Ivana Peleš

I am a Marketing Manager who has worked in sales education and consulting for a culinary school in Croatia for 7 years. I am adept at understanding and demonstrating educational products establishing a strong rapport with the audience and introducing others to educational innovations. I am currently located in Toronto, Canada and my goal is to be a representative of Canadian Educational Institutions.Experience• Responsible for marketing, representation and communication activities in culinary school• Recruit suitable domestic and foreign students and process student applications• Provide counseling to students to ensure the most appropriate course selection, provide them information on education options, courses, and pathways• Gather intelligence and analytics in our target region, identify market opportunities, and develop and execute regional business strategies and sales and marketing plans – both online and offline – to achieve high student recruitment outcomes.• Creating a marketing plan, development, implementation and coordination of marketing activities in order to achieve sales goals• Preparing newsletters and other direct mailings, writing articles for newspapers and magazines, other PR topics for digital and print publications•  Handling web presence: maintaining web page and social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube…)., translating and adapting materials• Organization and coordination of fair exhibitions; coordination and managing of donations, advertising partnerships and sponsorships• Media planning and buying; preparing ads for newspapers and radio and collecting press cuts• Organizing promotional activities such as dinner for investors and suppliers as well as workshops for the general public and the media in order to promote Culinary Institute• Travelling (international and domestic) on official tours for conferences & education fairsI’ve developed and demonstrated excellent teamwork skills in a busy environment, such as an ability to listen to clients and managers, perform my role to a high level and support colleagues. This build up my ability to plan ahead and manage time effectively. I believe that I’m an ambitious and flexible person. I like to be surrounded by people and enjoy working in a team, but I’m also capable and effective individual. I’m project-oriented and a fast learner so I can quickly think my way around in new and unfamiliar situations.