Fast 15: Trenton Moss

Trenton Moss earned a business marketing degree from the University of Missouri in May 2006 — and then didn’t have a clue what he wanted to do next.

A brother working for Procter & Gamble and a cousin working for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. told him job opportunities were abundant in Northwest Arkansas, so Moss decided to join them.

“Just to try my luck and see what I could find,” he said.

Taking a chance on the region was a good choice. In just a few months, Moss was offered an entry-level job as a courier with Springdale-based marketing firm Saatchi & Saatchi X.

“I started off in the mailroom,” he said. “Picked up lunches, worked with office supplies, drove job candidates and clients to airports and hotels — whatever was needed.”

Moss, one of five brothers, prided his work on “going the extra mile” and his can-do attitude didn’t go unnoticed. He has since earned two promotions — to production coordinator in October 2007 and to his current job in January 2011.

His top responsibility is to lead the 15 people who make up the Sam’s Club team for one of SSX’s chief clients, Procter & Gamble.

That group, which develops the displays and in-store design elements for every Sam’s Club in the country, was recognized as P&G’s Supplier of the Year in 2011.

Moss has been part of several award-winning production teams for national retail brands, and relishes being on a fast track with one of the industry’s leading shopper marketing firms.

He credits his strong faith as motivation to succeed, and hopes to advance up the corporate ladder at SSX.

“I can’t get enough of this place,” he said. “I know it’s a cliché to wake up and look forward to going to work, but I really do.”

Moss, whose graduating class in Mokane, Mo., numbered 62, played four sports in high school and remains active, competing five times in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

He also leads a men’s community group at Fellowship Bible Church in Rogers and volunteers for SSX’s CARE (Children Awareness Responsibility Encouragement) Team, which has raised a quarter of a million dollars the last four years for numerous local children’s foundations.

— Paul Gatling