Ashlee Bailey

Experience

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  University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

  Nov 2008 - Aug 2010

  Front Desk Attendant/Tour Guide

  • Greet and orient visitors with the building• Lead museum tours• Frequently circulate throughout the galleries to ensure visitor safety and deter vandelism or theft to exhibits• Answer general questions regarding the museum• Experience with cash register including operation and daily reconcilations• Maintain and organize gift shop including restock items, notifying supervisor of low stock, and pricing items• Create gift shop display cases

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  Old Capitol Museum

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  National History Day Intern

  • Coordinate and organize contestant entries and awards• Recruit judges for event• Coordinate event supplies with vendors• Distribute event policies and materials to judges and students• Coordinator the reservation of classrooms and event spaces

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  Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  Assistant Education and Outreach Coordinator

  • Coordinate, schedule, and lead museum tours • Develop, coordinate, and lead youth programs (birthday parties, night at the museum, summer camps, storytime, art workshops, and spanish storytime)• Coordinate and lead 2 large annual events (creepy campus crawl and family weekend)• Manage and update the museum’s program and events calendar• Coordinate the rental and distribution of the museum’s Discovery Trunks and TREKsacks• Experience with cash handling, reconcile daily credit card receipts, and weekly deposits• Assist with gift shop operations including ordering merchandise, monitoring stock and annual inventory• Recruit, schedule, and supervise museum volunteers • Design and distribute publicity materials for programs, special events, and volunteer opportunities• Maintain budgets for educational programs and volunteer program• Coordinate and facilitate community outreach events• Experience writing and managing grant funding • Responsible for performing administrative tasks like answering phone calls, responding to email inquiries, and filing• Proficient in Microsoft Office, iWorks, iOS devices, and social media outlets• Guest lecturer for University of Iowa courses in Museum Studies and Anthropology Show less

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  University of Iowa Paleontology Respository

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Photographic Collections Intern

  • Digitize the Samuel Calvin Photographic Collection• Create digitization database• Upload photographs to the Iowa Digital Library

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  MidAmerican Paleontological Society

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2011

  MAPS Intern

  • Scan and organize MidAmerican Paleontological Society’s digests• Create an archive database of digests

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  Fay Jones School of Architecture, University of Arkansas

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  Adminstrative Assistant

  Front Desk Office/Reception:- Front Desk service/phone service/greeter/liaison;- Frequent e-mail communications- Greet guests and direct them to their destination.- Mail delivery to faculty- Maintain departmental filing, discarding/shredding Departmental Responsibilities- Computer program assistance (faculty have both PCs and Macs)- Travel research- Travel Authorizations: prior to head/faculty/guest travel- Travel Claims: within 5 days of return - Field Trip Preparation- Process requisitions and purchase orders in timely manner- Maintain departmental budget spreadsheet; update at least monthly to make sure all transactions are accounted for- Schedule appointments and meetings for faculty, including preparing and distributing agendas- Assistant in collecting data for annual reportsExperience using BASIS, webBASIS, and ISIS Show less

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  Arkansas Alumni Association

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Assistant Director, Facilities and Special Events

  ALUMNI HOUSE MANAGEMENT Manage the operations of the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House, in accordance with the policies and procedures in place including the scheduling of internal and external events.• Develop, manage, analyze and report an annual budget including annual revenue projections. • Develop and implement and annual maintenance and upkeep program for the facility by coordinating University and contract labor. Recruit, select, train and supervise employees for House event setup and maintenance as appropriate.• Supervise staff members who are staffing internal and external events in the facility and ensure the proper completion of paperwork, adherence to policies and procedures.• Maintain reports that demonstrate the facility’s purpose, usage and ability to generate revenue for the Association. SPECIAL EVENT MANAGEMENT Produce and manage the Association’s annual fall Hog Wild Tailgate Rallies program Develop and assist other staff in the development of special events that engage constituents (students, staff, faculty, alumni, donors, friends and community members) and achieve stated goals for each event. • Develop and supervise staffing plans for special events and Hog Wild Tailgates that include volunteers, clerical and professional staff members. • Collaborate with staff in the development and production of events and programs that seek to expand the outreach of the facility and engagement of students, alumni and friends of the University. • Utilize volunteer management skills (recruitment, training, communication and recognition) to support volunteers engaged with the Association. ATHLETIC LIAISON• Under the direction of the Executive Director, serve as athletic liaison with appropriate athletic groups and The Razorback Foundation regarding travel programs: Organize, coordinate and administer appropriate pre/post game athletic bowl and road trips for alumni and friends Show less

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  Scott Family Amazeum

  Jun 2015 - now

  • Lead educational programs and activities in Hershey’s Lab and Learning Lab classrooms to a wide variety of ages from pre-K to teens, including summer camps, birthday parties, school groups, and organizational groups• Design, conduct, and modify innovative educational experiences developed for public audiences• Provide programming support for weekend and special events at the museum and community outreach• Assist with developing new and improving existing program curriculum, including instructional and operational design, written descriptions and evaluations• Work closely with volunteers • Assist in ongoing training of volunteers Show less

  • Educational Programs Manager

    Oct 2016 - now

  • Program Educator

    Jun 2015 - Oct 2016