Heather Gorman Email and Phone Number

• Planned, organized and taught all afterschool and summer activities for students in kindergarten through 7th grade. • Directed the schools successful summer program for preschool through seventh grade students. • Fostered student curiosity and interest in learning through hands-on lessons, activities, and field trips.• Increased student enrollment by 75% in three years. • Created close relationships with all students and families within the extended day program and school as a whole. • Collaborated with parents, teachers and administrators to help each student succeed.

As the event manager, I generate, plan, organize and coordinate events to increase revenue in food and beverage sales. I work with the General Manager and management team to ensure maximum event sales. I maintain relationships with current clients and develop new client relationships along with being involved in the community and networking with local businesses. I am also responsible for creating website events, social media posts and store promotions.

I work directly with the owner of the small business, Velvet Raptor. As the assistant, my duties include a broad range of business functions including inventory control, accounting, product development, production, customer relationships and social media management. Many of my roles include working with Quickbooks and PayPal to manage and track sales and process invoice payments. I am responsible for the website in Wordpress and created new content and layouts for the site. I also collaborate with the owner in the creative thinking process behind the advertising and promotions for this business.

As an ESP for this award winning summer program, I performed a variety of jobs within the school district by promoting quality education and positive learning atmospheres. I was responsible for creating a safe environment for all students as well as connecting with their guardians by sending home bi-weekly newsletters on the events of the weeks. I also aided in the technical services of the school by supporting technical and administrative support.

Mass Communication Public Relations

Working directly with the marketing department, my duties ranged from creating press releases, copywriting, advertising and broadcasting. I also aided in administrative work for the corporate office. I worked outside of the office by recording and producing broadcasts for the sporting events around Southeastern Minnesota.