Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Kathleen Kixmiller

Stateline,NV

Summary

I am a passionate & adventurous visionary who has earned a very unique, vast, and strong skill-set throughout my adult life.

My professional experiences include:

Several years of industrial knowledge in the music industry including touring all over the United States several times and on-line fulfillment of musician merchandise; Hospitality for artists and guests at a local music venues; Last but far from least, helping children K-12 discover their best skills to become successful students.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Interventionist

ASPIRE Academy, Douglas County School
Minden, NV
08.2023 - Current
  • Provided individual, small group, and classroom-based interventions for students with behavioral issues.
  • Developed positive relationships with students through individual meetings and check-ins.
  • Collaborated with teachers, parents, administrators, social workers, psychologists, and other professionals to create comprehensive intervention plans.
  • Implemented evidence-based practices such as Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports to improve student behavior.
  • Participated in professional development opportunities related to best practices for working with at-risk youth.

Marketing Assistant/VIP Hospitality Host

Crystal Bay Club Casino
Crystal Bay, NV
01.2023 - Current
  • Provided highest quality customer service standards by anticipating customer needs.
  • Host VIP lounge including bartending.
  • Assisted in organizing concerts, music festivals, and promotional events.
  • Collaborated with marketing team on new ideas and directions to support events and customer communication projects.
  • Developed and maintained content and communications to drive marketing campaigns, activities and events.
  • Updated web pages and social media profiles to reflect proactive strategies and engage customers.
  • Managed and executed social media strategy, coordinating posting and engagement efforts.
  • Create original content for social media channels.
  • Proofread and finalized marketing communications and documentation prior to release.
  • Resolved guest problems and complaints to improve overall satisfaction.

Entrepreneur/Visionary

Always Sunny Swag
Nashville, TN
08.2022 - Current
  • Offering limited edition, high quality, heat-press silk screen transfers on consumer choice of clothing.
  • Pop-up shops & online storefront (coming soon).
  • Create & run on-line stores for merch fulfillment.
  • July 2023: Designed, ordered, and ran merchandise sales for Crystal Bay Casino's inaugural music festival Gambler's Run Music Festival.
  • June 2023: Helped run Merchandise tent at Back Country Music Festival in Minden, NV.
  • May 2023: Ran Merchandise tent, with my own team, at Golden Road Music Festival.

Merchandise Manager/Assitant Tour Manager

Aimless, Inc.
Nashville, TN
06.2018 - 10.2022

Road merch:

  • Designed & set up merch displays on a nightly basis at a different venue each night.
  • Assist with load-in/load-out.
  • Interact with fans.
  • Created organizational system for merchandise for easy load-in as well as ease to access back stock.
  • Inventory and pack all merchandise for tours lasting up to six weeks.
  • Handle cash & square payments.
  • Average sales per night = $1500-$2000
  • Photographer, photos used for nightly USB "album covers", also used for social media, and in new album sleeves.
  • "Girl Friday" ran errands, got meals, any task that was given to me.
  • Helped locate hotel rooms, find fun excursions in whatever city we were in (especially for days off), locate restaurants to order meals for band & crew that accommodated everyone's dietary needs and desires.

Online store:

  • Provided support to fans/customers with all customer service issues.
  • Wrote a personal message on every single package that I shipped out.
  • Set up Square space storefront and fulfilled orders for The Purple Building Shop during pandemic shut down June 2020 - March 2021.
  • Executed multiple limited-edition merchandise projects over pandemic.
  • Assessed best packaging options and platforms for shipping.
  • Assist with ordering stock for on-line fulfillment & road inventory.
  • Creatively & kindly worked with fans/customers through "supply chain issues".
  • Created a warehouse space to start fulfillment of Todd Snider official merchandise.
  • Managed, updated, & fulfilled Shopify storefront for Todd Snider official merchandise March 2021 - October 2022 including two new album releases.
  • Transformed consumer feedback and fashion trends into successful product assortments.
  • Collaborated with team to continually provide fresh options of t-shirts and novelty items based on fan input.

Artist Hospitality

Harrah's Entertainment
Reno, NV
09.2018 - 08.2020
  • Fulfilled hospitality riders.
  • Keep artists comfortable and provide them with privacy.
  • Set up dressing room/green room.
  • Helped with wardrobe as necessary.
  • Assist with various artist needs.

Teacher

Douglas County School District
Zephyr Cove, NV
09.1998 - 05.2018
  • Private Home School Teacher, grades K-8
  • Special Education Teacher, grades 7-12
  • District wide teacher working with at-risk youth in alternative school settings
  • Literacy Coach, worked with teachers as well at at-risk youth
  • 7-12 English Teacher

Education

Master of Arts - Education (English & Special Education)

University of Nevada
Reno, NV
05.2007

Skills

  • I strive to live with grace, kindness, & compassion
  • Sociable, positive, emotionally intelligent
  • Visionary, adventurer, flexible
  • Heart, soul, passion
  • Perseverance, resilience, grit
  • Reliable, trustworthy, professional
  • Planning, organizing, problem solving
  • Detail-oriented, creative, efficient

References

William Hunt, Audio Engineer — Todd Snider (615) 305-0246 wfelixaudio@gmail.com

Elfie Klemente, Hospitality — Harrah’s Entertainment, South Shore Room (retired), Lake Tahoe, NV (775) 901-0315

elfietahoe@charter.net

Sam Shear, Marketing & Music Production Manager — Crystal Bay Club, Lake Tahoe, NV (224) 345-1137 samshear@gmail.com

Eric Roe, General Manager Crystal Bay Club, Lake Tahoe, NV (775) 833-6333 eroe@cbc-nv.co

Kathy Bomba Edgerton School Administrator (775) 463-6822

Timeline

Interventionist

ASPIRE Academy, Douglas County School
08.2023 - Current

Marketing Assistant/VIP Hospitality Host

Crystal Bay Club Casino
01.2023 - Current

Entrepreneur/Visionary

Always Sunny Swag
08.2022 - Current

Artist Hospitality

Harrah's Entertainment
09.2018 - 08.2020

Merchandise Manager/Assitant Tour Manager

Aimless, Inc.
06.2018 - 10.2022

Teacher

Douglas County School District
09.1998 - 05.2018

Master of Arts - Education (English & Special Education)

University of Nevada
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