Marilyn Costic-Kangas

Experience

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  Memory Dolls

  Feb 2005 - now

  Business Owner

  Owner and developer of highly successful online art doll store since 2005.Description of Responsibilities : * ADMINISTRATIVE: Send/prepare customer invoices,product and supply purchases, detailed income/expense tracking, shipping,responding to large volume of customer requests and orders, answering customer inquires and resolving issues in timely manner. Prioritize deadlines.* MARKETING/ADVERTISING: Researched similar businesses to determine my competitive advantage, HTML code proficient, creating product ads, website design and photo shop literate, joined business forums, high volume of networking via social media.* ACCOUNTING: Maintaining all business records - financial and sales. Managing four web based accounts; preparing simple tax forms and financial statements.* BUSINESS PLANNER: Drafting and implementation of current trends in product changes pursuant to my financial, personal, and retirement goals. Planning for expected and unexpected costs. Show less

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  Cradle-n-All

  Nov 2005 - Mar 2007

  Business Owner

  Owner and developer of highly successful children's' retail/resale clothing store. Rapid company growth excelled in part to contributed skills such as print advertising, customer engagement, social networking and professional environment.MANAGEMENT: On-boarding, new hire training and development, kept detailed and organized product supply inventory for company as well as actively updating customer profiles and employee records in database. ADMINISTRATIVE: Answering customer inquires and resolving issues in timely manner. Prioritizing deadlines in fast paced sales environment. Conducted demographic research of similar company sales and pricing to maintain our competitive edge. Maintained 100% confidentiality. MARKETING/ADVERTISING: Public relations within community fabricated and designed print and newspaper sales/promos/coupons.Social media marketing and networking.ACCOUNTING: Disbursed bi-weekly employee payroll and customer profit checks as requested. Organized record keeping for quarterly tax submissions. Show less

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  Washington State University

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2016

  Bachelor of Arts Human Resource ManagementPsychology MinorCertificate of Proficiency in Case ManagementAdministration Focus Worked collaboratively with other society officers to develop and implement communication strategies within WSUV for the Human Resource Society.* Represented the club to the public and WSUV student body through print advertisement, campus announcements and promotional event materials.* Promoted special events through advertising and marketing,newsletters, annual reports and other print publications, websites, social media, e-news and other online communications.

  • Graduate

    Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  • Director of Communications HR Society

    Nov 2014 - May 2015
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  VP Human Resources Society WSUV

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

  Vice President

  As Vice President, it was my responsibility to provide service.Service to the President, other club officers, and service to the general membership of the club.* Maintained several social network publications to grow and advance society. * Engaged in and conducted educational programs for new members in conjunction with President such as HR functional knowledge and development of HR strategies.* Collected all monthly reports and submitted them to the secretary and/or Communications Director. Show less

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  Adventure Dental

  Nov 2017 - now

  Clinical Care Manager