Caressa James
Bethlehem,PA
Summary
Highly motivated professional with several years of entrepreneurial and management experience. Skillfully creates and maintains professional and loyal relationships with co-workers, staff and clients while managing administrative and sales employees. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.
Seasoned small business owner with several years of experience in operations management, business strategy and financial management. Demonstrated success in capitalizing on new trends and technologies to drive business development initiatives and achieve sales goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
Fifth Element Fitness LLC.
Bethlehem, PA
12.2023 - Current
- Create useful partnerships through remote and face-to-face networking
- Deliver consistent service to develop customer base
- Contact existing and prospective clients to increase new and repeat business
- Build great rapport with vendors, resulting in growing partnerships and generating business
Zumba Jammer
Zumba Fitness
01.2013 - Current
- Company Overview: Global
- Create and present trainings for Licensed ZIN (Zumba Instructor Network members) to provide salsa rhythm specific historical and practical information
- Responsible for finding and cultivating host relationships, drafting hosting agreements and meeting all administrative deadlines for Zumba Fitness
- Create all marketing materials and handouts to be used in the trainings
- Maintain record keeping of attendee's and follow up with them post training
- Handle all budgeting, travel, and training specific financial needs
- Global
Business Operations Manager
LVHN Fitness South
01.2017 - 01.2023
- Responsible for daily business operations by maintaining and increasing efficiency of the facility
- Including leading the Fitness Team of Member Service Assistants
- Hiring and onboarding of new employees
- Assist VP with budgeting and billing
- Inventory tracking, supply ordering and ensure proper inventory of gym equipment
- Social Media and Marketing maintenance
- Resolve client complaints
- Establish policies along with VP and HR
- Great motivational listening and communication skills
Skills
- Result driven team leader
- Teaching and learning
- Proactive critical thinking skills
- Well organized
- Positively impactful management skills
- Loyalty
- Relationship building
- Business Management
- Excellent Communication
- Recruitment
- Financial Oversight
- Inventory Management
- Sales Tracking
- Department Oversight
Certification
- AFAA Primary Group Exercise Certification
- CPR/AED Certification
- Zumba Basic1
- Zumba Rhythms 2
- Zumba Rhythms 3
- Zumba Pro Skills
- Zumba Kids
- Zumba Toning Licenses
- Zumba Jammer Choreo
- Liability Insurance
- Owner of Fifth Element Fitness LLC
Affiliations
- Orchestrate and organize community events
- Travels across country to teach sessions
Enthusiatic Leader
Zumba️ Fitness format as a ZIN️ member for 12 1/2 years. In 2014, I became a part of the Education Team and has since expanded my career to take on the role of a Choreography Zumba Jammer. Traveling across the US teaching Zin Jam Sessions and Master Classes is my passion! A Livestream presenter for Zumba in 2021 and has assisted in sessions at the Zumba️Convention for several years as well as presenting in 2019 and 2022 on the We Move the World and Step into Happy Stage. I have had the honor of presented my own session Zingredients for Success at ZINCON 2023 as well as being chosen as an upcoming Masterclass Presenter for ZINCON 2024! I love to host events in my local area to promote health and wellness. My magnetic energy and charisma make my dancing style easy to follow and can light up a whole room. My passion and goal is to create a dance fitness party where you, the participant, feel loved, accepted and can Fiercely be yourself and shine like the star you are.
Timeline
Owner
Fifth Element Fitness LLC.
12.2023 - Current
Business Operations Manager
LVHN Fitness South
01.2017 - 01.2023
Zumba Jammer
Zumba Fitness
01.2013 - Current
- AFAA Primary Group Exercise Certification
- CPR/AED Certification
- Zumba Basic1
- Zumba Rhythms 2
- Zumba Rhythms 3
- Zumba Pro Skills
- Zumba Kids
- Zumba Toning Licenses
- Zumba Jammer Choreo
- Liability Insurance
- Owner of Fifth Element Fitness LLC
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