Business Manager
Marquette, Michigan, United States
•Integral in purchasing, financing, fundraising for and moving the museum to new facility, including facilitating a $3 million USDA Rural Development Loan. Assisted with grant writing, including a $600,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant.• Created budgets, tracked income and expenses, accounts payable/receivable, deposits.•Maintained membership database.•Planned and implemented fundraising events and programs.•Developed streamlined financial and operating procedures.•Managed museum gift shop, supervised and trained employees and volunteers, purchased store inventory, created store displays, managed internet sales, tracked consignments and implemented new point of sale system.•Front desk reception, answered phones, welcomed and assisted visitors. •Marketing, maintained website, managed social media, created museum newsletters and mailings, designed program brochures and posters, wrote articles for local newspaper, crafted press releases, efficiently utilized inexpensive and free advertising resources.•Recording Secretary for the Board, prepared Board documents, member of the Finance Committee.
