Work Experience

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Project management is a major path for me in my career journey, and I’m thrilled to make my first strides into the full-time project management world. I would love to show how my relevant experience and my dedication to my craft shines in my work. I look forward to discussing career opportunities with you. I’m confident that I have what it takes to fill the position you’ve been searching for.

Let me show you the occupational ventures I've taken that have shaped my learning and growth towards becoming a project manager.

PROJECT SUMMARY: The barriers to capital and personal financial risks are much higher for those looking to open a restaurant or food business for the first time, especially for people of color. Project Open Access aims to support food entrepreneurs and to provide them with the resources they need to plan, launch, and grow their businesses.

PROJECT DOCUMENTS

 Charter, Website, Research Notes (1), Research Notes (2), Links, Tech Requirements, Testing Audit (1), Testing audit (2), Resources, Change Proposal Document, Asana Board, Document Folder

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Analyzed current site pages and determined, documented, and implemented necessary changes.

Drafted and completed a formal change proposal document to bring to the Open Access team.

Analyzed the technical document and determined, documented, and implemented necessary corrections and clarifications.

PROJECT SUMMARY: Little Earth is 9.4 acre, 212-unit Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsidized housing complex located in the urban industrial core of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Little Earth project includes redesigning, restructuring, and updating the website to a more modern and pleasing appearance.

PROJECT DOCUMENTS

Charter, Website, Heuristic Evaluation Checklist, Heuristic Evaluation, Figma, Change Proposal Document, Asana Board, Document Folder

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Analyzed current site pages and determined, documented, and implemented necessary changes.

Created high-fidelity wireframes and updated site designs in Figma.

Drafted and completed a formal change proposal document to bring to the Little Earth team.

Ri's Supplies was launched in early February 2024 as my own small business, where I primarily sell custom art and merchandise to clients and customers. Despite how recently the business was launched, I have experience performing business transactions, communicating with clients, and monetizing my work stretching back to as early as 2017.  I currently do freelance work with flexible hours, ranging anywhere from fifteen to almost sixty hours a week managing the business communications, financial transactions, inventory supply, shipping, and fulfilling orders. My small business owner responsibilities currently include completing business transactions through e-commerce and online communications with clients, communicating efficiently with clients and customers to increase and improve sales, and marketing custom products to existing and new clients to increase reach and grow the business.

Hack the Gap

Hack the Gap is where I learned and grew my passion for pursuing project management as a career. I'm grateful to have been provided with the opportunity to not only explore different career paths during this program, including project management, BIM/architectural software, UX design, frontend development, web design, and more, but be provided with the tools, resources, and skills to pursue jobs in those career paths. During this paid internship, I worked close to full-time hours as a project manager while I supervised multi-step projects in a team setting, planned, scheduled and conducted daily check-in meetings and discussions, and delegated tasks and project deliverables among team members.

Build-A-Bear Workshop

Build-A-Bear Workshop was the very beginning of my occupational journey and laid the groundwork for my desire to pursue a career in project management. It provided me with the foundation of my experience in customer service and satisfaction, and where my desire to find a job to improve others lives began. I worked a part-time Sales Associate position, where I maintained an entertaining and engaging environment for both children and adults, operated the store in busy workshop hours and ensured that all guests were taken care of, and introduced new methods of generating sales and accomplishing sales goals with customers.