Cody Duggan
Brand Associate
Rochester,NY
Summary
Highly motivated recent graduate with a passion for children's literature and a proven ability to create engaging experiences. Skilled communicator with experience in project management, content creation, and editorial tasks. Eager to leverage strong communication, organizational, and creative skills to excel as a Marketing Associate and contribute to the success of beloved children's brands at Random House.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Teacher
Creative Environment Children's Learning Center
8 2021 - Current
- Demonstrate warmth and affection towards all children in center
- Maintain effective communication with parents and families, including parent conferences
- Provide supervision of children in center's care
- Worked primarily with infant and elementary school age groups, while also assisting with preschool and toddler age groups
- From September 2023 to January 2024, worked in person while on school breaks
- Lead duties: created and implemented weekly lesson plans following a creative theme each week that enriched children's knowledge of subject.
Circulation Staff
Cannon Memorial Library
9 2023 - 5 2024
- Clerical tasks needed to assist in the running of the Library
- Provided circulation services to patrons consisting of Saint Leo University students and members of the community
- Shelved and edged library stacks according to Library of Congress standards
- Maintained logs of library books returned by patrons
- Inspected the item inventory of materials
- Supported outreach efforts and marketing of library events and services to students and faculty, on and off campus
- Designed and directed, the library holiday decorations, name tags, and displays.
Editorial Assistant
Sandhill Review
2023.09 - 2024.01
- Editorial review of submitted works
- Management of Submittable platform
- Curated media and press releases
- Planned and directed faculty speakers for the "Literature for Lunch" event
- Refreshed design for the literary journal, Sandhill Review.
- Provided copy editing support to hit target dates for editorial and design productions with print and digital material
- Organized editorial calendars, ensuring timely publication of articles and adherence to deadlines
- Managed social media accounts, increasing engagement and promoting brand awareness
Bear Builder
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2018.06 - 2020.02
- Assist guests in having a 'bearific' experience
- Handle cash and credit/debit sales
- Work with children and others in the 'bear building process'
- Stock items when needed
- Assisted with yearly inventory audit
- Accessory and stuffer (heartbeats, sounds, scents, clothing) sales
- Provide fast friendly customer service to maximize their experience
- Work with kids to create a special moment
- Continuously met sales goals set by store, district and regional managers.
Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
Reilly's Floor Restore
2014.01 - 2018.02
- Answered incoming telephone calls with professional and knowledgeable responses, scheduled appointments, and consultations
- Prepared and processed client financial documents (job budget, invoice, etc.)
- Acted as the reception assistant (receptionist) greeting guests, scheduling consultations and when needed work time frames
- Acted as an assistant to the Human Resource Administrator, assisting in hiring of individuals and with the onboarding process
- Acted as evening supervisor when needed.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English-Creative Writing Specialization
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FLMaster of Arts - Creative Writing
Saint Leo University
OnlineSkills
- Library marketing
- Promotional Marketing
- Location-based Marketing
- Promotion and marketing
- Group Collaboration
- Project Management
- Critical Thinking
- Creative Problem Solving
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite
- Administrative
Timeline
Editorial Assistant
Sandhill Review
2023.09 - 2024.01
Bear Builder
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2018.06 - 2020.02
Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
Reilly's Floor Restore
2014.01 - 2018.02
Lead Teacher
Creative Environment Children's Learning Center
8 2021 - Current
Circulation Staff
Cannon Memorial Library
9 2023 - 5 2024
Bachelor of Arts - English-Creative Writing Specialization
Saint Leo University
Master of Arts - Creative Writing
Saint Leo University
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