Greater Chicago Area
-Surpass revenue goals by providing excellent consultation and service to clients, managing day-to-day client relationships to expand existing accounts and develop new strategic partnerships -Manage research projects from proposal creation to presentation of results, transforming consumer data into actionable brand and market strategy insights and recommendations for global and domestic clients across retail, restaurant, education, CPG, healthcare, and technology sectors -Partner with Qualitative and Social Intelligence teams to design robust research proposals and execute projects, providing clients with comprehensive insights answering key business questions -Improve profitability of the Market Strategy & Understanding business through strategic pricing of research, efficient project execution, and management of operations teams, resulting in consistently surpassing gross margin and operating profit targets -Manage 1 Account Manager and 2 Research Analysts, providing training on marketing research methodologies, project execution, account management & finances, and client relations
-Exceeded individual annual client revenue goal of $1 million by maintaining current accounts and growing new accounts -Managed research projects from proposal creation to presentation of results
-Executed 7-10 research projects simultaneously through the project lifecycle, including sampling methodology, questionnaire development, field and data management, data analysis and interpretation, and report and presentation development -Coordinated with operations teams to ensure projects were accurately completed on time and within budget -Utilized statistical software to execute advanced quantitative analyses to uncover compelling findings in large data sets -Managed 1 Summer Intern, providing training on marketing research methodologies and project execution
- Upload data and build reports in Salesforce for 150+ records of aspiring leaders - Clean, manage, and report data for 5 programs coordinated by the Principal Quality Initiatives leadership development department - Plan, administer, and analyze results of an assessment center for Principal eligibility - Draft and present a functional requirements document proposing a department database
- Onboarded new hires and coordinated orientation for 70 new employees - Completed full file review of existing 400 employees in preparation for organization-wide audit - Assisted Talent Recruitment Specialist with recruitment, utilizing multiple candidate sourcing techniques
-Maintained social media channels and wrote blog posts to increase awareness of resources and bring light to key issues in the education space for Curriki’s 430,000 members -Curated resources to create high quality, comprehensive Curriki curricula, completing 2 full collections -Assisted Chief Academic Officer with survey implementation that informed web redesigns to increase site utility