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Her strengths include brand strategy and measurement, digital marketing, CRM, project management, data visualization, event planning, and client relations\. Her integrated campaign experience spans television, paid and organic social, influencer, experiential, CRM, programmatic, print, out\-of\-home, point\-of\-purchase, branding, and more\. Earlier, Valeria managed 10–12 senior\-living accounts at Attane, delivering marketing solutions across print, email and direct\-mail CRM, paid media, organic social, experiential, and websites\. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with an International Business Certificate from Kansas State University and has also studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso\. ## Services - Brand Management - Brand Measurement - Critical Thinking - Brand Strategy - Whole brand Thinking - Bilingual - Digital Marketing - Client Relations - Project Management - Social Media - Photojournalism - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Data Visualization - Event Planning - WordPress - Microsoft Office - Google Analytics - Salesforce - Leadership - Organization Skills ## Highlights - Leads integrated campaigns and brand strategy at BarkleyOKRP for Big O Tires and CARFAX previously supported LL Flooring and Texas Woman's University\. - Works across TV, paid and organic social, influencer, experiential, CRM, programmatic, print, out\-of\-home, point\-of\-purchase, branding, and other integrated campaign channels\. - Managed and delivered marketing value for 10–12 senior\-living accounts as an Account Executive at Attane\. - Delivered Attane account work across print advertising, CRM email and direct mail, paid media, organic social, experiential, websites, and more\. - Held Account Supervisor roles at Attane\. - Held Manager, Client Experience and Senior Manager, Client Experience roles at BarkleyOKRP\. - Cultivated employer relationships and identified corporate, nonprofit, and government\-sector career opportunities for K\-State students and alumni at the K\-State Career Center\. - Managed 15 meeting and event spaces at Kansas State University's Jardine Complex and Kramer Spaces\. - Created, distributed, and analyzed a Rental Facility Satisfaction survey using Qualtrics at Kansas State University\. - Supported printed marketing materials, website improvements, and social\-media initiatives for Kansas State University's Meeting and Events Office\. - Planned and organized a toy drive collecting more than 90 toys for The Children's Place KC during ESPA National Celebrate Services Week\. - Created a neighborhood experience to support future clients' convention planning in Kansas City\. - Updated the Streetcar Restaurant Guide with more accurate and detailed information for leisure travelers, convention travelers, and clients\. - Helped a city\-wide convention group obtain a parade permit and supported completion of a transportation RFP\. - Created and designed an Off\-Site Venue Guide for the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association sales team and its clients\. - Built an inventory of sporting\-event spaces for Hall County CVB, supporting a database for event proposals\. - Produced competitive analyses, customer\-satisfaction surveys, event lists, website\-improvement reviews, and English business\-summary presentations at Ceinnova PUCV and Hub Global PUCV\. - Promoted education abroad, organized study\-abroad activities, and answered student questions as an ISA Global Ambassador\. - Wrote blog posts and posted photographs about studying abroad in Chile as an ISA Student Blogger\. - Earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with an International Business Certificate from Kansas State University\. - Studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso\. ## Experience - **Senior Manager, Client Experience at BarkleyOKRP** (2022\-11\-01–present) — Leading integrated campaigns and brand strategy for clients including Big O Tires, CARFAX, and previously LL Flooring and Texas Woman's University\. Projects include TV, social \(paid & organic\), influencer, experiential, CRM, programmatic, print, OOH, POP, branding, and more\. - **Manager, Client Experience at BarkleyOKRP** (2022\-03\-01–2022\-11\-01) - **Account Supervisor at Attane** (2022\-01\-01–2022\-02\-01) - **Account Supervisor at Attane** (2022\-01\-01–2022\-02\-01) - **Account Executive at Attane** (2020\-10\-01–2022\-01\-01) — Managed and provided value to 10\-12 accounts within the senior living industry by delivering marketing solutions in a timely manner, ranging from print ads, CRM \(email and direct mail\), paid media, organic social, experiential, website, and more\. - **Account Executive at Attane** (2020\-10\-01–2022\-01\-01) — Managed and provided value to 10\-12 accounts within the senior living industry by delivering marketing solutions in a timely manner, ranging from print ads, CRM \(email and direct mail\), paid media, organic social, experiential, website, and more\. - **Employer Relations Associate at K\-State Career Center** (2019\-05\-01–2020\-10\-01) — Responsible for cultivating relationships and identifying career opportunities with corporate, nonprofit and governmental sector organizations for the purpose of hiring K\-State students and alumni\. - **Employer Relations Associate at K\-State Career Center** (2019\-05\-01–2020\-10\-01) — Responsible for cultivating relationships