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• SEPTEMBER 2015
INNOVATE
EDUCATION
School of Advertising Art in
Dayton, Ohio, with double
degrees in graphic design and
marketing
FIRST INDUSTRY JOB
Marketing and advertising assis-
tant at Visions Awards/
Awardcraft in 2003
PREVIOUS JOB
Promotional marketing manager
for the central division of
WorkflowOne
FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB
“Two things: the creativity and
the pace. I love the fact that in
this industry we can create a cus-
tom product to meet our clients’
business objectives. A new day
brings a new challenge. You can
wake up to a new adventure
every day in this business. You
never know what’s around the
next turn and that keeps life
from getting predictable.”
BIGGEST GOAL FOR 2015
“Launching a new sales-training
methodology for our team
including tools to help them eas-
ily incorporate it into their daily
selling. This will provide them
clarity on our vision as an organ-
ization and help them be as suc-
cessful as they can be while con-
tinuing to grow their knowledge
of our wonderful industry. Also,
creating scalable (forward-think-
ing, yet standard) solutions for
our reps/clients that we can easi-
ly customize for each brand and
update as we develop new
enhancements into the market.”
PROUDEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT
“Being a mother to my two won-
derful children, Charleigh (girl,
age 6) and Breck (boy, age 3).”
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED
“The best advice I have received
regarding sales would be to make
sure that you are always focused
on ‘sales activities.’ There are a
lot of things that get in the way
of productivity … as a salesper-
son you need to focus your busi-
ness hours on only sales activi-
ties—the others come second.
This includes internal meetings,
paper work, etc. Just say ‘no.’ You
choose how you spend your
time—make it ring the bell!”
STATUS IN FIVE YEARS
“Five years from now … yeesh! I
hope there is a new, interesting
creative twist to the branding
world that we in this industry
can sink our teeth into and grab
a piece of.”
IN MY SPARE TIME
“I’m active with family and
friends, snow skiing, boating,
working out …”
ALTERNATIVE CAREER
Fine artist, interior designer or
morning news anchor
ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW
Coffee (in my ‘Get Sh*t Done’
mug),
PPB
magazine, my
iPhone, sunglasses, regular glass-
es, giant handbag and my
favorite white Cross pen.
WHY JILL IS A RISING STAR
Nominator
Michael Emoff,
Shumsky,
says: “Jill truly under-
stands the value of relationships.
It’s rare that anyone builds the
kind of relationships with clients
and colleagues to the degree that
Jill does. She joined our new
business development team in
2010 and quickly became team
leader. Through vast networking,
she developed working relation-
ships with some of the world’s
top companies, and together
with our creative team, developed
award-winning campaigns. In
2013, she invented her first pro-
motional product: a convertible
running vest/tote bag. She has
been inducted into PeerNet’s
Million Dollar Club for the past
four years and achieved the high-
est sales-over-quota with a num-
ber that astounds us all: 365 per-
cent over quota. She is transpar-
ent, opinionated, energy-packed
and loves to mentor her peers.”
Nominator
Fran Ford, CAS,
Castelli North America, Inc.
,
adds: “Her skills and tenacity
impressed me. Rising Stars are
those who shine the brightest
and Jill is a great symbol for our
industry's future leaders.”
Jill Albers
• Age 32
• Executive Director of Global Sales, Shumsky
• Dayton, Ohio