JOHN JOE WALSH
Skibbereen
Summary
Highly motivated, driven and energetic with demonstrated skills in marketing, advertising, and other forms of clients relation queries while providing high standards of efficiency, accuracy, and consistency. Motivated with excellent, organisational and event planning skills, possessing the ability to work alone with initiative as a sole contributor or, as part of a team.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Advertising Executive
Southern Star Media
07.2021 - Current
- Creating, formulating and arranging promotional strategies and campaigns to achieve sale goals
- Consulting with clients on promotional tactics and campaigns to effectively reach target audiences, creating awareness for consumers and promoting the characteristics of sales and services
- Working with Managing Director to achieve company objectives and advertising revenue targets
- Carry out various streams of online marketing to boost growth and readership
- Examining information related to consumer patterns and preferences
- Collaborating with the design team and organising the manufacturing of advertising campaigns involving artwork, media scripting and media placement
- Investigating possible demand for new products and services
- Conducting market research to discover market opportunities for both new and existing goods and services
- Oversee and authorize final page production and layout before printing on a weekly basis
- Advising on pricing and products and promoting advertising and sales
- Providing the sales team with promotional packages for selling
- Achieving KPI’s
Customer Support
Capita Customer Solutions
Clonakilty
08.2018 - 06.2021
- Working on an individual contract for Reach Home Delivery
- Advising on pricing and products and promoting advertising and sales
- Managing reporting on daily statistics, payments, profit and shortfall
- Account management
- Administration
- Liaison with existing customers
- Advising on digital subscriptions
- Scheduling daily delivery of newspapers for 8,500 customers
- Clients Account management and payment queries
- Logistic planning and process product order with drivers
- Customer service
Sales Adviser
Abtran Ltd
Cork
12.2017 - 08.2018
- Team member working on the SKY Television Contract
- Creating, formulating and arranging promotional strategies and campaigns to achieve sales goals
- Liaising with customers
- Advising on new products
- Scheduling appointments
- Managing client accounts
- Processing product orders
- Customer communications
- Achievements: Successfully achieved daily, weekly and monthly sales targets
- Won several competitions for target achievement, both individual and as a team
Food and Beverage Specialist
Inchydoney Island Lodge and Spa
02.2015 - 05.2017
- Obtaining exceptional high standards of supervision food and beverage attendants in silver service
- Relaying and preparing food and beverage orders using safe food handling techniques
- Receiving orders, processing payments and responding appropriately to guest queries
- Cash Balance of department tills at end of each shift, rebalancing for next day
- Organisation of staff roster efficiently
- Training of new employees
- First point of contact in dealing with customer complaints and compliments
- Serving food and drinks efficiently and using Point of Sale (POS) computer system for automated order taking
- Taking payment from guests in the form of cash or credit cards
Sales Assstant (Part Time)
Old Mill Stores
Connonogh
01.2016 - 04.2017
- Helping customers and answering customers queries when needed
- Processing customer cash and card transactions
- Creating shop and window displays to promote specific products and making best use of the space and layout
- Stock replenishment and ensuring stock was displayed correctly
- Flattening unused boxes and packaging and disposing of it correctly
- Liaising with suppliers and taking deliveries
- General shop maintenance and ensuring the shop was clean and tidy at all times
Education
Secondary School Leaving Certificate -
Mount St Michael
Rosscarbery, County CorkSkills
- Social media expertise
- Marketing Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Decision-Making
- Time Management
- Creative Direction
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Personal Information
Hobbies: Running, Cooking, Music and film, Travelling, Golf
References
Available on request
Timeline
Advertising Executive
Southern Star Media
07.2021 - Current
Customer Support
Capita Customer Solutions
08.2018 - 06.2021
Sales Adviser
Abtran Ltd
12.2017 - 08.2018
Sales Assstant (Part Time)
Old Mill Stores
01.2016 - 04.2017
Food and Beverage Specialist
Inchydoney Island Lodge and Spa
02.2015 - 05.2017
Secondary School Leaving Certificate -
Mount St Michael
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