and identifying career opportunities with corporate, nonprofit and governmental sector organizations for the purpose of hiring K\-State students and alumni\. - **Global Ambassador at International Studies Abroad \(ISA\)** (2018\-07\-01–2019\-02\-01) — Organize and participate in study abroad related activities on campus\. Promote and be an ambassador for ISA programs and education abroad\. Talk to students and help answer any questions related to study abroad or ISA programs\. - **Marketing Intern at Ceinnova PUCV** (2018\-05\-01–2018\-06\-01) — Generated a competitive analysis of the company's competition\. Designed and conducted a customer satisfaction survey and assisted with the report\. Compiled a list of possible future events for the members of the co\-work\. Examined company website for corrections and possible improvements\. Designed a business summary presentation in English translating the information from Spanish\. - **Marketing Intern at Hub Global PUCV** (2018\-05\-01–2018\-06\-01) — Generated a competitive analysis of the company's competition\. Designed and conducted a customer satisfaction survey and assisted with the report\. Compiled a list of possible future events for the members of the co\-work\. Examined company website for corrections and possible improvements\. Designed a business summary presentation in English translating the information from Spanish\. - **Student Blogger at International Studies Abroad \(ISA\)** (2018\-05\-01–2018\-08\-01) — Write blog posts along with posting pictures about study abroad experience in Chile\. - **Services Internship at Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association** (2017\-05\-01–2017\-07\-01) — Helped ignite global passion for visiting Kansas City through participating in the Visitor Influential Program, interning in the services department by assisting convention groups with request and offering top customer service, and worked on projects to improve the team\. Projects consisted of: \-Assisted city\-wide convention groups with request and offered top customer service\. \-Communicated daily with incoming convention group attendees for housing information and registration \-Planned and organized a toy drive collecting more than 90 toys benefiting The Children's Place KC, a local non\-profit while also celebrating and thanking professionals in the Services Industry during ESPA National Celebrate Services Week\. \-Created and planned a neighborhood experience to help future clients with their convention planning in KC\. \-Updated Streetcar Restaurant Guide with more accurate information and added more details to assist leisure travelers, convention travelers, and clients\. \-Worked clos - **Meeting and Events Office Shift Manager at Kansas State University** (2016\-08\-01–2019\-05\-01) — Make and update reservations for the meeting and event spaces of the Jardine Complex and Kramer Spaces\. Manage 15 meeting/event spaces\. Set up appointments with clients to receive payment and go over rules and regulations of the space\. Communicate daily through e\-mail, phone, and in person\. Help set up for events, as well lead in the clean\-up of the space\. Assist client in any other request needed\. Take charge of the marketing aspect of the meeting and events office, by working on the printed marketing material, and collaborating with the marketing department of housing and dining services on website improvements and social media initiatives\. Created a "Rental Facility Satisfaction" survey and send out to clients after their event/meeting, and analyze the data once collected, using "Qualtrics"\. - **Intern at Hall County CVB** (2016\-05\-01–2016\-07\-01) — Worked on the major project of the summer collecting inventory of all the possible spaces for sporting events, ranging from basketball to rodeos, in order to have a database and easier access of what the city offered in order to help during proposals for events\. Task included working on Microsoft excel, reaching out to facility directors, taking photos, and making reports\. Other additional task included helping visitors or community members with city information, welcoming incoming conventions/events into town, and assisting marketing with social media\. - **Front Desk Clerk at Candlewood Suites® Hotels** (2015\-11\-01–2016\-05\-01) — Make and update reservations, check guest in and out, collect payments, provide information for guest pertaining the hotel and the community, assist guest with any problems or special request, perform cleaning and maintenance task on the front desk, communicate with management, housekeeping, and other shifts\. ## Education - Bachelor's of Science, Marketing, with an International Business Certificate — Kansas State University (2015\-08\-01–2019\-05\-01) - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso ## FAQ ### What does Valeria do at BarkleyOKRP? Valeria is the Senior Manager, Client Experience at BarkleyOKRP\. She leads integrated campaigns and brand strategy for clients including Big O Tires and CARFAX, and previously worked with LL Flooring and Texas Woman's University\. ### What types of marketing work does Valeria lead? Valeria's campaign work includes TV, paid and organic social, influencer marketing, experiential, CRM, programmatic, print, out\-of\-home, point\-of\-purchase, branding, and other integrated marketing initiatives\. ### What are Valeria's professional strengths? Valeria is strongest in marketing