Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Work Availability
Work Preference
Accomplishments
Software
Interests
Languages
Lindsay Friskey

Lindsay Friskey

Elizabeth,WV
Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Summary

Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement.


Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Intake Specialist

Biogenetic Laboratories
07.2024 - 07.2025
  • Answered phone calls and provided new clients with required paperwork to initiate service.
  • Collected, verified, recorded and processed client demographics, insurance payments, and referral information.
  • Completed intake assessment forms and filed clients' charts.
  • Explained eligibility requirements, application details, payment methods, and applicants' legal rights during intake assessment.
  • Assessed clients' needs and determined eligibility for intake services reached goals of over 40 per week
  • Trained and supervised new intake staff to deliver high-quality client care.
  • Enhanced office productivity by handling over 600+ callers per day.

Operations Manager

Gap Outlet
08.2022 - 06.2024
  • Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
  • Empowered employees to take ownership of their responsibilities, leading to increased accountability and improved performance outcomes.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action plans to address them.
  • Managed inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
  • Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
  • Increased profit by streamlining operations increase of 20% over hire date

Assistant Director- Operations

AVEDA Arts and Science Institute
03.2019 - 09.2022
  • Day to day operations of school, oversee student grades and attendance and coach to success when needed
  • Create academic plans to ensure student success
  • Managed Team, payroll, onboarding, HR tasks, including but not limited to, managing PTO, fielding complaints, relieving people of positions
  • Ordering of supplies for the school, salon/spa & other items to ensure proper guest and student experience
  • Facilitate building maintenance, service contracts and organize events for all locations
  • Communicate with accounting department to ensure we are meeting budget requirements
  • Meet with cosmetology education team to maintain consistency and identify challenges and solutions and support
  • Working with student services to comply with all local and state requirements, in addition to the Department of Education, and NACCAS requirements.

Massage Center Manager

Massage Envy
10.2021 - 06.2022
  • Managing team schedules, T/O requests, booking appointments,
  • Meeting membership sales goals and reaching store goals by 25 %
  • Building team morale, through team meetings with 12+ therapists
  • Troubleshooting guest challenges
  • Hiring/firing, payroll, HR dealings
  • Attend training and trained the team with what I learned
  • Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.

Operations Manager

AVEDA INSTITUTE CHAPEL HILL
08.2014 - 01.2019
  • Lead construction of new build 26,000sq worked closely with PM and architect to ensure all State and Local Guidelines were met based on Cosmetology specifics
  • Oversee daily operations, manager of all service contracts, educate students on service wheel and guest care, budget manager, placing retail and back bar orders, Manager for the guest services team, scheduling, hiring, and firing
  • Educate and lead more than 200+ students through the AVEDA MISSION each day
  • Lead team meetings with 16+ members to inspire team, encourage education and team participation in events and education
  • Drive sales and increase enrollments through maintaining a safe operational environment for them to learn.

Salon Manager

BEYOND AVEDA SALON AND SPA
06.2012 - 08.2014
  • Led Team meetings of 12+ team members on service wheel and selling
  • Daily salon Management, created, launched, and managed new loyalty program, project manager for construction addition of spa increased sales by 26%
  • created hiring process, developed and rebranded the salon with new logo and marketing, created new spa menu and built spa business through salon promotions and outreach
  • Keyholder, cash management, hiring and letting go
  • Created and managed student mentor program for Institute students interested in working in the salon and gaining industry knowledge

Educator

AVEDA INSTITUTE ST PETERSBURG
08.2009 - 06.2012
  • Student educator including classroom theory, hands-on, clinic floor and guest care
  • Clinic and salon floor manager
  • Educated students on Aveda service techniques, rituals, the service wheel, and guest’s care
  • Create Lesson plans
  • Took extensive classes on learning types and communication styles to reach different learner types.

Education

LICENSE in Education - Cosmetology

AVEDA Institute Columbus, Columbus, OH
01.2005

Cosmetology License - Cosmetology

AVEDA Institute Columbus , Columbus, OH
11.2004

High school diploma or GED - General

Union High School, Grand Rapids, MI
01.1993

Skills

  • Client intake
  • Eligibility review
  • Intake assessment
  • Project management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Human Resources
  • Operations Management
  • Team Management
  • Interviewing

Certification

  • Cosmetology Educator License
  • Cosmetology License
  • High School Diploma 1993

Timeline

Medical Intake Specialist - Biogenetic Laboratories
07.2024 - 07.2025
Operations Manager - Gap Outlet
08.2022 - 06.2024
Massage Center Manager - Massage Envy
10.2021 - 06.2022
Assistant Director- Operations - AVEDA Arts and Science Institute
03.2019 - 09.2022
Operations Manager - AVEDA INSTITUTE CHAPEL HILL
08.2014 - 01.2019
Salon Manager - BEYOND AVEDA SALON AND SPA
06.2012 - 08.2014
Educator - AVEDA INSTITUTE ST PETERSBURG
08.2009 - 06.2012
AVEDA Institute Columbus - LICENSE in Education, Cosmetology
AVEDA Institute Columbus - Cosmetology License , Cosmetology
Union High School - High school diploma or GED, General

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

RemoteHybridOn-Site

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany CulturePaid sick leaveHealthcare benefits

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 15 staff members.

Software

Microsoft Excel, Word

Interests

Gardening, Gems

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual