I'm now just over a year at Monday Merch and what a journey it has been in this relatively short space of time.
From being fresh out of my Master Degree, I was curious about how this next challenge in my life would pan out. Although I already had a fair amount of sales experience, the world of Merch was totally new to me 🤔
It was quite a scary prospect, especially when I found out I had to learn about hundreds of different products, which facilitate all sorts of customisation types, can be shipped to practically any country in the world (each with their own little rules and regulations that need to be followed), and master the ins and outs of our full-service merch platform.
I have a memory of my first day. After struggling through 9 hours of information overload, I tripped on the coat hanger on the way out the door. The coat hanger toppled over and crashed onto the floor in front of everyone in the office. I just stood there red in the face with buckets of sweat dripping off me 😰
What a great first impression, Connor... 🤦♂️
But the Monday Merch team quickly ensured that I settled in easily. Within a week or so I felt up to speed, comfortable with my surroundings and confident in offering our services to clients. They've allowed me to grow immensely and trusted my input all the way. Now I can boast some huge clients under my wing like Google, Typeform, SAP and Danone, and plenty of 5 star reviews with great feedback:
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ : "Monday Merch were great to deal with. We mainly dealt with Connor, who, from the start understood our global requirements and sent various options of ‘swag packs’ content for our teams across 15+ global locations. We had previously struggled to find a global supplier who could ship high quality contents to all our required locations"
My recent promotion to Key Account Manager is another proud moment for me! And after all this, I can look back on that first day and laugh. I'm no longer the guy that falls over the coat hanger - the coat hanger moves out of its way for me... 🤷♂️
Aside from success on the job, we also went on an awesome 'work-cation' to Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 the team bought me a beautiful record player for my birthday 🎵 and I'm surrounded by people who aren't just 'colleagues' anymore, but also friends 🤝
To another year at Monday Merch! Excited about what the future will bring... 👀
P.S - Chiara Anzivino was thrilled for me too.
