Experience

Kingdom Books Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  As a Co-Founder at Kingdom Books I primarily manage our website, client services, publication processes, company projects, and marketing. As a Co-Founder at Kingdom Books I primarily manage our website, client services, publication processes, company projects, and marketing.



CME Group

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services

• Legal Intern

  • Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

  Through Skadden I had the opportunity to do a secondment with CME Group’s legal team to take on legal projects and research for transactional and forward-looking projects around deals, privacy, and artificial intelligence. Through Skadden I had the opportunity to do a secondment with CME Group’s legal team to take on legal projects and research for transactional and forward-looking projects around deals, privacy, and artificial intelligence.



Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

  As a 1L Scholar I was able to research legal matters and prepare memos and legal documents for internal and external use, as well as shadow practicing attorneys during meetings, at court, and on client calls. As a 1L Scholar I was able to research legal matters and prepare memos and legal documents for internal and external use, as well as shadow practicing attorneys during meetings, at court, and on client calls.



Anheuser-Busch

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• High End Brand Development Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2022

  As the High End Brand Development Manager for Chicago, I managed a team of 6 brand development reps and worked closely with our wholesaler partners to elevate and promote a portfolio of over 50 high end beer brands throughout the Chicagoland area through a blend of marketing and sales activities.

• Regional Craft Sales Manager

  • Apr 2020 - Sep 2020

  As the Craft Sales Manager for the Great Lakes region, I manage sales of Goose Island, Elysian Brewing, and Golden Road throughout the region, maintaining strong communication between the region team, the national craft business unit, and each of the three breweries. I develop and execute plans to grow awareness, consideration, and sales of the brands within each brewery, supported by data tracking and analysis to close gaps and bring unique insights.

• Planning Performance Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Apr 2020

  Sales Operations: *Supported teams consistently hit sales targets through increasing frequency of sales dashboard updates (from 3x/week to daily with VIP iDig/Excel data), including variety of sales reports (from 1 to 5 per week with Qlik ((Beer Industry Report)/Excel/VIP iDig), improving weekly presentations to sales teams (from dashboard reporting data to identifying sales opportunities), and creating weekly trainings to sales teams.*Increased branch satisfaction by +2pp from 92% through updating internal client data by pulling forms in Salesforce, analyzing branch P&L and identifying branch targets*Created and managed sales incentives (up to 40 of >$50K worth) end-to-end from creation/initial presentation, reporting, awarding, and payment.Sales Strategy: *Maintained company market share through identifying market opportunities and analyzing brand sales using sales data (VIP iDig) and share data (Beer Industry Report) across top 50 brands per category (6).*Increased distribution of Michelob Ultra of by 146% within 5 months by identifying brand opportunities, strategizing with stakeholders across Directors of Sales/Marketing, On-Premise Sales, Off-Premise Sales, and Manager of Trade Marketing, gaining approval in monthly sales presentation to National Director of Wholly-Owned Distribution, changing sales targets for the brand, and gaining additional support from the Director after the first month of +30% m/m market SKU placements.Marketing: *As the only analyst in the San Diego office (46 in sales & marketing), I worked with the marketing team on a few 360 degree marketing plans (2 to 3x per year) for ex:**Relaunched Montejo product through local radio, social media, sales channels, experiential, sales team and retail incentives, and sampling. **Helped marketing team prioritize 10-key zip codes to target based on relevance, demographics, sales volume, competitor sales, and growth trends. Created a sales incentive plan to drive execution. Show less

• District Sales Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Mar 2018

  Sales Manager: Managed 2 teams of sales reps (4) , 6-figure sales region eg. grocery, wholesale, nightclub, bar/restaurant, amusement, pharmacy categories with clients including SeaWorld, Hooters, PB Shore Club, then Costco, CVS, Walmart. Hit 81% of monthly sales target (vs 70% company average).Data Management: Cross-referenced and corrected internal sales data that matched sales activity and delivery (upto 108K data points in GoSpotCheck and Microsoft Excel from 20 top selling SKUs x 120 client accounts). Once fixed, sales growth increased and maintained +36% m/m. Show less

