Alex Banks

About

I am a contentious young man, looking to establish a career path for myself - I am currently studying Law at the Open University which is interesting for me, whilst I am enjoying learning Spanish and about different Latin American cultures, such as Peru. I am a salesman right now, something I am extremely good at and could work my way through a company, but I am also well versed in marketing, where I am currently leading Empire International Bloodstock's social media channels.

Experience

DigiBroadcast

Dec 2019 – Present

Chessington, London

Sales Account Manager

Working at DigiBroadcast was a steep learning curve in the beginning, but I quickly adapted, and in my second month I outsold everybody else in the company and earned myself Employee of The Month in February. Here are some of my achievements working at DigiBroadcast; 1. I have sold to businesses and end-users alike through my database I have controlled, managing each individual person or company as a client of mine and acting as their account manager whenever they have been in need of some equipment. 2. Working in a small sales team for the last eleven months, I have managed to hit the target on nine occasions of those eleven months and have propelled the business with quality customer service. 3. Marketing my equipment I bring into the company and tailor-making emails using the MailChimp service, I have improved upon and increase the database I inherited by 35% since joining, through outbound calls and actively searching for clients. 4. Gaining the trust of customers to be able to spend their money with me; my highest deal reached was in the last month, where I moved a camera worth $48,000 from Uruguay to the United States. Shipping is also a small portion of the job, finding the best cargo couriers for the job I need.

EIBloodstock

Mar 2016 – Present

Remote

Bloodstock Sales and Head of Marketing

I have led numerous contacts to support the CEO, I governed most of the Admin work for the business on Microsoft Excel, along with posters for them using InDesign. Developed and monitored specific goals for the entire team, whilst establishing a good line of communication for every single person inside of the business. I helped link them to a client who went onto purchase horses in South Africa, Dubai and Newmarket, England – I try to think outside of the box and look at ways I can grow the company and myself to meet individuals like that certain client.

Racing Reflex

Oct 2017 – Dec 2019

Remote

Editor-in-Chief and Head of Marketing

The Racing Reflex was an online horse racing magazine, where I would create and implement social media strategies for high profile clients across several verticals, instrument social media campaigns on major and niche social networks, deliver optimum service to all users in order to increase overall results of followers, along with providing support for the page and updating it regularly. The magazines I produced realised up to 10,000 views in three months and we created a sales page on the website of the magazine, where I would use techniques in order to sell the products on social media.

Coral

Oct 2014 – Dec 2019

London

Deputy Manager

I was working for Coral Racing Limited for around five years, it was quite a change from what I was doing previously, where this job was focussed more on the upsell than anything else, whilst maintaining a business structure throughout. Working with and for the company, it showed how driven I am as an individual to consistently meet daily targets that have been set by the company; I would regularly upsell the products we have in store which are called Connect Cards and will hit my weekly, monthly and period targets set for me by the Area and Regional Manager.

Education

Online University

Feb 2021 – Apr 2021

Certificate, Law

Skills

Languages