Marina Slipachenko
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Objective
Work Experience
Promotional Manager (01/02/2010 – 11/15/2010)
Managing online booking at events, through contacting and negotiating contracts with venue owner, label, and artist. Scheduling performers at venues and events through out Canada.
Last Employer: Padded Cell Productions
Responsibilities: Daily spreadsheets of gross potential and expenses. Payroll and budgeting weekly and monthly goals.
Accomplishments: Created an online booking sheet to be used by artist, venue owners, promoters, and for sponsorship proposals.
Assistant Manager (01/01/2009 – 12/31/2009)
Managed of all staff on the floor, inventory and shrinkage control. Merchandising stock and inventory placement based on the turn over reports. Organization and application of daily, weekly, monthly budget and goals.
Last Employer: YM Inc
Responsibilities: Loss and Prevention, coaching, training, and recruitment. Request of transfers, consolidations, recalls, and markdowns.
Accomplishments: Created a coaching program for staff and management to create awareness on shrinkage control and loss / prevention.
Manager (12/04/2007 – 09/02/2008)
Managed of all staff on the floor, inventory control, merchandising and performing opening and closing procedures. Responsible for UPT (unit per transaction), CR, (closing ratio).
Last Employer: Stag Shop
Responsibilities: Organized daily budget logs and met daily, weekly and monthly budget goals. Ensured daily and weekly deposits. Responsible for creating awareness on the companys behalf through promotional incentive, visual display and events.
Accomplishments: Created a catologue for penthouse and couchet products and merchandise.
Manager (03/17/2005 – 05/23/2006)
Conducted daily meetings, hired staff, conducted payroll and scheduling, inventory control and visual displays according to new designs and seasonal merchandise. Oversaw staff during opening and closing the store.
Last Employer: Bedo
Responsibilities: Responsible for visual displays, internal and external branding and promotions. Developed proposals for management, analyzed internal and competitors advertising materials to better position products and services.
Accomplishments: Increased annual sales by14% in 2005
Promotional Manager (03/01/2003 – 01/07/2005)
CD release parties and events throughout the city of Toronto. Management of staff outside of promotional events. Distrubution of promotional material.
Last Employer: BMG / Sony Music
Responsibilities: Marketing and managing a team of individuals at events such as Caribana, Jazz Fest and Film Fest.
Accomplishments: Increased label awareness through distrubution.
Education
Establishment: William Lyon Mackenzie
Degree: High School Diploma
Education Period: 11/30/-1 - 11/30/-1
Average Grade: OAC
Establishment: Ontario College Of Art And Design (OCAD)
Degree: Entertainment Business Management
Speciality: Minor in Visual Merchandising
Average Grade: 3.5 GPA
Skills
Problem solver with superior judgment skills. Possess strong communication and interpersonal and presentation skills. Organized professional with strong time management skills; able to work with changing priorities. Proven able to work under pressure completing responsibilities within deadlines. Computer literate in Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator. Management of deposits, schedules, payroll, budget, staff, coaching and recruitment. Loss and Prevention. Visual Management Skills Educating the customers about the product/service in an effective and creative way. Setting the company apart in an exclusive position. Ensuring that the store is compliant with the company's brand image. Creating visual displays and arranging merchandise assortments within a store to improve the layout and presentation and to increase traffic and sales. Establishing linkage between fashion and product design.
Computer Skills: Computer literate in Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.
Foreign Language Skills: Russian
Interests
Fashion, Visual merchandising and design, Music and event planning.