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Experienced Manger/ Floral Designer

Location:
Metuchen, NJ, 08840
Salary:
30,000
Posted:
May 07, 2009

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Resume:

Samantha Monday

Mobile Phone:

Secondary Phone: 848-***-****

E-mail: wjksuz@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Manager/Floral Designer/Creative Lead

* **** - * ****

Mohn's Florist | South Plainfield, NJ

Retail

Gained much experience in this busy little shop.

Designing arrangements for the day and getting deliveries prioritized and out.

Maintaining in store displays, creating new displays, interior design.

Sitting with families to arrange funeral flowers.

Wedding/Event planning and designing.

Opening shop in the AM, taking orders on the phone from customers and also entering internet orders into POS system.

Closing shop in PM, closing out registers, recording daily transactions.

Sales Representative - Cosmetics/Assistant Manager

11 2002 - 2 2007

Victorias Secret | Menlo Park, NJ

Retail

Won Demo Diva award for outstanding sales technique, promotion during third season to Assistant Manager.

Makeup artist in Beauty section, requires vast knowledge of fragrances and base scents.

Fast paced sales position. Learned a lot about working as a team and team leadership.

Also won recognition for catching theives in store.

Seasonal Help during busy Christmas Holiday Season in Menlo Park Mall.

Janitor

5 2004 - 9 2005

UNISON | Linden, NJ

Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office

Construction Clean Up crew. Commercial and residential janitorial work.

Power washing warehouses (Wakefern), Restaurants, and Day Spas.

Sales Representative

9 1998 - 9 2004

Kirby Company | Roselle, NJ

Retail

Demonstrating the products in home as sales representative. Door to door sales.

Telemarketing.

Administrative duties, MICROSFT WORD and EXCEL applications. Answering phone, screening calls, setting appointments.

Cashier duties, basic register.

Fruit department. Making sure there is an ample supply of fruit and gourmet baskets for sales reps to take on demos.

Training new recruits, hiring help, flier distribution.

Assistant Manager/ Head Designer

3 2003 - 6 2004

Bella Floral | Edison, NJ

Retail

Designing creative in store displays, Designing floral arrangements and fruit baskets, Helping customers, Taking phone and internet orders.

Corporate accounts, Party and event planning, Light bookeeping.

Greenhouse Caretaker/ Floor Sales

5 2001 - 8 2003

Home Depot | Edison, NJ

Retail

Taking care of plants and customers. Garden department, seasonal position. Keeping all displays neat and orderly. Face paced sales position. Customer service. Processing, pricing, displaying new products.

Waitress/Server

1 2002 - 3 2003

Plaza Diner | Edison, NJ

Restaurant/Food Services

Service with a smile. Basic food serving skills, worked mainly mornings five days a week.

Side work, fountain girl, made famous for my milkshakes.

Waitress Server

5 1999 - 9 2001

Mark Twain Diner | Union, NJ

Restaurant/Food Services

Night-time Waitress/Hostess.

After hours, light bartending.

Assistant Manager/Floral Designer

5 2000 - 8 2001

Kaiser's Flowers | Metuchen, NJ

Retail

Designing arrangements for sale and for delivery. Keeping cooler displays stocked for customers, answering phones and taking orders. Light Bookeeping and administrative duties. Tending garden behind shop, flowers used in arrangements. Routing daily deliveries for drivers. Caring for and processing flowers/products coming in daily.

Designer

2 1998 - 8 1998

Jack's Flowers | Metuchen, NJ

Retail

Learning Floral Design Basics and apprenticing.

Taking care of large greenhouse and all plants within.

Making fruit baskets, setting up weddings in many locations.

EDUCATION

Some College Coursework Completed,

0 0 - I have not graduated

Middlesex County College | Edison, NJ

3.4 GPA

Business Major

Art Minor

LANGUAGES

French Beginner

Spanish Intermediate

INTERESTS

Yoga, Bicycling, Gardening, Traveling, Community Theater Productions



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