Hi, I’m
Kirsis C. Cashion
Clayton,NC
Summary
Experienced and versatile professional with a strong background in supporting various database systems. Strong organizational skills and reliability, excelling at managing multiple priorities while maintaining a positive attitude. After 7+ years in the nonprofit sector, I am looking to utilize and expand my skillset in an alternate sector. Highly passionate about mission advancement and exceptional service.
Overview
15
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
The Batten Group Executive Search & Consulting
Database Manager
09.2022 - 11.2024
Job overview
- Quickly learned Top Echelon recruiting database, wrote a Standard Data Entry guide and trained colleagues on data tracking and entry.
- Project tasks include, deduplication, re-organization, updating existing records, data pruning, problem solving database conundrums, tracking data-work updates, creating organizational tags according research needs, and cultivating a relationship with Top Echelon support team.
- Understood analytics and progress conveying results and data quality to team members and management.
- Provided reporting and technical expertise for maintenance of organizational processes.
- Extracted system data, identifying challenges and proposing solutions.
- Promoted in Feb 2023 to Associate Recruiter and Database Manager.
- Completed cold calls to book 2 to 3 appointments per week.
- Recruiting technology proficient, Top Echelon and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Candidate sourcing and assessment; relationship building and networking
AKC Canine Health Foundation
Temporary Database Coordinator
11.2021 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Quickly learned AKC's data entry process and helped the organization meet the deadline for its end-of-year gift entry into Raiser's Edge/Financial Edge
- Additionally helped complete imports and global updates
- Completed daily gift entry into Financial Edge
- Processed and entered online gifts via Online Express
- Daily database maintenance-removing duplicates or merging duplicate records
- Research records and add any additional data found to enrich information within records
- Successfully completed new constituent import.
Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina
Database Coordinator
11.2020 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Assist office coordinator with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT by taking on multiple database maintenance projects such as, de-duping, cleaning data entry errors, gift and/or event registration data entry and updating any outdated data
- Building query templates to optimize constituent lists segmentation for social media, mailing, and email appeals
- Improve data reporting by creating customized dashboards for analytical purposes
- Create a relationship with Blackbaud representative to troubleshoot issues and continuously learn and educate colleagues
- Key Achievements: Completion of Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT training, acquired certification
- Encourage team members to think about their data needs to inform how I code and organize data
- Identified key areas in database that need updating for accurate reporting and list building and implemented a series of tasks to improve the data over time
- Completion of successful global updates that resulted in updated constituent records for accurate email, mailing, and marketing campaigns.
Carolina Ballet
Development Associate
10.2013 - 06.2020
Job overview
- Manage two relational databases with more than 200k records combined for Abila Fundraising50, and Ticketmaster - Archtics
- Perform daily donation entry in Abila Fundraising50, ensuring accuracy to aid in weekly, monthly, and annual reporting
- Conduct routine system maintenance, analyze data inputs and existing records, and implement processes to eliminate duplicate records, clean up and remove inaccurate data, and update contact information for existing client records
- Field all incoming report requests for marketing, gift, and constituent report to support the development department
- Design and distribute clean reports for annual fund mailings and email lists, in addition to marketing lists for mailings and eBlasts
- Key Achievements: Finalized a successful deduplication process resulting in 95% improvement in data accuracy and clean leads for sales
- Increased staff efficiency and sales by 30% and reduced printing costs by 25%
- Decreased report delivery by 60% by developing a coding standard and monitoring incoming tickets and resolutions to ensure consistency
- Implemented policies to govern marketing efforts, allowing sales campaigns to begin earlier or on time, which yielded an overall increase of 30% in subscription and single ticket sales revenue
- Streamlined and implemented a detailed process for finding data entry and data coding errors in the database
- Key participant on a cross-functional project team tasked with improving database functionality by fixing past data entry errors and reporting issues
- Identified new opportunities to support departmental needs and objectives without compromising data integrity.
RTI International
Bilingual Data Collection Specialist
07.2012 - 08.2013
Job overview
- Performed qualitative interviews, using open-ended questions, probing, active listening, and precise data-entry to record participant responses in a highly secured database structure
- Utilized exceptional communication skills to secure interviewee's survey participation, and obtain meaningful and comparable information to aid in overall study
- Key Achievements: Met or exceed weekly survey goals with consistency and high-level efficiency
- On-boarded to support subsequent project engagements based on work ethic, effectiveness, and overall performance.
English Department, ECU
Research Assistant Donne Variorum Project
08.2009 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Performed literary research by reading John Donne manuscript(s) and transcribing the poems into the Digital Donne Online Variorum identifying the syntactic and semantic variations from one manuscript to the other
- Key Achievement: Acquired invaluable knowledge in deciphering and reading Elizabethan Paleography.
Joyner Library - ECU
Joyner Library Circulation Specialist
08.2009 - 05.2011
Job overview
- Organized library shelves by categorizing books and other reading materials according to predetermined sections and locations
- Gathered misplaced books and utilized library filing system and database to update placement in alignment with catalog information
- Rendered excellent customer service to students, professors, and library patrons, by providing assistance with check-in/check-out, locating books, utilizing computers and other office equipment, and/or reserving study spaces
- Key Achievement: Successfully completed Library of Congress Classification System (LCC) training.
Education
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Arts from English and Classical Studies
05.2012
University Overview
- Sigma Tau Delta Member
- Study Abroad: London, UK English Literature
Skills
- Confidentiality
- Data Quality
- Customer Support
- Relational databases
- Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Assurance
- Spanish language writing
- Effective writing skills
- Excel spreadsheets
- Multitasking
- Self-Directed
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Active Listening
- Sales
- Data Entry
- MS Office
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Certification
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT; certified in 2020
Interests
- Reading
- Cooking
- Interior Design
- Hiking
- Dancing
- Strategy Games
Timeline
Database Manager
The Batten Group Executive Search & Consulting
09.2022 - 11.2024
Temporary Database Coordinator
AKC Canine Health Foundation
11.2021 - 02.2022
Database Coordinator
Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina
11.2020 - 09.2021
Development Associate
Carolina Ballet
10.2013 - 06.2020
Bilingual Data Collection Specialist
RTI International
07.2012 - 08.2013
Research Assistant Donne Variorum Project
English Department, ECU
08.2009 - 05.2012
Joyner Library Circulation Specialist
Joyner Library - ECU
08.2009 - 05.2011
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT; certified in 2020
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Arts from English and Classical Studies
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