BRANDI N. ELLISON
Orlando,FL
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Face Painter and Balloon Artist
FunnyCheeks Kids Entertainment LLC
Orlando, FL
10.2023 - Current
- Provide fun and memorable guest experiences through creative face painting and balloon twisting designs
Professional Face Painter and Balloon Artist
SA Entertainment
Kansas City, MO
07.2021 - 09.2023
- Provide excellent customer service at all times
- Entertain guests with elaborate face paint and balloon animal designs
- Be friendly, kind, and fun to all ages
- Provide the ultimate memorable guest experience
Education Associate/Attraction Operator
Merlin Entertainment- Sea Life Aquarium/Lego Land Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Educate guests on animal exhibits and conservation efforts
- Provide the ultimate guest memorable experiences
- Interact with guests on questions and knowledge on what they can do to protect sea life for generations to come (AZA Accredited- Association of Zoos and Aquariums)
- Assist Aquarist in morning food preparations for all animals throughout the day
- Assist with mascot activities (mascot handler, helping prep actor in proper costume, provide safe and fun interactions for guest and mascot, assist in removing costume and proper cleaning)
- Provide directions and explain the fun features of Lego Land
- Assist guests with Lego Land virtual ride, rotating climbing wall, and 4D theater operations
Froster
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Kansas City, MO
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Frost cakes, bundt cakes, and bundtinis
- Prepare frosting and frosting bags
- Frost delivery orders and prep dozens of cakes for freezer orders
- Communicate with bakers and front counter for inventory of all cake flavors
Kennel Technician
Harris County Pets
Houston, TX
03.2020 - 03.2021
- Clean and maintain all animal kennels
- Assist vet techs with restraining animals for medications, weight, and surgery
- Give baths to animals in need
- Insert microchips into cats or dogs leaving the shelter
- Offer excellent customer service to new adopters
- Place adoption holds for new adopters
- Assist in the intake process for new animals coming into the shelter
Professional Face Painter
Houston Face Painting and Balloons
Houston, TX
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Provide a fun guest experience for parties, festivals, school and corporate events
- Express out-going personalities, trustworthiness, friendliness, and creativeness
- Make elaborate balloon animals and other fun designs
Face Painter
Enjoy Your Face
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando
06.2017 - 01.2018
- Provide the ultimate guest experience
- Express my artistic abilities by painting fun and creative designs on guests' faces
- Create memories that a family can cherish forever with a magical experience
Conservation Education Presenter
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Orlando, FL
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Actively invite guests to connect with animals and conservation topics at Wilderness Explorer Troop Leader locations around the park
- Share natural history and animal behavior information using fun and engaging interpretive techniques
- Empower thousands of guests to positively impact wildlife and take conservation action
Education Intern
Gateway National Recreation Area
Staten Island, NY
06.2015 - 08.2015
FunnyCheeks
- Worked with inner city kids of New York in Ecolife Program
- With teamwork, we were able to create the EcoLife Program to provide children with a hands-on experience in conservation
- Lessons and activities were drawn out and experimented with, to assure that children of all ages would be able to understand and comprehend the information that was given
- Taught kids sustainability activities (Food, Waste, Energy, Recycling, Animals, Conservation)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture/Animal Science
University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR12.2016
Associates of Arts & Sciences - Emergency Medical Services
Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TXSkills
- Proficient: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
- Excellent Communicator
- Detail Oriented
- Team Player
- Accountable
- Problem Solver
- Client Consultations
- Special Effects
- Client Relationship Building
- Performance Evaluations
- Attention to Detail
- Program Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Relationship Building
- Strong Work Ethic
- Presentation Skills
- Work Prioritization
- Decision-Making
- Program Evaluation
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Audience Engagement
- Guest Communication
- Audience Entertainment
- Guest Relations
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Collaboration
- Customer Relations
Relevant Courses
- Comparative Anatomy
- General Zoology
- Animal Science
- Animal Nutrition
- Genetics
- Biological Science
- Physiology of Reproduction
- Principles of Biology
- Principals of Agricultural Economics
Volunteer Experience
Student Farmer, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Kept charts on vaccinated goats, cows, pigs, and chickens, Circumcised Bulls with Elastic Bands, Circumcised Piglets, Organize Goat and Chicken feed, Ear tagged Goats, MM/DD/YY
Timeline
Professional Face Painter and Balloon Artist
FunnyCheeks Kids Entertainment LLC
10.2023 - Current
Education Associate/Attraction Operator
Merlin Entertainment- Sea Life Aquarium/Lego Land Kansas City
03.2022 - 08.2022
Professional Face Painter and Balloon Artist
SA Entertainment
07.2021 - 09.2023
Froster
Nothing Bundt Cakes
07.2021 - 09.2021
Kennel Technician
Harris County Pets
03.2020 - 03.2021
Professional Face Painter
Houston Face Painting and Balloons
06.2018 - 03.2021
Face Painter
Enjoy Your Face
06.2017 - 01.2018
Conservation Education Presenter
Disney's Animal Kingdom
01.2017 - 06.2017
Education Intern
Gateway National Recreation Area
06.2015 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture/Animal Science
University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff
Associates of Arts & Sciences - Emergency Medical Services
Tyler Junior College
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