Resumé

Katherine R. Garness
425 Ridge Rd Apt L / North Arlington, New Jersey / 07031
(919) 208-9453 / katy.garness@gmail.com

Work Experience

Dog Days Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ. Dog Walker, Oct 2011 – Current
-Responsible for care and exercise of client pets.
-Designed marketing documents & graphics. Organized special events to improve foot traffic and sales.
-Specializing in training and modification of difficult breeds and behaviors.

Heights Floral Shoppe, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Designer’s Assistant, Oct 2011 – Current
-Responsible for care and maintenance of live product.
-Assist Designers on a daily basis for basic prep of flower arrangements.
-Production florist.

C R Yarn, Rapid City, SD. Opening Manager, 2010 – 2011
-Responsible for opening & closing the store, troubleshooting patterns, and assisting yarn shoppers.
-Designed marketing documents & graphics. Organized special events to improve foot traffic and sales.
-Taught private lessons for frequent knitting clients.

Barnes & Noble, Tribeca, NYC, NY. Lead Cafe Barista, 2010
-Managed inventory and weekly ordering for $1.5M cafe. Contributed extensively to cafe merchandising decisions.
-Supervised & trained new employees on the cafe. Filled in on the book floor, when short staffed.
-Provided customer service and sales assistance. Operated cash registers.

Stockinette Knitting Cafe, Jersey City, NJ. Cafe Manager, 2009 – 2010
-Responsible for opening & closing the store, preparing drinks, and assisting yarn shoppers.
-Purchased supplies to promote new product ideas and maintain inventory.
-Designed marketing documents & graphics. Organized special events to improve foot traffic.
-Taught private lessons for frequent knitting clients.

California Closets, Raleigh, NC Office Manager, 2008 – 2009
-Primary contact for phone and walk-in customers.
-Scheduled appointments for sales and installation staff. Supervised & trained new employees.
-Responsible for all financial bookkeeping. Entered customer invoices & vendor bills.
-Reported P&L, accounts receivable & payable, and other trends to franchise owner.

Barnes & Noble, Briar Creek Commons, Raleigh, NC Lead Bookseller, 2005 – 2009
-Contributed extensively to book merchandising decisions.
-Supervised & trained new employees on the book floor and cafe.
-Provided customer service and sales assistance. Operated cash registers.

Starbucks, Lake Boone Trail Store #11198, Raleigh, NC Coffee Master, 2006 – 2008
-Supervised and trained new baristas.
-Provided customer service and sales assistance. Operated touch-screen cash registers.

Express Personnel Services, Durham, NC Adobe Acrobat Copier, 2003
-Prepared scanned documents in Adobe Acrobat. Created and linked tables of contents.
-Improved method for importing PDFs into database coding system.

Concordia College Print Shop, Moorhead, MN Printing Assistant, 2000 – 2002
-Responsible for binding and delivery of projects printed on site.
-Created system for tracking & reporting frequent student customers.
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Education
Wake Tech Community College, Raleigh, NC --Culinary Arts, 2006
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN --B.A. in Fine Arts, 1998 – 2002
+Concentration in Graphic Design & Illustration and Print Layout
+3.2 GPA & Dean's List
+Relevant coursework: English Writing, Literature, Advertising, Corporate Branding

Skills Profile
-Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress,
-Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, Windows
-Operate & repair printers, copiers, fax machines, multi-line phone equipment

Projects by Katherine Garness