Highly motivated all around Store Manager looking to relocate!

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Headline: Highly motivated all around Store Manager looking to relocate!
Name: Sarah Kennedy
Email Address: sarahkennedykodiak@yahoo.com
Current Location: Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Preferred Job Category: Retail Sales

Personal Statement:
Working in a small museum, the Store Manager seems to do it all - Create, run, and advertise events & artwork as well as all of the receptionist duties and retail details. I'm looking to expand my talents by broadening my horizons and moving to something bigger and better, with a chance to challenge myself and possibly move into other higher positions.

Education:
Education

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
September 2001 – May 2005
Graduated in May 2005 with a Major in Art, Concentration in Drawing.

Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK
January 1999 – June 2001
Graduated in 2001 with Honors.

Professional Experience:
Work Experience
Alutiiq Museum June 2007 - Present
-Museum Store Manager. Manage the Museum’s store and its outreach to community artists. This includes stocking merchandise, managing consignment agreements, hosting events, marketing store and museum gallery events, designing ads/flyers, adding to the online store and processing all orders, finding donors/sponsors for activities, events, exhibits, and the newsletter, and bi-yearly inventory. Promoted to this position from Gallery Assistant in December, 2007.

Tropics Lounge May 2007 - Present
-Head Week-end Bartender. Duties include opening and closing the register, supervising customer service, stocking merchandise, and cleaning.
Best Western Kodiak Inn Chart Room Restaurant June 2005 – August 2007
-Waitress and Bartender. Duties included customer service and opening and closing the register.
Kodiak Island Borough School District November 2006 – March 2007
-Art Instructor. Taught for the after school program KACLAC. The class that I was solely responsible for was a drawing and painting class, and I also collaborated with another teacher for a digital photography class.
Lewis & Clark College January 2004 – January 2005
-Art Department Assistant. Worked for Debra Beers making sets/ props for drawing, breaking down sets, hanging artwork for display, assisting with temporary gallery displays, and cleaning the drawing room.

Applicable Skills:
I am completely familiar with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), as well as the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).

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