Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
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Aida (Aidee) Rutledge Burt

Goose Creek,SC
Aida (Aidee) Rutledge Burt

Summary

Results-focused Licensed Cosmetologist/Customer Service bringing 20+ years of experience dedicated to maximizing satisfaction and retention with proactive attention to individual customer needs. Smoothly handles questions and resolves concerns with great problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. Multitasks and manages time well to consistently meet performance targets. Hardworking and committed to customers and maximize loyalty by delivering exceptional service to every guest.

Overview

36
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

AVEGA STUDIO

Licensed Cosmetologist
2023.02 - Current (7 months)

Job overview

  • Schedule customer appointments and rearranged individual time slots to meet demand.
  • Help clients achieve desired looks for daily wear and special events by designing strategies for each scenario.
  • Process payments, enter sales in register for prompt customer service.
  • Keep work areas, tools and equipment clean and properly sanitize to minimize disease transfer and health risk of shared environment.
  • Maintained client treatment records and designed long-term care programs for return customers.
  • Spoke with clients regarding health history, expectations, services and procedures for safety and customer satisfaction.
  • Built strong and lasting rapport with clients through consistent delivery of requested services and exceptional results.
  • Assessed customer hair texture, treatment history, and desired outcome to determine services required

ARTESIAN SPRINGS DAY SPA

Licensed Cosmetologist
2020.01 - 2022.01 (2 years)

Job overview

  • Performed hair services including haircutting/designing/styling and coloring.
  • Created and taught CARE personality program for staff
  • Performed, when available, providing facials, back facials and body scrubs.
  • Provided coaching for salon/spa business models.

BEAUTY IN BALANCE SALON, INC

Licensed Cosmetologist/Salon Owner
1997.01 - 2020.01 (23 years)

Job overview

  • Opened salon in April 1997
  • Prepared business plan to include financial, retail, marketing, legal and more to open, operate and provide hair services in successful salon/spa
  • Responsible for financial budget, hiring and coaching staff to include hair designers, massage therapists, estheticians, and salon coordinators
  • Worked closely with accountants and attorneys to follow all legal and required documentation and laws for SC
  • Established marketing plan and designed space for salon/spa to run at profit
  • Key Contributions
  • Built solid foundation for successful salon to include logo design, interior design to include inventory and product displays
  • Created marketing plan to build clientele for staff, provided in house training for retail sales using C.A.R.E
  • Created Personality Profile System
  • Performed Hair Analysis
  • Attended required hours Cosmetology Instructor

CHARLESTON STYLES HAIR SALON

Booth Rental/Cosmetologist
1996.01 - 1997.01 (1 year)

Job overview

  • Rented a station to obtain experience of salon ownership at a beginners level
  • Responsible for payingweekly rent, obtaining all licenses, searching for retail lines to carry and how to run a small businessefficiently and at profit
  • Key Contributions:
  • Provided rent in a timely manner and worked well with other stylists in a professionalenvironment
  • Began to create a niche for my business to set my business apart from the norm.

GRAHAM & CO. HAIR DESIGN

Cosmetologist
1995.01 - 1996.01 (1 year)

Job overview

  • Hired as licensed Cosmetologist to perform haircutting, coloring, permanent waving, manicures and pedicures
  • Key Contributions:
  • Responsible for building clientele.
  • Great opportunity to create marketing plan on a small scale while still having the opportunity to work with amazing and very talented stylists
  • Apprenticed with owner of salon
  • Performed shampooing, treatments, assisted with color mixing and application as well as post services such as styling and retailing.

