Maria Bland Email & Phone Number

Lake Stevens, Washington

• Prepare monthly financials for customers and vendors from QuickBooks including Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, A/R Summaries, etc.
• Reconcile customer accounts on a monthly basis
• Maintain customer and vendor reports to make sure accounts are accurate
• Responsible for managing multiple Associations with their governing documents, budgets, financials, ACC forms, requests, work orders, etc.
• Present and attend board meetings, annual meetings, and budget ratification meetings with Board members.
• Compose and send multiple forms of letters such as violations, invoices, reminders, notices, etc.

Clarksville, Tennessee Area

• Responsible for the day-to-day running of the entire women’s department, with the objective of maximizing sales and encouraging sale associates.
• Teach and inspire sale associates of current fashion trends to show to customers with emphasize of the contemporary department.
• Manage and motivate women’s sale associates to increase sales and ensure efficiency.
• Create monthly schedules for full time and part time women’s sale associates
• Analyze LY sale figures to forecast future sales
• Work closely with corporate buyers to manage stock levels and interpret trends for key buying decisions

Clarksville, Tennessee

• Responsible for the visual representation of the entire store by maintaining high standards of visual proposition to create customers attention to generate store profit
• Manage sale associates by talking about store promotions and events and making sure visual standards are met.
• Implemented merchandising strategies to increase sales
• Interview candidates for all areas of the store on a monthly basis
• Work closely with corporate, buyers, and store manager to know current promotions, events, and new brands to increase brand awareness and sales.
• Direct and create weekly floor moves, window displays, and mannequin styling

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Maintained and exceed standards of customer service, staff proficiency, and client retention, as well as being in charge of managing a daily clientele and making sure the salon made profitable revenue.
• Managed, motivated, and trained a team of stylists
• Analyzed weekly and monthly sale figures to drive salon profits
• Managed client appointments
• Organized promotion and marketing campaigns
• Welcomed customers and making sure customer service was incredible

Troy, MI

• Developed partnerships with external organizations to create relationships to help promote new stores for the company
• Maintained the company’s website and Facebook along with other social media websites
• Worked hand in hand with the graphic designer to develop advertisements
• Generated charity events to help local organizations while seeking new potential clients
• Conducted research, complied data, and prepared papers for consideration of new marketing tactics and presented them to the board of directors

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Controlled daily lab tests for different fabrics to ensure they met company specifications.
• Assisted with different labs for undergraduate students to learn more about textiles in the fashion industry
• Created a study for fabric dye and generated an Undergraduate Thesis
• Prepared, organized, and demonstrated daily labs to undergraduate students

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Fashion Merchandising And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Honors College, Textile Lab Related Courses: • Application of Merchandising Practices • Contemporary Selling •.

Cosmetology License, Cosmetology/Cosmetologist