The alcoholic and distillery industry is competitive now more than ever, and especially was at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Consumers are shopping the organic category more often and we are seeing continued trends of consumers looking for healthy, organic options for their family + friends. The organic space experienced significant growth in 2020 and 2021. The challenge for Prairie Organic Vodka was discovering a successful way to reach the right consumers at the right moment in time, and to educate them that Prairie Vodka is truly in the "organic" category.

I worked with Circle specifically on affiliate partnership projects, email marketing campaigns, and online event management. As worthwhile as the experience was to assist Circle with these tasks, I still (like many) faced a few challenges.

One of those unique challenges was ongoing communication and consistent alignment when it came to back-to-back online events that took place throughout the Fall 2022 season. This caused a level of organization and attention to detail needed to sustain the work to make multiple online events successfully happen simultaneously. Because of that challenge, I learned to leverage putting structure and automated systems into place in order to carry out each task to ensure a smooth client and event attendee experience.

UV Vodka's challenge was to "revive" the brand and to make UV Vodka relevant again in today's competitive market. The opportunity presented was to increase brand relevancy in the alcohol and distilled beverage industry by creating an innovative, strategic marketing plan that would include a healthy mix of paid social, search and social influencer initiatives.

They were looking to acquire new customers through better marketing.