Jesica Flowers

Objective

To find contract labor for companies that challenge my creative aptitude and take advantage of my ability to multi-task.  I enjoy helping people and businesses overcome obstacles and find solutions to fit their needs.

Experience

09/02 – Present         The BotShop                                       Nashville, TN
615-837-2687
Owner/Operator

1. Write and design educational manuals for educational robotics devices
2. Design and maintain company website and online store
3. Research, source and purchase products from various manufacturers & distributors
4. Perform sales and support via phone and email
5. Assist customers in making purchasing decisions based on their project’s needs

05/04 – 11/07            Imagine Audio/Video, Inc.                     Franklin, TN
615-599-7999
IT

1. Graphic design for home automation touch panels
2. Graphic design for all aspects of advertising including web banners, brochures and flyers
3. Address any IT needs that arise
4. Diagnose and address issues to help streamline company procedures
5. Designed forms to help simplify company procedures
6. Answer phones and relay messages (‘04)
7. Performed data entry of employees’ timesheets in Quickbooks (‘04)
8. Data entry of job estimates (‘04)

10/03 – 04/04            Gateway Country Stores                       Brentwood, TN
423-894-3729
Instructor

1. Educated students in Getting Started, General Use and Navigation, PC Protection, Digital Photography, Digital Video, and Digital Music. Also taught classes for Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and others.
2. Found solutions to customers’ problems not relating to classes given which lead to them buying more classes
3. Sold software, hardware and other classes to students

05/96 – 06/02            Javanco, Inc                                        Nashville,TN
615-865-8531
Vice President, General Manager and Creative Director
Company closed December, 2002.  Please call Ms. Keith at 615-865-8531 for work reference.

1. Increased sales from under $1M to approximately $2 million over a three year period
2. Managed daily operations with incoming cash while actively seeking partners
   
3. Single handedly increased company profits after a $300K embezzlement
   
4. Performed all General Manager and office duties after Feb 2001
   
5. Wrote employee training manual, implemented Human Resources procedures, and handled employee relations
   
6. Managed successful print, web, TV, and radio advertising campaign with a specific budget
   
7. Wrote, produced, directed and performed voiceovers for most ads
   
8. Designed and implemented new company logo, all print advertising, and store signage
   
9. Created and maintained print catalog and images using custom-created graphics and photos
   
10. Created and maintained company website, www.javanco.com

Education

1992-1993              Nashville State Technical Institute       Nashville, TN

Majored in Business Management

1990-1992              Middle Tennessee State University       Murfreesboro, TN

Entered college at age 16
Majored in Mass Communications, Minored in Music Performance

Skills

Windows OS:  Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista                           11 years

MS Server Products:  IIS, Exchange                                                 2 Years

TCP/IP                                                                                           8 Years

Lan/Wan:  Routing, Workstation/Server Configuration, Ethernet          7 Years

Productivity:   QuickBooks, Microsoft Office                                       7 Years

Graphics Design: Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, PageMaker,
Quark, Fireworks                                                                            9 Years

Web Design:  Macromedia Dreamweaver, hand coding                       7 Years 

Miscellaneous:  Marketing, Advertising, Copywriting, Voiceovers for telephone, radio and television commercials and infomercials.