As the manager, I am responsible for handling day to day challenges with customers and employees. I work to get my employees independent and to be knowledgeable when working with customers. I am in charge of supplies and inventory handling. I handle the scheduling and employment process.

My position at The UPS Store includes the daily tasks of assisting customers in their needs to pack and ship packages via UPS or USPS, assisting them in using the copiers to do copy jobs from a single page to pamphlets and booklets in color and black and white, I also have the opportunity of binding customer's copies upon request with coil, or comb binding and follow instructions regarding their material preferences. We also offer a service of having mailboxes in our store and the duties that come with that are to inform customers of the variety of options and to lead them through the process of opening up a mailbox and the information they need to know about what it means to have one and how it benefits them. This job has expanded my customer service skills, interpersonal skills among co-workers and the knowledge and understanding of basic office work and responsibilities.

While at Vera House, I interned in the development department. I helped plan campaigns, events, and edit and distribute press releases for these campaigns.I assisted with the White Ribbon Campaign and The Clothesline Project. Using Twitter and Facebook, I sent out messages about events, and shared photos taken at various events.

During the summer of 2012 I was a part of a team that worked together to produce Seussical the Musical for a town theater group. This musical was a cast of about 50 children ranging in age from elementary school to graduated high school seniors. My job in the production team was to design the costumes for the cast, either buy, rent, or make the costumes depending on the demand and purpose, and manage the costumes throughout rehearsals and final shows. When it came time to either rent or buy materials or costumes it was my responsibility to discuss costs and budget money. I was given a certain amount of money that I was not allowed to surpass. I was also in charge of managing the clothing that was to be kept taken care of and returned to those who we rented from in the same if not better condition it was taken.As costumer I organized meetings where parents could help be a part of the team to help assemble and sew costumes and accessories. I worked with the director to find costumes that fit his theme of the show and style that would work best with the cast and scenes. Having taken on this project I have grown in leadership skills, teamwork skills, the ability to work with adults and children. I learned time management, money management, and the need to ask for help in times of stress. This experience was very fulfilling and taught me a lot about large projects that include teams, dependents, and many late hours of tedious work.