Kellsey Butler
Work experience
Visionary Experiential
Business Development & Account Manager | 01/2019 - 05/2020
- Business Development
Managed all phases of the RFP process including developing and delivering strategic and creative pitches, built goal based and insight-led measurement plans, and pitched to local and global clients. Successfully procured over $4MM of new client revenue and raised overall company RFP win rate by 40% in 6-month period
- Project Management;
Integrated into all external clients and internal teams including Strategy & Creative, Production, Fabrication, etc. and achieved successful project execution through communicating in a timely manner, proactively raising flags as needed, meeting deadlines, and ensuring all client expectations were exceeded.
- Client Management
Worked directly with key clientele and collaborated on creative ideation processes and ensured key checkpoints were made along the consumer journey frameworks. Maintained client communications, updated project decks/documents and ensured all contract deliverables were accurately executed while meeting client deadlines
- Budget Management
Managed over $3MM in project budgets and collaborated to create innovative and unique experiential solutions all while staying within confirmed budget parameters. Successfully maintained a high level of client trust by creatively safeguarding project profitability, which resulted in doubling confirmed future projects with existing clients in a 12-month period
adidas
Brand & Retail Marketing Manager | 03/2017 - 01/2019
- Marketing Strategy
Managed all strategic partnerships and over $1mm of budget through marketing planning processes and opportunity identification, which led to top performing full-funnel brand campaigns, event promotions, retail experiences and new category support with all strategic partners
- Partnership Marketing
Amplified brand desirability though securing unique sales opportunities ie.: Amazon marketing campaigns focused on strategic product storytelling and custom design shops in strategic partner locations to target key consumers, which resulted in 40% sales growth each quarter and SMU product development
Incipio Group - Incase
Strategic Partnerships & Sports Marketing Manager | 07/2015 - 03/2017
- Marketing Strategy
Implemented a strategic sports marketing GTM plan and distilled complex marketing/retail challenges into a cohesive vision, which resulted in new product positions and guaranteed ROI through sell-in and a high STR to untapped consumer channels
- Business Development
Proactively established trusting relationships with top-tier agents, professional athletes and influencers in the Sports, Creative and Lifestyle industries, resulting in unique partnerships that strengthened brand affinity
-Content Strategy
Executive producer of photo & video productions with the top professional athletes for digital and event platforms, generating the brand’s highest engaged social content
Incipio
E-Commerce & Web Production Coordinator | 02/2015 - 03/2016
- Educated and supported creative team on e-commerce best practices, which led to new asset and product aesthetic guidelines to incorporate e-commerce focuses
- Actively researched top website searches and behavior on Braven.com, which led to a new product creation of Braven’s #1 selling product raising monthly revenue 10%
- Created in-depth product return forms to understand consumer dissatisfaction, which led to product creation developments and changes
- Educated and trained the customer service department on product lines and best practices for discussing product with customers
- Managed prospecting and retargeting ads that resulted in a 10%-20% monthly increase in both revenue and organic traffic
- Created in-depth Google Analytics reports to analyse customer behaviours, which resulted in developing future product lines and ecommerce goals
-Collaborated with Director of IT on development of 3 separate app's, guiding UX/UI and cross-department discussions with reference material from market research
- Marketed app to customers; developed marketing campaigns and concepts which resulted in reaching untapped market segments
Pacific Sunwear
Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Coordinator | 10/2014 - 02/2015
- Coordinated Search Engine Marketing, Display Advertising, and Affiliate Marketing channels
- Managed $25k budget and CPC Ad Space Bidding,
adjusting to ensure effective pricing which resulted in effectively growing customer reach
- Coordinated Ecommerce display ads and SEO strategy calendar for brand and product launches, which allowed aggressive campaign deadlines to be met
- Provided qualitative and quantitative feedback on channel performance and associated creative, which guided affiliate partnership decisions
- Coordinated with cross-functional departments and collaborated with development and design in order to create effective affiliate and display advertisements
- Analyzed different market segments, which led to creating a marketing initiative focused around breaking into a new and untapped consumer market
Nike: Women's Training Apparel Department
Consumer Insights Campus Representative | 06/2012 - 07/2014
- Business Development
Built personal relationship with Nike HQ Directors and pitched an opportunity to study purchase patterns of 18-24yo consumers, which created a coordinator role within the University of Oregon business program
- Marketing Strategy
Conducted 20+ focus groups and identified key consumer insights, which helped further develop product lines, recognize assortment gaps and fuel new product concepts and positioning
Nike: Michael Jordan Department
Consumer Insights Campus Representative | 10/2013 - 06/2014
- Organized and managed bi-weekly focus groups to evaluate Michael Jordan website functionalities, which resulted in new developments for Nike.com
- Initiated one-on-one conversations with focus customers in order to better understand website purchasing paths and behaviors
- Analyzed and reported Ecom UX feedback to HQ, which strengthened and developed the overall consumer online experience
- Continued active consumer research to further discover Ecom best practices and consumer expectations
