Nico Jensen

Nico Jensen

Vice Chair/ Volunteer Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Sales Manager/ Production Lab Assistant/ Staff Herbalist at Heron Botanicals

  • Education

    • Bastyr University

      2011 - 2013
      Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Botanical Medicine, Doula, Holistic Landscape Design, Massage Therapy
  • Experience

    • Alternative Healthcare Access Campaign

      Oct 2010 - Jun 2016
      Vice Chair/ Volunteer Manager

      ➢ Volunteer Manager and Vice Chair for Board of Directors. Recruit, interview, place, and train naturopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and non-practitioner assistants within 6 non-profit clinic sites in the downtown Seattle area, coordinate communications between AHAC at large and the Board of Directors. Strengths include extensive customer service skills, working well with a team, excellent communication/ coordinating skills, self-direction, motivation, innovation, flexibility, problem solving. Show less

    • The Herbalist

      Oct 2012 - Apr 2014
      Store Manager

      ➢ Manager. Provide herbal council and fulfill prescriptions for custom herbal formulations within a busy retail environment, assist in hiring/interviewing, writing protocol and procedure, organizing and assigning daily tasks, communicate store changes and updates to employees. Strengths include extensive customer service, working well with a team, designing displays, organizing and promoting classes, excellent communication skills, ensuring utmost customer care and satisfaction to those struggling with difficult health conditions. Show less

    • Heron Botanicals

      Apr 2014 - now
      Sales Manager/ Production Lab Assistant/ Staff Herbalist

      ➢ Sales Manager. Order fulfillment for artisan quality herbal products. Answering practitioner inquiry, QuickBooks invoicing and billing, provide herbal council, assist in hiring/interviewing, writing protocol and procedure for training purposes and FDA requirements, organizing and assigning daily tasks, reworking inefficiency areas, inventory and ordering of supplies, new employee training and supervision, promotion of Heron Botanicals through tabling events, conferences, and social media outlets. Strengths include extensive customer service skills, QuickBooks proficiency, ➢ Production Lab Technician. Follow cGMP procedures of raw-material and components handling, processing, and packaging, receive raw materials, clean and prep herbs for processing, monitor maceration schedule, press and bottle final product, perform yeast and microbial testing, facilitate release of product with all associated paperwork. Products prepared include alcohol extractions, glycerin extractions, oil infusions/ointments/salves/creams, and decoctions. Strengths include attention to detail, cGMP record keeping, data entry, maintaining a sanitary environment, troubleshooting repair and maintenance of tools and equipment, monitoring of daily logs. Show less

    • Rio's Lodestar Vintage Outdoor and Maritime Consignment

      Dec 2014 - Aug 2016
      Owner

      Proprietor for two years of a small nautical-themed consignment storefront in South Seattle, open every weekend, year-round. "Purveyors of the Rare & Sublime" Rio's Lodestar, located in the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall offers unique maritime artifacts that have been salvaged, crafted, or are on consignment. The Trailer Park Mall has 8 distinctive vintage storefront trailers offering a wide selection of goods ranging from eccentric to nostalgic. Vintage clothing & accessories, jewelry, art & paper goods, and vintage home & garden. Strengths include: initiative, creativity, perseverance, accounting/finance management, staging, decorating, extensive customer service interaction, and ingenuity. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Birth Coach/Doula

      Simkin Center for Birth Vocations
      Jun 2013
    • Certified Nursing Assistant

      State of WA
      Jan 2009
    • Certified Nursing Assistant

      State of WA
      May 2005
    • Emergency Medical Technician

      State of CO
      Jun 2004
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Vice President

      Issued by Alternative Healthcare Access Campaign on Jan 2011
      Alternative Healthcare Access CampaignAssociated with Nico Jensen