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To Whom It May Concern,
When reading my career history it’s important to know that my career path up until the beginning of the pandemic is one that's actual value can be difficult to understand unless you, yourself, have lived in the world that I grew up in so here goes…
I was raised my entire life in a family owned and operated business where my family makes & designs renaissance style clothing that we sell in our shops at Renaissance Festivals in 23 states across the country. I know this doesn't sound like much as I'm well aware of what most people think of when they think of the Renaissance Festival. The fact is, however, that Renaissance Festivals became a nation-wide industry responsible for an entire American subculture less than a decade after the first Renaissance Festival opened in Agoura Hills back In the late sixties. Let me assure you, it is because of my life in this industry & my family's business that I am such a strong & capable woman. While building this business alongside my mother, my Father prided himself on his career as a Union Sheet Metal Worker, Local 273. It was a defining part of who he was and how we were raised. There were times in the early days of our business that his union paycheck paid our company’s employees. It is because of those ideals that all of our clothing is still made in the U.S. using as many American made supplies as possible.
It wasn’t only my parents who worked hard and made sacrifices. I am the youngest of 7 children. There are 20 in the next generation and 4 (so far) in the generation after that. We all have worked in this business starting at young ages. As for me, I started working weekends on our sales floor when I was only 8 years old. I was the assistant manager by 14 and after turning 18 I spent 16 years traveling full time running/managing our businesses locations all across the country while also creating products on the days that we weren’t open. I can't count how many times I’ve driven across the country in every direction. Because it was my family's business there was no job that I didn't do; Admin, Travel planning, Scheduling, Bookkeeping, Ordering, Inventory, customer 2
service, retail sales, maintenance, the list goes on. If there was a job that needed to be done I needed to figure out a way to do it, most times with extremely limited resources.
When the pandemic started I finally faced the fact that it was time for me to walk away and start a new adventure. One that expanded beyond my family & the tightly woven nomadic community that I called home. Since doing so I have relocated from sunny Southern California to Western New York, partly in an effort to live closer to my son’s father but mostly to live somewhere a bit less concrete where I could offer my son a better childhood as a single mom. I appreciate you taking the time to read this through and consider me for this position.
With Gratitude,
Genessa Mesker
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Hello,
I’m Genessa Marie Mesker
101 E Main St
Angelica, NY, 14709
ad0mzu@r.postjobfree.com
Skills
General Administration, Management, Customer Service, General Bookkeeping, Computer File Organization, Graphic Design, Merchandise Design, Social Media Marketing, Artistic Design, Management, Sales, Product Assembly,
Anything I don’t know I can figure out along the way (yes, I do consider that ability to be a skill) Experience
June 2000- March 2020
Hearts Delight, Ventura, Ca - Manager/Supervisor & More
● Managed Remote Retail Locations with teams of up to 15 employees
● Trained New Employees in all tasks
● Created/Manufactured One Of A Kind Products
● Some Bookkeeping
● Office Organization
● Some Social Media Marketing
● Some Graphic Design
2018/19 & 2019/20 School Years
Sunset School, Oak View, Ca - Art Treck Teacher
● Volunteer Art Teacher to Both Kindergarten & 1st Grade Students
● Prepared & Taught Age appropriate art lessons.
2018/19 & 2019/20 School Years
Covid Homeschool, My Home, Ventura, Ca - Parent Teacher
● Teacher to Both 1st & 3rd Grade Students
● Prepared & Taught Age appropriate art lessons
● Prepared & Taught Age appropriate Science lessons/projects November 2020- Current
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Closet World, Whittier, CA - Sales Designer
● Design of Custom Closets, Offices, Garages, Pantries, etc.
● Billing & FinancingNovember 2020- Current
November 2020- Current
GM VIrtual Solutions, Angelica, NY - Freelance Graphic Designer
● Graphic Design
● Merchandise Design
● Online Merchandise Store Related Virtual Management/Admin. January 2023- March 2023
SAS Retail Services - Merchandising
● Cleaning, Organising & resetting Tops Grocery Store Merchandise April2023- Current
National Income Life INsurance- Agent
● Scheduling Client Consultation/Service Appointments
● Assessing Clients Individual Life Insurance needs
● Assisting Clients With & Submitting Various Types Of Life Insurance Applications Education
2004-2006
University Of Phoenix, Online - Incomplete
I took a small handful of introductory courses to obtain a business degree but due to my occupation at the time there were unforeseen complications that caused me to not continue. Going back has just never seemed like a relevant or necessary use of my time/money. 2020
HubSpot Academy, Online- Certified
General Social Media Marketing Certification
2023
NY State Life Insurance- Licensed
NY State Life/Health Insurance License PSI Exam
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References
Professional & Personal
Colleen Fry- Office Supervisor & Lifelong Family friend 805-***-****
Professional & Personal
Hannah Moore- Supervisor & Sister
Professional & Personal
Bridget Brown- Supervisor & Sister
Professional & Personal
Elizabeth Moore- Supervisor & Sister
Personal
Bethany Mesker- Licensed Midwife & Sister
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