strategy, analytics, client success, brand management, brand measurement, brand strategy, whole\-brand thinking, digital marketing, client relations, project management, data visualization, CRM, event planning, leadership, and organizational skills\. She focuses on understanding business goals, simplifying complex information, turning data into insights, and building collaborative partnerships\. ### What did Valeria accomplish at Attane? At Attane, Valeria served as both an Account Executive and an Account Supervisor\. As an Account Executive, she managed and provided value to 10–12 accounts in the senior living industry, delivering timely marketing solutions across print advertising, CRM email and direct mail, paid media, organic social, experiential, websites, and more\. ### What client\-experience roles has Valeria held at BarkleyOKRP? Valeria has held Manager, Client Experience and Senior Manager, Client Experience roles at BarkleyOKRP\. In her current senior\-manager role, she leads integrated campaigns and brand strategy\. ### What did Valeria do at the K\-State Career Center? As an Employer Relations Associate at the K\-State Career Center, Valeria cultivated relationships and identified career opportunities with corporate, nonprofit, and governmental\-sector organizations to support the hiring of K\-State students and alumni\. ### What did Valeria do as a Meeting and Events Office Shift Manager at Kansas State University? As Meeting and Events Office Shift Manager at Kansas State University, Valeria managed reservations for the Jardine Complex and Kramer Spaces and oversaw 15 meeting and event spaces\. She arranged client appointments for payments and space rules, communicated by email, phone, and in person, supported event setup and cleanup, and handled client requests\. She also led marketing work on printed materials, website improvements, and social\-media initiatives with Housing and Dining Services, and created and analyzed a Rental Facility Satisfaction survey using Qualtrics\. ### What projects did Valeria complete at the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association? During her internship at the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association, Valeria supported convention groups, communicated daily with attendees about housing information and registration, and contributed to services\-team improvement projects\. She planned a toy drive that collected more than 90 toys for The Children's Place KC during ESPA National Celebrate Services Week, created a neighborhood experience for prospective convention clients, updated the Streetcar Restaurant Guide, helped a city\-wide convention group pursue a parade permit and complete a transportation RFP, and created an Off\-Site Venue Guide for the sales team and clients\. ### What did Valeria do as an intern at Hall County CVB? At Hall County CVB, Valeria collected an inventory of possible sporting\-event spaces, from basketball facilities to rodeo venues, to create a database for event proposals\. Her work included using Microsoft Excel, contacting facility directors, taking photographs, and preparing reports\. She also assisted visitors and community members with city information, welcomed incoming conventions and events, and supported marketing through social media\. ### What did Valeria do at Ceinnova PUCV? At Ceinnova PUCV, Valeria produced a competitive analysis, designed and conducted a customer\-satisfaction survey and helped report its findings, compiled potential future events for co\-work members, reviewed the company website for corrections and improvements, and designed an English business\-summary presentation that translated information from Spanish\. ### What did Valeria do at Hub Global PUCV? At Hub Global PUCV, Valeria generated a competitive analysis, designed and conducted a customer\-satisfaction survey and assisted with its report, compiled possible future events for co\-work members, examined the company website for corrections and potential improvements, and created an English business\-summary presentation translating information from Spanish\. ### What was Valeria's work with International Studies Abroad? As a Global Ambassador for International Studies Abroad, Valeria organized and participated in study\-abroad activities on campus, promoted ISA programs and education abroad, and spoke with students to answer questions about study abroad and ISA programs\. As a Student Blogger, she wrote blog posts and shared photographs about her study\-abroad experience in Chile\. ### What did Valeria do at Candlewood Suites Hotels? As a Front Desk Clerk at Candlewood Suites Hotels, Valeria made and updated reservations, checked guests in and out, collected payments, provided hotel and community information, handled guest problems and special requests, completed front\-desk cleaning and maintenance tasks, and communicated with management, housekeeping, and other shifts\. ### What is Valeria's education? Valeria earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with an International Business Certificate from Kansas State University\. She also studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso\. ### What languages and tools does Valeria use? Valeria lists bilingual capability among her skills\. Her additional tools and platform skills include WordPress, Microsoft Office, Google Analytics, Salesforce, CRM, and Qualtrics\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/valeriasamanta