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Blair Wheeler

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Brand Manager
Wilmington | United States

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Family
The beach and living a active healthy lifestyle.

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Outdoor
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Surf
Swim
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Blair

Motivated worker with a background rooted in marketing and retail environments within the surf industry Passionate about building and growing brand awareness.

Developed relationships and brand partnerships with individuals and companies, tracked deliverables and oversaw rollout of partnerships on an international scale

Trajectory

Aug 2017 — Now
Brand Manager · Ocean & Earth USA
Oversee the brand's re-launch in North America. Established sales reps in the USA, to better reach independent retailers. Managed marketing initiatives from concept to activation. Develop an online presence, both for marketing and sales. Oversee sales, marketing, inventory and create suggested buys for bi-yearly purchase orders from manufacturers overseas. Grew sales 110% YOY in first full year as O&E USA's Brand Manager as well as worked to build and launch the first E-Commerce site for O&E in North America.
Nov 2016 — Aug 2017
Outdoor Marketing Specialist · Sweeney Marketing & PR
Manage all social media accounts for various clients and acted as a liaison between the agency and the brand itself for all matters regarding social media and the outdoor industry space.
Jul 2016 — Nov 2016
Global Marketing Manager · Hurley Surf Club
Hurley, Int. Oversee global logistics in operating of the Hurley Surf Club and monitoring the business to customer connection with the goal of increasing traffic and sales on Hurley.com. This includes managing a 1.5 million dollar budget as well as a global team to create a seamless experience and feel throughout all of our physical locations. Organized programming in key HSC cities to engage our consumers both physically and digitally and activate online at build the Hurley Surf Club Community. Manage athletes to make sure their needs are meet while at the same time manage team of 5 people on site at each Hurley Surf Club location.
Jul 2014 — Jun 2016
Event Marketing Manager · Hurley, Int
Plan, manage and execute all of Hurley's events located in North America. Notably work in coordination with World Surf League Executives to produce the 2015 and 2016 Hurley Pro, one of eleven stops on the World Championship tour. Manage a 1.3 million dollar budget, a team of 50 people to build and execute the event viewed by over 15 million people worldwide. Work with both sales and retail marketing teams to ensure success of events and gauge return on investment through sales numbers during the days of the event. Develop run of shows and call to actions based on event location, time and target demographic.
Mar 2013 — Jul 2014
Marketing Coordinator · Hurley, Int
Coordinate and manage all of Hurley's events including, The Hurley Pro, Rip My Shred Stick, The Rincon Classic, Hurley Surfboard demos, and Hurley Wetsuit Demo days. Worked directly with Director of Sports Marketing to align global and regional athletes to seasonal directive and insure awareness of events, meetings, contents, etc.

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Education history

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Coastal Carolina University

Bachelor of Communication

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Talia Bencivenga

Office Manager/Graphic Designer
Grom Squad/CS Tech US

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