Megan Thomas
Catonsville | United States
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RAEN Optics
Marketing Intern | 06/2016 - 07/2016
• Approved and declined marketing affiliate applications through CJ platform
• Built positive customer rapport and loyalty through writing individualized postcards to customers who ordered through the website
• Managed and curated 3 to 6 press posts a week from publications like Vogue, GQ, and Lamono for the Press page on the company website
• Researched and created a marketing plan for future potential company product extensions and presented it to the Creative Marketing team
• Updated Featured Retailers and Featured websites on the company Featured Retailers Page
• Wrote and produced a weekly update blog post for the #366daysofsummer campaign; including creating a design request, HTML coding featured winners into the post, and writing the post copy
• Packaged Point of Purchase packages for product display in retail locations
• Scheduled Social media posts in advance using Sprout platform
• Selected possible winners for the #366daysosummer campaign out of 16,000 posts and part
Anheuser-Busch
Brand Ambassador | 01/2016 - 05/2016
• Flew to St. Louis, MO to participate in on-site training with the Anheuser-Busch headquarter team to learn about the product and brand promotion techniques
• Brand and Promote Budweiser in 6 on-premise accounts, by building authentic relationships between the company and customer by face-to-face communication
• Plan and communicate between account managers and wholesalers to coordinate appropriate amounts of product each week and event times
• Correspond with a team of wholesalers, anheuser-busch representatives, and our local team to summarize our progress and budgeting each week
• Raised sales 88.1% in 6 accounts and was in the top 10 performing teams for March
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Design and Innovation in Marketing Fellows Program | 08/2015 - 12/2015
•A specialized 15 credit marketing and graphic design program in which designers and marketers work together to bridge the gap between the two specialties
•Cultivate skills in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to craft creative pieces including a poster, magazine spread, personal brand, illustrated resume, and website
•Compete in the national Eden’s Retail Challenge within a team of 5 to create, research, and present our retail idea (currently in Round 2)
•Formed and branded an advertising agency with 6 other students in our branding capstone course
•Presented a marketing sweep with company research, rebranding, advertising campaign, media plan, and recommendations to Slobproof! (A paint pen company looking to expand into Lowes retail stores)
•Shadowed Neilson Research in New York City to learn the ins and outs of their workday
•Visited Horizon Media, Grey Group, and CBX in New York City
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
Events and Marketing Coordinator | 09/2015 - 12/2015
• Managed Office of Career Services MBA social media pages and LinkedIn accounts
• Created 12 flyers for events sponsored by Office of Career Services
• Pioneered and collaborate events and campaigns for the Office of Career Services
• Aided in the #SmithHired Campaign and #SmithTycoon competition
Coastal Surf Supplies
Sales and Creative Marketing Intern | 05/2015 - 08/2015
• Represented Coastal Surf Supplies, one of the largest and most reliable surf, skate, and SUP board distributors on the East Coast, as a new account rep and marketing intern
• Conducted between 75 and 150 sales calls per day, to both existing clients and new leads to build customer rapport
• Researched 680 companies that yielded 250 potential customers which I called to familiarize them with our company
• Managed new accounts and email
• Created invoices, packing slips, and payment receipts through Quikbooks for accounts
• Updated website with product photos and information
MedSales Advisors Inc.
Marketing Intern and Analyst | 08/2014 - 05/2015
• Represent Ruhof, an infection control technology company, as a Market Research Analyst through Medsales Advisors
• Conducted research on Ruhof’s Mid-Atlantic hospital market, based on 6 monthly sales reports to identify purchasing trends, for the top 5 products, top 7 hospital customers, and highest grossing products
• Drafted 5 sales lead emails to 5 different hospitals, promoting Ruhof’s latest product launch, the Pull Thru endoscopic cleaning device
• Piloted 3 follow-up phone call leads about the Pull Thru product, yielding 2 product demonstration appointments at hospitals in the DC-Metropolitan Area
University of Maryland Business Writing Course
Teaching Assistant | 01/2015 - 05/2015
• Answer Questions via email from 19 students in English 394 (Business Writing), and prioritize them for Professor Jonathan Rick
• Manage and implement in-class workshops, assist with lectures, and mentor students through weekly office hours
• Direct guest speaker program through emails and greetings
University of Maryland Transfer Board Advisory
Founding Board Member | 09/2014 - 05/2015
• Facilitate communication between transfer students and Letters and Sciences Administration to resolve problems and yield smoother transitions for transfer students
• Orchestrate and enhance the social media and public presence of the Board by creating a Facebook page, a Twitter handle, flyers, and brochures as a member of the marketing committee
• Develop and implement programs for transfer students, including a Transfer Student Panel (Fall 2014), a Mentoring Program (Winter/Spring 2015), and personally speaking at Winter Orientation 2015
Education history
University of Maryland
Bachelors of Science | 2014 - 2016
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
N/A | 2012 - 2014
