BRYAN
KIMURA

Manager and in charge of all facets of business development and marketing management for a financial services firm. Duties included development and management of marketing plan, creative arts, budgeting, branding implementation, advertising, collaterals, brochures, presentations, seminars, website development and management, social media and internet marketing, client communications, event coordination, and public relations.

• Developed and implemented strategic marketing plan that included direct mail, web development, and social media.
• Developed and launched the company’s first integrated marketing communication strategy. Enhanced the company’s brand and touch points with customers.
• Completed marketplace analysis and developed marketing strategies that led to a $62 million increase in company controlled assets within a 10 month period.
• Successfully rebranded company as part of marketing plan to recapture and grow market share in a wider diversity of clientele.
• Managed a team of telemarketing sales staff to increase company revenue.
• Creation of The Earth Angel Project, a cause marketing program targeting caregivers of people with age- related diseases.
• Designed and developed a custom CRM system to identify, monitor and data mine clientele to increase company revenue.
• Led multiple projects simultaneously, including but not limited to designing and drafting original contents for marketing materials from project inception to delivery, designing and implementing website, social media, and internet marketing deliverables, preparing marketing materials that meets FINRA compliance requirements.

Some works for VS Associates

Providing marketing research, consulting, and go-to-market strategy services to businesses. Consulted with local small businesses, social media networks, internet startups, financial analysts, forensic economists, consumer electronics and medical device companies. Partial list of companies assisted: The RedStar Comic, Oh WOW Marketing Solutions, 24/7 Card, Pure Bioscience, Growth Hormone, LLC, and Source Scientific, LLC.

Enhance and improve the value of commercial properties through branding and strategic building improvements to real estate holdings. Successfully negotiated lease renewals and secured new renters. Maintain and support the company’s portfolio of commercial properties.

• Manage commercial properties and implement marketing campaign to maximize portfolio asset performance.
• Effectively coordinated execution of multiple property upgrades to enhance marketability and position of assets.
• Developed and launched lifestyle marketing campaign to increase and sustain company’s overall rental income. Program is based upon the proposed lifestyle or usage of the property rather than just the physical statistics of the property.

Designed, developed, managed products, and acted as strategic consultant to the company president. Responsible for all aspects of creating and bringing the product to market and managing the branding of the company in a highly competitive marketplace. Designed, developed, and launched successfully the product with Disney Studios, AMC Theaters, and the Burbank Mall.

• Designed, developed, and launched MyMovieDeals.com and its affiliated social networking sites from conception through execution.
• Tested, audited, and analyzed the company’s existing procedures to enhance performance and strategic fit within the industry.
• Managed direct marketing initiatives to end consumers, including formulating and supervising the creation of advertising materials, and implementing social media programs, digital marketing and loyalty initiatives.
• Prepared marketing and business plans for the company. Conducted competitive and industry analyses in order to target and position the company strategically within a highly competitive and mature marketplace.
• Assisted in the management of relationships with strategic partners, external vendors, development of strategic plans, and coordination of product management to achieve results.
• Integration with various mobile electronics and consumer electronic related vendors to provid mobile and interactive support with the company.

Some works for MyMovieDeals, Inc.

Provided consulting, business development and strategic marketing tactics to small businesses, social networks, internet startups, entertainment companies, financial analysts, accountants, forensic economists, marketing and advertising firms, and medical device companies. Experienced in managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Developed innovative “go-to-market” strategies to enhance sales, service, distribution and support channels that directly improved the value proposition of the companies. This created an increase in sales and revenue for assisted companies.
• Performed industry benchmarks and competitive analyses to identify competitive advantages for clients which resulted in an increase of sales volumes.
• Assisted companies to increase sales by analyzing various marketing and business metrics, such as the following: margins and profits; sales force and channel management; pricing strategy; product and portfolio management; customer profitability; customer life value; promotion; advertising media and web metrics; cost of employee turnover; employee productivity; employee engagement; and reward system measurement.
• Experienced in implementing gap analysis to enhance organizational efficiencies, defined business direction, improved business processes, and enhanced business operations with information technology.

A 55 year old photographic equipment and supply company serving the professional, consumer and governmental agency marketplace. Built strong relationships with B2B and Government agencies in order to secure sales.

• Designed brand analysis strategies to realign the company product brands to leverage buyers' brand preferences, which led to a 23% increase in sales. Brand analysis is conducted based upon knowledge of key brands, market share trends, consumer trends, and competitive activities of competitors within the marketplace.
• Increased the company’s ROI by 4.5% within a mature marketplace by combating competitor rivalry through added value and deeper understanding of consumer preferences.
• Constructed strategic business units based on market research and industry analyses which created competitive advantages.
• Maintained and oversaw all daily aspects of the company’s sales data, inventory data management, orders, sales, and customer service related issues.
• Created the company’s data management system to help streamline accounting, inventory management, and order management.

Operation and project manager of an internet development company dedicated to domain monetization, e-commerce, social media, and business development. Created various social media platforms that have been launched domestically and internationally. Spearheaded and implemented various SEO and SEM marketing campaigns to increase company revenues. Completed and successfully launched over 120+ e-commerce based websites and applications.