FAMILY HAIR DESIGN

Cosmetologist
1993.01 - 1995.01 (2 years)

Job overview

  • Hired as a licensed Cosmetologist to perform haircutting, coloring, permanent waving and manicures
  • Key Contributions:
  • Provided services & retail recommendations for clients and began to implement timemanagement to the skills learned in Cosmetology school
  • Implemented retail training provided inschool as well to know when and how to suggest retail purchases for clients
  • Responsible for front desk duties such as answering phones, making/changing appointments aswell as completing transactions for services provided
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MEDAPHIS MEDICAL BILLING

Assistant Manager
1990.01 - 1991.01 (1 year)

Job overview

  • Oversaw staff of thirty and two remote offices.
  • Assessed job applications and made hiring recommendations to bring in top candidates for key vacancies.
  • Responsible for medical coding, batching, and balancing of monthly, quarterly and yearly financials
  • Key Contributions:
  • Hired, trained and evaluated staff in areas of medical coding and billing
  • Coached and provided direction for staff to obtain maximum productivity in their specific positions
  • Responsible for one large office of 30 and two small offices of 1 to 2 staff members
  • Traveled from home office to two remote offices monthly to evaluate offices and staff.

ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Emergency Room Ward Clerk/OPR/Admitting
1987.01 - 1990.01 (3 years)

Job overview

  • Prepared and assisted with patients in Emergency Room not limited to admitting, insurance billing, assisting RN's and MD's with patient care
  • Key Contributions:
  • Collected data from patients organized information for nurses and doctors to meet with patients
  • Ordered medical procedures and labs as well as kept area clean organized and accessible for all staff involved in ER to provide excellent medical service to patients
  • Provided medical billing for patients as well as medical coding for doctors and insurance requirements.
  • Answered telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions and direct calls to staff.
  • Organized and maintained patient chart filing system to promote quick data finding for staff.
  • Organized patient files and streamlined operations to improve efficiency.
  • Completed administrative patient intakes with case histories, insurance information and mandated forms.
  • Registered and verified patient records before triage with most up-to-date information.
  • Greeted visitors and initiated triage processes for clients to streamline patient flow.
  • Received and routed laboratory results to correct clinical staff members.

Education

Trident Technical College , Charleston, SC

Cosmetology Diploma from Cosmetology
06.1993

R. B. Stall High School , North Charleston, SC

High School Diploma
06.1981

Skills

  • Areas of expertise include:
  • Client Consultations
  • Customer Preferences
  • Maintaining Clean Work Areas
  • Strong Manual Dexterity
  • Hair Coloring Expertise
  • Detailed Instruction
  • Clear Communication
  • Client Loyalty Building
  • Client Evaluation
  • Understanding of Body Signals
  • Client Satisfaction

Accomplishments

  • Roy Peters Color Academy
  • Cash Flow Camp, Champ Camp
  • Supervised team of 30 staff members.
  • Choreographer Drayton Hall Middle School


    • Awards/Grants

  • MAGNA CUM LAUDE, Trident Technical College
  • ALUMNI OF THE YEAR, Trident Technical College
  • SOUNDS OF TRIDENT SCHOLARSHIP, Trident Technical College

Certification

  • Cosmetology Training
  • Cosmetology License
  • Methods of Teaching Training
  • Medical Terminology
  • Healing Touch Level One Certification
  • Organic Colour Systems Certification

Timeline

Licensed Cosmetologist

AVEGA STUDIO
2023.02 - Current (7 months)

Licensed Cosmetologist

ARTESIAN SPRINGS DAY SPA
2020.01 - 2022.01 (2 years)

Licensed Cosmetologist/Salon Owner

BEAUTY IN BALANCE SALON, INC
1997.01 - 2020.01 (23 years)

Booth Rental/Cosmetologist

CHARLESTON STYLES HAIR SALON
1996.01 - 1997.01 (1 year)

Cosmetologist

GRAHAM & CO. HAIR DESIGN
1995.01 - 1996.01 (1 year)

Cosmetologist

FAMILY HAIR DESIGN
1993.01 - 1995.01 (2 years)

Assistant Manager

MEDAPHIS MEDICAL BILLING
1990.01 - 1991.01 (1 year)

Emergency Room Ward Clerk/OPR/Admitting

ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL
1987.01 - 1990.01 (3 years)

Trident Technical College

Cosmetology Diploma from Cosmetology

R. B. Stall High School

High School Diploma
  • Cosmetology Training
  • Cosmetology License
  • Methods of Teaching Training
  • Medical Terminology
  • Healing Touch Level One Certification
  • Organic Colour Systems Certification
Aida (Aidee) Rutledge Burt