Rachel Murad-Kahan Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Invent a variety of custom ordered confections including: cupcakes, fondant cakes, buttercream cakes, pies/tarts, bars/squares, and French macarons. Manage all administrative work including: bookkeeping, advertising, sales, customer service, pricing products, consumer relationsCater to functions from 50-1000 people including: weddings, engagement parties, birthdays, charity events, and conferences Control all social media and marketing including: Facebook (@RachieCakesSweetsTreatsLtd); Instagram (rachiecakes_sweets); Pinterest (Rachie Cakes); Twitter (@rachiecakesltd); website creation, writes/edits all content (see: www.rachiecakes.ca); business cards; flyers

Gta

Teach a variety of demonstrative and hands- on baking classes to 3-22 adults at PC Cooking Schools across the GTA. Classes include: basic cake decorating, truffle making, seasonal themed desserts, french macarons, pie making and much more.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted in defining targeted fundraising initiatives for the organization, wrote and completed grant applications, reated and updated fundraising packages, ask letters, prospect lists, and Canada Helps pages, organized data including contact lists and archives using google drive, docs, and sheets

Story Arts Centre, Centennial College

Developed fundraising initiatives to promote our annual professional development symposium. Initiatives include: organizing bake sales and silent auction, writing ask letters, contacting potential donors, creating promotional video. -Successfully raised almost $1000.00 through an online donation campaign (www.artsahead.org/donate) -Secured over $3000.00 worth of gifts-in-kind for our silent auction and delegate bags-Raised over $600 in proceeds from three successful fundraising events at the Story Arts Centre Campus.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Taught and created numerous craft and baking programs to youth ages 11-16 including: clay sculpting, chocolate modeling, cake decorating, and jewelry making. I also instructed and led birthday parties for 10 children ages 5-12.

Graduate Certificate, Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management

Studying topics such as: fundraising, marketing, finance, community engagement, strategic analysis, legal/ethical issues, policies.

Diploma, Confectionary Arts, Honours

Studied all aspects of pastry arts including: baking basics, chocolate making, pulled sugar, fondant work, gumpaste techniques, modeling.

Bachelor'S Degree, Music

Activities and Societies: Queen's Wind Ensemble, Queen's Symphony Orchestra, Clarinet Choir, and Queen's Choral Ensemble, Queen's Student.