Northeastern University

Boston University

Partnership Relations at Corso Agency

San Francisco Bay Area

About the Corso Agency:Our key focus is in connecting brands with consumers. Through our strong connections with producers and promoters in the festival space, artists, venues, and technology and production partners, we can strategically create authentic experiences that are the right ones for each brand, making fans of their consumers.With each brand program, our goal is to build an authentic, engaging brand experience that will create a deep, emotional experience for consumers – making them fans for life. Over the past 20+ years, The Corso Agency has worked with a range of interesting brands including Heineken, 7up, Redbull, and Restoration Hardware.http://corsoagency.comBusiness Development Job Duties:-Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.-Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.-Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.Sponsorship Sales Job Duties: -Develop new sponsorship inventory concepts. Conduct comprehensive research on specific industry/client businesses and target audience behavior-Identify and target emerging new marketing trends-Create, negotiate, and close sponsorship opportunities for festivals and events represented by the Corso Agency.

Corso Agency

Partnership Relations

KASH - Pay with your phone. Avoid credit card fees. KASH (<a href="http://withkash.com/">http://withkash.com/</a>) is brought to you by Y Combinator. We are committed to being "Local Retail Hero's" by eliminating credit card transaction fees and allowing customers to pay with their mobile phones instantly. We are now on-boarding merchants to KASH, so that they can start accepting mobile payments (independent of the credit network). KASH merchants will receive payments without the costs associated with credit card processing. They also get next day deposits and a loyalty program to keep their best customers coming back.KASH businesses will see a decrease in merchant service fees within the first week. KASH is the faster, simpler, cheaper and more rewarding way to pay.

Kash

Sales Director

Senior Outside Sales Executive for one of the pioneers and fastest growing social media companies in the commerce space. LivingSocial now has more than 70 million members around the world.•Launched North Bay market in November 2010. Solely manage production team and junior associates with promotions, sourcing leads and new business in my assigned market •Develop and cultivate relationships with qualified merchants with a focus on top tier restaurants •Create unique marketing campaigns, negotiate contracts and manage inventory for entire market•Mentored new sales representatives as territory grew.•Recognized as one of the top sales executives at LivingSocial being promoted 2x within one year. •Consecutively exceeds goals and expectations at over 120% to quarterly goals, surpassed sales quota nearly each month of employment

LivingSocial

Strategic Account Executive (Senior Outside Sales Executive)

- Outside sales associate, manage and oversee all operations of North Bay territory •More than tripled number of subscribers from 2010-2012

Senior Marketing Consultant (Outside Sales)

A leading player in the daily deals space since 2009. With a reach of over 50 million subscribers, TownHog offers its merchant partners exceptionally wide distribution through the largest network of elite white label partners, including Cumulus Radio, LIN Media, CBS, Citadel, OpenTable, and the San Francisco Chronicle  -  SFGate, among others.

TownHog  -  CBS Local

Outside Sales Associate

AdGent Digital is a digital media and technology company that specializes in delivering a premium audience via proprietary display, video and tablet advertising platforms.Worked with World's leading brands in the auto, financial, telco, travel and entertainment sectors to place media on over 800 premium publisher sites across the globe.

AdGent Digital

Sales and Marketing Associate

dda is a long established, full-service, integrated brand communications agency based in Imperial Wharf, London. Worked on creative programs for some of the world's leading brands including The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board, Shell, Emirates, BT, Barclays, Jumeirah, MoneyExtra, The Royal British Legion, VisitBritain, Malaysia Airlines, and Sony Ericsson to name but a few.

Piper Patane