Service Office
Resume:
Kerissa Ellan Nelson
***** ****** ** *, **********, WI 54840
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a bartending/serving position
EDUCATION/ HONORS:
Bachelor of Liberal Arts, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River
Falls, WI, May 2010
Major: Marketing Communications Minor: Art GPA:
2.99
COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe (Photoshop, InDesign,
Dreamweaver, Fireworks)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Certified Living Assistant September 2008 - Present
Aurora Community Services, River Falls, WI
. Act as the primary caretaker for five mentally/physically handicapped
consumers in a residential facility
. Perform activities of daily living, including meal preparation,
dressing, feeding, and restroom activities
. Handle finances and control a daily budget for each consumer
. Integrate consumers into the community by organizing daily outings and
activities
Bartender/Server May 2008 - February 2009
Pudges Bar, Hudson, WI
. Opening and closing duties, including counting money, stocking
shelves, and cleaning
. Serving both drinks and bar food to patrons, in a quick and cleanly
Student Intern: Communications, Public Relations, Design/Correspondence
Summers 2005 - 2009
United States Department of the Interior, Federal Duck Stamp Office,
Arlington, VA
. Sorted, recorded and ordered inventory for U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Duck Stamp Office
. Contacted and conducted interviews with all Junior Duck Stamp winners
and coordinators
. Wrote press release for the 50th anniversary of the Small Wetlands
Program and designed an educational powerpoint which are both featured
on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
. Designed commemorative booklet featuring all Junior Duck Stamp
winners, using Adobe InDesign.
. Oversaw publishing of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service commemorative
booklet and assisted in its national distribution.
. Delivered short speech and introduced 2008-2009 Junior Duck Stamp
Artist to audience at 2008 First Day of Sale Ceremony held at Bass Pro
Shops in Hanover, Maryland
. Scanned Federal Duck Stamp painting entries in preparation for art
contest in Sanibel Island, Florida.
. Taught Duck Stamp art class at Fort Snelling in Bloomington, MN
. Operated image projector for 2008 Federal Duck Stamp Contest at the
Bloomington Center for the Arts.
Duck Stamp Office Representative October 2006
Department of the Interior, Federal Duck Stamp Contest, Memphis, TN
. Aided in 2006 Federal Duck Stamp contest set-up and tear-down at the
Memphis Art Institute
. Occupied Fish and Wildlife Service booth, answering contest questions
and selling merchandise
. Viewed Federal Duck Stamp judging and acquired knowledge of contest
rules and procedures
. Received honorary commemorative pane, featuring 30 Junior Duck Stamps,
on stage at contest
National Winner May 2005
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program
. Painting won first prize of 27,000 entries and became the 2005 Federal
Junior Duck Stamp.
. Addressed congressman and conservationists with acceptances speeches
in Russell Caucus room of the U.S. Senate House in Washington, DC and
the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC
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