Schleich North America
10000 Twin Lakes Parkway
Suite A
Charlotte, NC 28269
T (704) 659-7997
F (877) 739-1481
orders@schleich-s.com
www.schleich-s.com
January 20, 2017
Dear prospective employer,
It is my pleasure to provide this letter of recommendation for Destiny Skipper, who worked as a Marketing
Coordinator at Schleich North America from October 2016 to January 2017. As Destiny's interim direct
manager, working closely with her throughout her time here, I was extremely impressed with Destiny's ability
to dig right in, make a strong commercial impact, and positively impact the culture within our company.
We asked Destiny to join our team for a short-term assignment while our Senior Marketing Manager was on
maternity leave. I personally covered the Marketing leadership role, but since it's a small team we needed
someone to help out. With Destiny's positive approach and broad experience in marketing, she seemed the
right person to fill the functional need.
But we didn't expect the scale of the contributions she would make.
Destiny immediately went to work seeking opportunities to support for our key customers. She worked
tirelessly to create exquisite product mockups which helped us sell in additional inline and out-of-aisle
programs. She designed and led the execution of a totally new merchandising solution which has been key to
helping Schleich enter the supermarket channel, a lucrative new business for us. She applied her highly
innovative capabilities toward her projects, particularly the Schleich preparation for New York Toy Fair. Her
fresh ideas not only improved our representation to the toy trade and our customers, she saved us a ton of
money. I remember when we were trying to solve for budget restrictions, and Destiny offered: "why don't we
reduce the height of the walls, flip the graphic panels from last year and cut off the old graphics?" This one
idea alone saved the company thousands of dollars and reminded us all how to get better results from lateral
thinking.
Yes, she did all of this in just a few months.
But my top reason for highly recommending Destiny as a great addition to your team is her ability to raise the
collaboration level in teams. As a global company with headquarters in Germany, Destiny was able to quickly
build strong and beneficial relationships with our overseas colleagues. She showed her ability to assume polite
leadership and bring out the best from the group in team projects. And she collaborated strongly with everyone
in our office and even our local and international suppliers, many of which have given me positive, unsolicited
feedback to her way of working. I appreciate her results and also how she gets them.
I unreservedly recommend Destiny Skipper for a key marketing role on your team. I am happy to invite a
deeper discussion at the contact numbers below if you are interested to learn more.
President, Schleich North America
Direct Dial +1 704 659-7975 / Mobile: +1.860 218-5146 / michael.keaton@schleich-s.com