Kirsis C. Cashion

- Wrote a standard data entry guide for business recruiting database, Top Echelon/Big Biller and trained colleagues on data tracking and entry.
- Created a plan for deduplication and organizing the database; updated over two thousand records
- Aided business development efforts with research, data entry, and list creation
● Promoted in Feb 2023 to Associate Recruiter and Database Manager
- Made cold calls to book 2 to 3 appointments per week
- candidate sourcing and assessment; relationship building and networking.

- recruiting technology proficient, Top Echelon and LinkedIn Recruiter.

• 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.

• 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projects such as, de-duping, cleaning data entry errors, gift and/or event registration data entry and updating any outdated data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.

- Manage two databases: Abila Fundraising 50 and Archtics - Ticketmaster.

- Finalized successful deduplication process with 95% improvement in data accuracy.
- Implemented policies to govern marketing efforts, allowing sale campaigns to begin earlier, which yielded a 30% increase in subscription and single ticket sales revenue.
- Managed a portfolio of 100+ ballet patrons; stewardship, gift solicitation, relationship building and networking, data analysis, and donor segmentation
- Assist with writing and editing of marketing and fundraising print and online appeals, as well as, social media posts
- Translate certain marketing and community outreach materials to Spanish
- Support grant writing efforts with research, data collection and analysis as well as editing and revision
- Assist with all fundraising events from planning to execution: galas, luncheons, auctions, and raffles

- Call and connect with past ticket holders to share the upcoming ballet season.
- Demonstrated resilience in a fast paced environment; consistent closing of single ticket and subscription sales,
contributing to weekly sales goal.
- Excellent phone etiquette, active listening, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- volunteer work with the development department

- Promoted to Development Associate July 2014

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Sigma Tau Delta Member
• Study Abroad: London, UK English Literature