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Amanda Higginbotham

Amanda Higginbotham

Port Orange,FL

Summary

Excellent customer service, communication and listening skills. Talented at multitasking and maintaining a friendly attitude under pressure. Event planner, coordinator, with experience in hiring and dictating staff positions. Efficiently builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers while consistently achieving individual sales goals. Clerical, CRM experience. Strong organizational skills, problem solving, and able to maintain strict budget. Integrity and accountability are a must.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Care-giving

Career Break
01.2022 - 04.2024

Took some time off of work to take care of my mother with Alzheimer and Dementia. I solely took care of her and moved her into my home with me until she went into ALF.

Real Estate Agent

ReMax
01.2020 - 06.2023
  • Cold calls, inbound sales, door to door sales, develop and maintain long lasting customer base relationships, maintain strict confidentiality, present offers

Lead Bartender/ Event Planning manager

Froggy's Saloon
10.2015 - 06.2023
  • Managed bar operations and sales resulting in a 10% increase in sales year over year, counted cash and checks, made daily deposits, responsible for shifts being covered, oversaw an increase of positive online social media reviews for establishment

Server/Bartender

South Turn Lounge & Restaurant
10.2009 - 05.2017
  • Built a team highly focused on productivity and consistency using a managed workflow to meet or exceed quality service goals, cross-trained and provided support and assistance to other customer service managers in order to exceed sales goals, investigated and provided creative resolutions for customer inquiries and complaints, trained staff on operating procedures, company services and sales processes

Sales

Eye Q USA: Sunglass Sales
08.2006 - 11.2007
  • Interacted with retail customers using engaging questions to quickly determine their needs and preferences and help them through the buying process, maintained a high level of knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and best in class security practices, built solid relationships with customers thereby increasing repeat business

E.R. Registrar

Halifax Medical Center: Emergency Services
01.2006 - 11.2007
  • Liaison between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans, responsible for data entry in a timely and accurate manner, duties included coding and billing medical claims for various hospital and nursing facilities, entered orders into the EMR system efficiently and detailed, managed initial and follow-up correspondence with insurance companies and providers

Education

Masters program - Early Childhood Education

University of Colorado Denver
Boulder, CO

Bachelor of Applied Science - Supervision Management

Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL
12.2019

Skills

  • Respectful and Compassionate
  • Time Management
  • Problem-Solving
  • Client Relations
  • Resilience Under Pressure
  • Detail Oriented
  • Event Planning
  • Relationship Building

Accomplishments

  • Volunteer of the year at Spruce Creek Elementary School for the year 2017-2018.
  • In the school year of 2016-2017 I was the PTA secretary.
  • PTA president for Spruce Creek Elementary School for the year 2017-2019.
  • Yoga Instructor Certified 200 hours

Additional Information

I have a passion for helping others in the community and being a positive influence as well as motivated leader. I once coached youth soccer at the local YMCA. Taught me many true values of life: integrity, accountability, performance, discipline. Maintaining constant communication and delivering up to date information built trusting relationships with all parties involved. Being detail oriented, responsible, and a quick problem solver are key factors in my leadership skills.

Timeline

Care-giving

Career Break
01.2022 - 04.2024

Real Estate Agent

ReMax
01.2020 - 06.2023

Lead Bartender/ Event Planning manager

Froggy's Saloon
10.2015 - 06.2023

Server/Bartender

South Turn Lounge & Restaurant
10.2009 - 05.2017

Sales

Eye Q USA: Sunglass Sales
08.2006 - 11.2007

E.R. Registrar

Halifax Medical Center: Emergency Services
01.2006 - 11.2007

Masters program - Early Childhood Education

University of Colorado Denver

Bachelor of Applied Science - Supervision Management

Daytona State College
Amanda Higginbotham