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Southern California Senior Market Manager

Experienced marketing professional with an expertise in the beverage industry. Ten years, demonstrated history of integrated marketing and events, across multiple disciplines such as experiential, trade marketing, sponsorships, social media, digital marketing and strategic partnerships. Skilled in Program Management, Team Management and Product Sales/Marketing, navigating a fast-paced, ever-changing industry.

- Manage Diageo North America experiential events for Southern California
- Manage and coordinate 2500+ events per year including national partnerships and sponsorship events
- Lead product launch campaigns and oversee legalities within my market
- Strategize brand activations for Diageo’s brands portfolio to engage consumers through education and
differentiate brands from competitors
- Develop innovative, high visibility event concepts and brand activation in tandem with internal creative and
production teams to ensure deliverables exceed client expectation
- Foster strong relationship with Diageo brand team, media and PR agencies as well as other core strategic
partners while collaborating on key third party events, sponsorships and partnerships
- Align four California markets and Hawaii market for ease of working relations with Diageo clients

-Brand Advocacy liaison between Pernod Ricard field sales/marketing clients and Legacy HQ as it pertained
to a team of strategically located Brand Ambassadors
- Worked with Brand Ambassadors on core competencies to include developing their respective brands in the
On-Trade through specialized brand education while building brand loyalists through trade outreach and
engagement
- Lead point of contact for field/client communication on both an inbound and outbound basis to key
stakeholders: Pernod Ricard USA employees, trade, and distributors
- Communicated with client, trade and distributors regarding questions and requests on monthly schedules
and KPI reports across PRUSA Ambassadors for inclusion in bookings, status updates, recaps and evaluations
-Enforced Brand Ambassador share of voice, both internally and externally

National Brand Ambassador Field Communication Manager

-Responsible for a team of 100 Promotional Models executing events throughout Southern California
- Managed coordination of Moet Hennessy’s on-site program field activations, special events and sponsorships
- Arranged full staff training sessions including training materials as needed for each program
- Produced results by leveraging resources, maintaining expense control, and managing POS effectively
- Maintained a detailed program plan for Southern California territory
- Managed Logistical Manager’s, POS warehousing, inventory and transport
- Provided weekly and monthly reports to Moet Hennessy team and Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits (SGWS)
- Worked with Moet Hennessy and SGWS to resolve cross-functional issues at program level
- Identified local event opportunities for Moet Hennessy’s Portfolio by utilizing programs to maximize growth and
awareness consistent with the brand strategy
-Customized National programs to fit local Southern California’s laws, marketing/sales strategies and local
market trends

Southern California Field Manager

- Worked with clients on a design concept and sold them on PRAIRIE’s services, with a 95% success rate
-Scheduled and managed design team and projects for high-end Southern CA homes, offices and event spaces
-Recruited, trained, scheduled and managed team of Designers and Warehouse Managers
-Collaborated on company marketing efforts through advertisement development, website content,
marketing material creation, networking events and social media, resulting in a 50-75% profit increase

Southern California Project Manager

-Use experience and expertise to help California markets (San Diego, Los Angeles, Central CA, San Francisco) implement and evaluate marketing programs
-Help with daily tasks to keep markets on track and running efficiently
-Continually introduce effective programs to streamline efficiency, including warehouse inventory, event kitting, and staff trainings
-Work with California markets to help streamline program event execution and administrative output
-Help market’s recruit and train new full-time Assistant Event Managers on daily responsibilities, about the industry, business and client’s expectations

California Marketing Coordinator/Consultant

-Managed schedules and coordinated 2,000 Diageo N.A. Spirits and Diageo Beer Co. events per year
-Organized special events and sponsorships from planning, set-up, execution and evaluation phases
-Managed San Diego market, including San Diego County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County with little direction and supervision while home-office based
-Oversaw two Assistant Event Managers and over 100 part-time staff members
-Generated marketing and effectiveness reports, evaluating more than 50 programs and special events per quarter utilizing Salesforce
-Created, maintained and balanced over 50 program budgets simultaneously each quarter
-Prepared monthly AMEX and personal expense and mileage reports
-Headed Social Media Marketing and effectively drove brand awareness, engagement and traffic to social media pages through strong visible online presence
-Prepared educational materials, planned presentations, organized and facilitated up to 15 team trainings per year
-Reached 100% of KPI goals for event execution and sales in FY12, FY13 and FY14
-Used strategic thinking to navigate a fast-paced, ever-changing market

San Diego Market Manager

-Managed schedules and coordinated 3,500 Diageo N.A. Spirits events per year managing 300 Promotional Models
-Managed Los Angeles market, including the coastal cities of Orange County up to San Luis Obispo County
-Worked closely with clients in office setting, worked as a team and built strong relationships and rapport
-Completed all payroll and expense report needs weekly
-Created a cost-effective scheduling method to maintain more than 50 budgets simultaneously
-Headed recruiting, hiring and training of staff quarterly to meet all clients’ promotional model requests
-Inputted, updated and managed event reporting website (Salesforce) to evaluate 3,500 events per year
-Assisted Event Manager with creative concepts for future programming and event marketing programs
-Reached 100% of KPI goals for event execution and sales in FY10 and FY11

Los Angeles Market Associate

-Managed up to 30 sales associates while floor supervising, maintaining the store's appearance and running one of the largest grossing A&F stores in the country
-Recruited and trained new hires daily for optimal working sales representatives and customer experience
-Managed register and end-of-the-day bank deposits
-Completed daily merchandise and maintenance audits

Assistant Store Manager

-Assisted Team Manager with hiring and training 40 Wings Team members
-Strategized, collaborated and planned events with other Team Managers to execute innovative promotional events
-Created and scheduled 2-20 shifts per day for 40-100 Wings Team members, including all the logistics for Red Bull's part in the U.S. Open of Surfing

Assistant Team Manager

-Planned and worked daily Red Bull events
-Helped as hospitality for well-known, televised sporting events and award shows
-Chosen to represent Red Bull during the Red Bull Cola launch

Wings Team Member

Find out detailed information about Jami Koontz Gallinger, Southern California Senior Market Manager in Newport Beach, CA

Jami Koontz Gallinger: Southern California Senior Market Manager in Newport Beach, CA

Jami Koontz Gallinger

MKTGINC (for Diageo North America and Diageo Beer Company)

LEGACY MARKETING PARTNERS (for Pernod Ricard USA)

STRATEGIC GROUP (for Moet Hennessy)

Prairie Home Styling

MKTGINC (for Diageo North America and Diageo Beer Company)

MKTGINC (for Diageo North America and Diageo Beer Company)

MKTGINC (for Diageo North America)

Abercrombie & Fitch

Red Bull North America

Red Bull North America

California State University-Fullerton