Lauren deRaismes Reilly

312-618-8511 • lreilly@gmail.com

Objective/Summary: Experienced advertising and marketing sales professional in online/digital space looking to bring exceptional
value and leadership to a like-minded, stimulating company.

Employment Q Interactive - Account Executive, Business Development, June 2008 - Present Chicago, IL
Q Interactive provides digital marketing services that help advertisers reach their target consumers and publishers
better monetize their online audience.
• Responsible for acquiring new partnerships on a national level for Q’s ad network from B2C and B2B clients.
• Areas of concentration include lead generation, display advertising, email list management and social currency.
• Manage the full sales cycle and account relationship from prospecting, developing new business, negotiating and
closing deals continuing on to account retention for continued business.
• Thinking strategically and creatively to address business challenges and respond to opportunities from strategic
Internet publishers and retailers.
• Generates business opportunities through professional associations, tradeshows, networking events, dedicated
prospecting and cold-calling.
• Lead sales rep in new venture for 3rd party data share agreements.

Dell Inc - Small & Medium Business Sales Manager, Sept. 2006 - May 2008 Nashville, TN
Dell Inc. is a multinational information technology that develops, sells and supports computers and related products
and services.
• Accountable for sales growth and representative development by executing corporate initiatives and achieving
goals through performance management and strategies.
• Managed and motivated a team of sales reps, including implementing and recommending new policies and
procedures to improve processes and increase efficiency and productivity.
• Interacted with cross-functional groups (e.g., Services, Software and Peripherals, Marketing, Operations, Finance,
Customer Services) to solve business and customer issues.
• Manager of the Quarter - Q2 FY08: Quarterly Rev Attainment - 118.8%
• Average attainment 120%; Highest 134.04% (May FY08)

Dell Inc - Sales Coach, June 2006 - Aug. 2006

• Mentored and trained new hires on sales techniques & metrics to increase performance.
• Team Player Award - Q2 FY07

Dell Inc - Large Opportunity Sales Representative, July 2005 - May 2006 .
• Sales driven with a focus to identify, target, qualify, and close business opportunities in excess of $20,000 and
accounts netting over $50,000 in annual IT expenditures.
• Chairman of Process improvement for Acquisition Council, helped plan and implement the 4th quarter Acquisition
Sales Readiness Seminar.
• Bronze Customer Experience Award
• Average attainment 109%; Highest 143.12% (Dec) • Average top half of Stacks (i.e. sale rep rankings)

Dell Inc - Small Business Sales Representative, June 2004 - June 2005
• Queue/transactional sales focused on fielding in-bound sales calls and efficiently completing/closing the sale;
accomplished through utilizing Dell Tools and working closely with the necessary resources to meet sales
objectives.
• Team Marketing Advocate
• Senior Mentor
• Team Player Award - Q4 FY05
• December Stacks: Ranked #1 for Adj. Close Rate
• Average attainment 110% • Average Top quartile in Stacks (i.e. sale rep rankings)

Organizations Chicago Interactive Marketing Association - Member, 2008 - present

Online Publisher Association - Member, 2008 - present
Chicago Interactive Social Club - Member, 2009 - present
Q Crew Committee - Member, 2008 - present
Junior League of Chicago - Member / Volunteer, 2009 - present

Education Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

B.S. - Double Major (Human & Organizational Development and Art History) GPA: 3.6 Cum Laude, 2000 - 2004