Outdoor

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Snow

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Health & Fitness

Global Product Line Manager

Hard working and analytically minded with a passion for the action sports industry. 

-Responsible for AFA Sport Performance categories generating $60M+ annual wholesale revenue
-Define product strategy and collection architecture through benchmarking and quantitative analysis
-Line plan creation and implementation for Surf, Snow, Golf, Training and Cycling verticals
-Calendar creation and coordination with all cross-functional teams
-Management of special product for the 2018 Winter Olympics

-Manage surf and sportswear products from design/new product development through go-to-market
-Analyze consumer trends, track product performance and gauge competitive landscape
-Present key features and benefits of products to global retail and wholesale partners

Associate Product Line Merchant 

-Gained an understanding of digital advertising dimensions, performance and pricing strategies
-Explained advertising options to leads, sent out proposals, collected creative assets, and closed sales

Digital Advertising Sales Intern

-Obtained quotes from six advertising channels to promote the Hurley Pro Trestles event
-Used Google Analytics and Adobe Omniture to develop an understanding of website user behavior and created graphs and charts displaying insights gained through those analytics
-Authored a creative brief involving partnerships with businesses to display WSL media content

Marketing Intern

-Executive Assistant to the VP/Head of Theatrical Talent
-Assisted in the submitting of appropriate talent for motion picture, television and theatre projects, pitched clientele to casting directors, obtained audition appointments and sent out clients on thousands of auditions
-Kept track of 200+ clients in a master calendar, made sure deal memos correctly reflect the negotiated contracts, arranged the proper methods of payment for clients between Abrams and production companies
-Independently initiated creative solutions to client problems

Agent in Training

-Created and managed online auctions for surplus property on the Cal Poly campus

Student Assistant

-Organized and reviewed deal memos, booking sheets and contracts
-Assisted agents in representing clients in most areas of the entertainment industry including motion picture, television, theatre, animation, commercial, hosting and broadcasting
-Analyzed various projects on breakdowns to determine appropriateness for submission
-Utilized social media for research projects regarding endorsements for products and services

Intern

-Assisted in the development of marketing and promotional work, closed customer sales, processed orders, maintained sales records and enhanced customer relations

Sales Associate

-Responsible for sales, merchandising, order processing, cashiering, inventory control and all aspects of customer service

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Michael Alper: Global Product Line Manager in Newport Beach, CA

Michael Alper

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