Creative Agencies

Senior Manager

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, MARKETING & EVENT DIRECTOR	with extensive experience driving robust sales and
business growth in matrixed environments, positioning diverse organizations for long-term success.
Dynamic strategist leveraging a unique ability to cultivate win-win partnerships and exceed expectations
from a revenue, marketing, branding, and event-turnout standpoint. Motivational team mentor skilled at
developing all levels of employees into empowered thought leaders that outperform the competition.

? Acts as the Head of Expansion for North America and Europe for advertising partnerships for Rome2Rio,
? Responsible for Sales of all new and recurring advertising campaigns in the Direct, PG, and PMP space
for Rome2Rio,
? Develop relationships in the tourism and travel space including connections in: air, cruise,
accommodations, OTA, insurance, attractions, Tourism Boards, DMO, and agencies,
? Diversity advertising and marketing opportunities for clients, agencies, and partnerships expand past
traditional advertising spend.

Cultivated partnerships with Domestic and International Tourism Boards to promote marketing
opportunities to both B2B and B2C.
? Represented and established opportunities for the elite Kensington Tours and the highly successful
Travel Edge divisions of Navigatr.
? Exceeded Travel Edge's Revenue Goals by over 200% by diversifying partners and leveraging
relationships.
? Diversified the collection of partners that are working with Kensington Tours and Travel Edge in order to increase exposure, reflect changes in international trends, and diversify opportunities world
wide.

Partnership Marketing Manager

Partnered with independent C-Stores to leverage their data to increase ROI, Revenue per a Square
Foot, Category Management adherence, staff scheduling, and Inventory Management.
? Acted as the head of Business Development for partnerships for associations, corporations, integration
partners (i.e. POS companies).
? Leveraged relationships to sell Taiga's business intelligence software (StoreKeep) into the convenience
store, liquor store, and gas store market through trade shows, conferences, demos, and sales efforts for both direct and indirect sales efforts that focus on partnership and relationship based sales.
? Doubled Taiga's client base and increased revenue by five times within the first 9 months of being at Taiga.

Director of Sales

Championed print ad and digital marketing solutions sales across a multistate territory spanning
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Missouri to drive revenue growth in the underperforming market.
? Maximized ROI for convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs) and destination marketing organizations
(DMOs) by utilizing digital marketing solutions that includes but is not limited to Website Design,
SEM, SEO, Geotargeting, GeoFencing, Google Grant Management, and Lead Generation.
? Leveraged unique ability to cultivate win-win partnerships to exceed established goals and KPIs,
successfully achieving print-guide targets and positioning Madden Media to hit $2M by end of 2020.
? Succeeded as a brand ambassador while traveling extensively to local, regional, and national trade
shows and
? conference to promote Madden Media via booths, sessions, and presentations.

Director of Business Development

Spearheaded the strategic event planning, organization, and execution of the famous
Christkindlmarkets in Chicago, Wrigleyville, and Milwaukee that attracts 1M+ visitors each year.
? Strategized a Sponsorship diversification plan to include revenue shares, broaden the geographical
region, integrate new vendors, and implement marketing tactics, effectively winning the largest single
sponsorship for the Chicago market with a $100K close.
? Implemented a turnaround strategy to lead the famed Stammtisch Program to accomplish an
unprecedented feat of securing $500K in annual revenue.

Orchestrated complex logistics to facilitate marketing events that improved business results, including
the Loyal Guest Club, Top Client Reception, and Pinot and Puppies event.
? Revamped the sales infrastructure and established SOPs to achieve increased revenue growth,
improving Local Negotiated Business by 20% and Group business by 22% YOY.
? Elevated the organizations' brand to augment customer engagement by introducing social media
marketing tactics and building audiences across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, and Google+.

Director of Sales & Marketing

Prioritized active engagement with Choose Chicago and various Convention Partners to increase
City-Wide Business by over 150% in one fiscal quarter.
? Launched a welcome letter and a referral incentive program to improve Corporate Negotiated
Business by 25%; innovated an account management function to streamline Corporate Negotiated and Local Negotiated Accounts.

Previous Experience: Mile North Hotel Senior Sales Manager Hotel Chicago  Sales Manager, Residence Inn & Springhill Suites Chicago Downtown	Event Manager, Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown	 -
Sales & Marketing Manager, Smithbucklin   - Convention & Trade Show Associate

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VANESSA KOSLOSKI: Senior Manager in CHICAGO, IL

VANESSA KOSLOSKI

Rome2Rio

Travel Edge divisions of Navigatr

Taiga Data

Madden Media

German American Chamber of Commerce

Hotel Indigo Chicago Downtown Gold Coast

Hilton Garden Inn Chicago/North Loop

Old Dominion University

Rhodes College