Maria Attard

Implementation of company and product style guides. Develop marketing plans and promotions. Package design for new products. Creation of POS displays, banners, signage and manage image creation. Website upload of new products, create content for microsites, social media and retailer EDMs. Event planning and management.

Primary contact for the retail, wholesale teams and ECCO NZ. Champion the specific sales & Mkting needs at a national level from a marketing standpoint. The role is broad and involves (but not limited to)… Assisting with establishing & executing product launch campaigns & events. Management of catalogues & campaign imagery Manage inventory of all Mkting support materials & promotional items. Evaluation of promotions, reporting and presenting Mystery shopping management & reporting Liaising with suppliers to secure promotional items & creative collateral Manage, plan & implement all local area marketing.

As an executive administrator I provide - administrative support to the GM and Senior Leadership team. - diary management for the GM - compile reports and documentation - event management both small scale and large scale events for ECCO including: retail conferences, City2Surf events, a function at Taronga zoo for 70 people when ECCO VIPs came to Sydney, a high tea with VIPs etc. - Setting up and the management of various systems, including Microsoft Teams, corporate travel, Royal Pay (to be accepted in stores) plus more. - Office management - Manage all local area marketing communication for ECCO.

• Initially commenced ECCO as a Retail & HR Administrator. This involved entering sales orders into SAP for the Merchandising department and general administration tasks for the HR dept. • Following this role moved into a Co-ordinator role within the Retail, Marketing, ECommerce and Wholesale departments. This role involves: - The development and implementation of strategy through to consumer sales. - Liasing with external stakeholders eg. the Marketing agency and shopping centre marketing teams. - Providing LAM content to shopping centre marketing teams to load onto their websites and social forums. - Analysis and reporting of KPIs and promotions. - Budgetary management for the Marketing, ECommerce & Wholesale depts by liasing with the finance dept. - Communicating with store staff upcoming promotions, procedures and KPI analysis. - Preparing EDMs for the wholesale accounts. - Event management of large scale events for ECCO: Retail conferences for all Store Managers and head office staff, a function at Taronga Zoo for 70 people when ECCO VIPs came to Sydney, a high tea with VIPs and the organisation of two City2Surf events. - Setting up and management of various systems, including Microsoft Teams, corporate travel Alienta, Royal Pay to be accepted in stores and initiated BPOS discount codes.

• Coordinated efficient restocking of sales floor with current merchandise and accurate signage for current promotions. • Offered each customer personal service and polite support to boost sales and customer satisfaction. This included measuring feet and appropriately fitting shoes for customers with and without orthotics. • Responsible for admin duties, banking and opening and closing the store. In addition when the manager was away, had the responsibility for managerial duties.

• Initially started Tupperware as a demonstrator, which involved demonstrating & selling Tupperware. • Then in 2007 was promoted as a Tupperware Manager. • This involved looking after a team of Demonstrators. • Recruitment, training & management of demonstrators. • My team became the number 1 new team in United Sales throughout NSW/ACT in 2007.

• Assisted the business manager in the department of condiments, ethnic/gourmet foods and canned vegetables/fish department. • Entering sale prices and promotion prices for stores. • All marketing and catalogue preparation for the department

• Commenced with BATA in the Market Research dept primarily in the Trade Research area • Involved with consumer research for both Trade and Brand Marketing. • Following this role moved into Trade Marketing working closely with National and State Account Managers. • Data analysis and reporting

• Client liaison, • Proposal preparation & questionnaire development, • Project management • Data analysis and preparation of summary reports and presentations • Assisting in the setting up of two new divisions - telephone interviewing & AMEX project division. • I had 3 months training at C&R Research's head office in Chicago USA.

• Client liaison • Proposal preparation & questionnaire development • Project Management • Data analysis and preparation of written summary reports. • Presentation of results to clients • Some group discussion work. • Client liaison • Proposal preparation & questionnaire development • Project Management • Data analysis and preparation of written summary reports. • Presentation of results to clients • For 2 days per week also worked at McDonald's head office analysing market research results.