• Global Management Trainee

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

  1 of 55 trainees in the US/CA of 1000+ applicants - Rotated across sales (1mo - Seattle, WA), operations (2mo - Los Angeles, CA), and marketing innovation (5mo - New York City, NY)Sales: Analyzed sales distribution of current SpaceDust brand to understand possibilities of cannibalization with a new “DayGlow” brand, resulting in a shift in DayGlow route to market strategy. Operations: Planned and redesigned section of warehouse that held broken packages but intact beers in order to increase employee productivity and decrease sales loss through by measuring floorspace, ordering new equipment worth $2K, and mitigating conflicts between 6 key stakeholder (QA, Safety Manager, and Packaging Ops Manager). The company implemented my designs and is still currently in use by the full packaging team. Marketing:*Created a new brand from ideation and research to production based on marketing brief. Innovation team eventually took our market research to relaunch high-end flavors for Bon & Viv in Jan ‘19 and create Rita Spritz in Apr ‘19. Led key Rita flavor evolution research and Created pitch materials for Rita to be official NFL sponsor.*Worked collaboratively with CSR team on beer-applicable CSR insights later used in development of Michelob Ultra Pure Gold. *Led and developed playbook using lean 6 sigma yellow belt in marketing and development trend research to quickly and thoroughly act on trends - guides on sources to check, when it’s time to do deep-dive vs cursory research, and clear 4 use cases for faster results vs previously no process (1+ year vs now <1 months). Show less



Wordly Women (now dissolved)

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

  *Founded support and community blog and resource site for female authors. *Launched “words in progress” weekly accountability program with consistent 5 women in attendance *Wrote weekly blog content (~1000-3000 words each) with up to 30 readership *Photoshopped all marketing and blog material (50+ images) *Created and Launched Facebook and Instagram Marketing campaigns through image ads that generated 2.5K Reach, 100 clicks in 8 days. *Founded support and community blog and resource site for female authors. *Launched “words in progress” weekly accountability program with consistent 5 women in attendance *Wrote weekly blog content (~1000-3000 words each) with up to 30 readership *Photoshopped all marketing and blog material (50+ images) *Created and Launched Facebook and Instagram Marketing campaigns through image ads that generated 2.5K Reach, 100 clicks in 8 days.



Babson College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Media Technician |

  • Aug 2014 - May 2016

  Managed the helpdesk (5 calls per 2hr shift) and created, scheduled, filmed, and disassembled videography ticket requests (2 per 2hr shift) from professors. Worked 10-12 hours per week. Managed the helpdesk (5 calls per 2hr shift) and created, scheduled, filmed, and disassembled videography ticket requests (2 per 2hr shift) from professors. Worked 10-12 hours per week.



ACE - Africa Courier Express

• Nigeria
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Client work for Yudala (now Konga, an e-commerce platform) - Edited metadata/page descriptions for SEO purposes, collaborated on web/media design (exact layout of Konga), and conducted market research on UX. Internal work: *Created copywriting briefs, collaborated on web/media design, wrote blog articles for content partners (eg. Chicken Republic), and crafted a new employee manual for 50+ employees. *Created and launched Facebook Ad Campaign through identifying key target audiences and copywriting *Created and helped launch Twitter and Instagram (0 to 250 followers in 3 months) *Created a pamphlet for client introductions to be distributed across 6 facilities Show less



VentureBlocks LLC

• Script Writer

  • Oct 2014 - May 2015

  In charge of writing the script - collaborated on “if-then” interactions among 10+ characters and created personas for “The Nanu Challenge” game to teach students entrepreneurship. Initially piloted program with 3 colleges and now used by 50+ colleges including USC and GWU. In charge of writing the script - collaborated on “if-then” interactions among 10+ characters and created personas for “The Nanu Challenge” game to teach students entrepreneurship. Initially piloted program with 3 colleges and now used by 50+ colleges including USC and GWU.



KPMG UK

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Edited 300+ page global insights internal manual on time & error-free to be printed and used by all international accounting KPMG consultants across 155 offices. Improved internal website experience (Sharepoint) for 50+ employees by sorting/archiving any redundant international accounting files (30+ files upto 10+ pages) and re-designing the web/consumer experiences from 4 click-access to 2- click access Edited 300+ page global insights internal manual on time & error-free to be printed and used by all international accounting KPMG consultants across 155 offices. Improved internal website experience (Sharepoint) for 50+ employees by sorting/archiving any redundant international accounting files (30+ files upto 10+ pages) and re-designing the web/consumer experiences from 4 click-access to 2- click access

• Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship Mentor

  • May 2013 - May 2014

  Facilitated instruction for the Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship course offered at Babson College.

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

  Researched usage of telepresence in global workspaces through JStore and organized data in SharePoint for collaborative project between Cisco and Professor Patricia Guinan. As a result, project redirected to B2C immersive shopping experiences



Ile Afrika Entertainment

• Administrative Officer

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2012

  • Responsible for roughly 5-10 calls per workday • Fast-paced environment, multitasked, provided customer service • Assisted in event coordination including booking and on-site preparation • Responsible for roughly 5-10 calls per workday • Fast-paced environment, multitasked, provided customer service • Assisted in event coordination including booking and on-site preparation