Madisyn Emerson
Palm Beach Gardens,FL
Summary
Energetic and passionate marketing and business manager who can tap into entrepreneurial experience to provide business owners with a variety of high value skills, while limiting overhead exposure. Throughout the years of online and brick and mortar retail, I’ve grown a passion for the valuable and tedious tasks that can hold owners back from achieving the scale they seek. Whether you are seeking content strategy, photography, editing, social media scheduling, market research, project management, collateral creation, or even sales taxes and payroll support, I pride myself on building solutions that fit your schedule and budget.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Orthodontic Assistant
Meier Orthodontics
Jupiter, FL
03.2025 - Current
- Assist orthodontist chairside during patient exams and procedures, ensuring efficiency and patient comfort
- Independently place and remove brackets, bands, and orthodontic appliances under doctor supervision
- Change and adjust archwires, ligatures, power chains, and other orthodontic components as part of routine adjustments
- Perform appointments independently, including wire changes and evaluations, prior to doctor’s final check
- Take high-quality digital x-rays (panoramic and cephalometric) and intraoral/extraoral photos for records and diagnostics
- Educate patients on oral hygiene practices, appliance care, and treatment expectations
- Maintain strict sterilization protocols and prepare instruments and operatories in compliance with OSHA and CDC standards
- Capture impressions and assist with fitting appliances such as retainers and expanders
- Document treatment progress accurately in patient charts and maintain updated records
- Provide supportive care to ensure a positive and comfortable experience for patients of all ages
Owner and Buyer
Bluberri Boutique
Greater New Orleans Area, LA
05.2020 - 11.2024
- Grew the online marketplace into a retail storefront, which opened just as the COVID pandemic shut down the world briefly
- The storefront was boot-strapped, with the dressing rooms, front desk, and racking all purchased, built and installed personally
- Responsible for all hiring, training, and firing duties, with an average staff of 6 employees, including one store manager
- Lead all buying activities, including going to market, demand planning, and inventory management
- Creator of the marketing strategy, including market research, social media, community marketing, scheduling of initiatives on multiple platforms, email writing and blasts, as well as other ad hoc requirements
- Foster and develop key business relationships to drive technology improvements, marketing enhancements, and key vendor or customer relationships
- Manage projects such as Point of Sale implementation and enhancement, payroll automation and timeclock technology, store improvements and building renovations/maintenance
- Execute all business management functions including payroll, sales tax, business license upkeep, and general accounting entries
- Meet with key business partners to consistently evolve buying and marketing strategies to drive the business forward, and manage any ongoing enhancement projects, both technical and marketing related
- The business began in a humble, leased location, and grew to a mixed-use acquisition - evolving the business into a 2 commercial unit and 4 residential unit location, in which I led the full renovation and property management responsibilities
Owner and Buyer
Bluberri Boutique
Greater New Orleans Area, LA
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Proprietor of a start-up, online marketplace for curated clothing
- Responsible for demand strategy, creating and maintaining the website, content creation, inventory purchasing, modeling, and pictures/editing
- As a start-up, there were no employees, and the brand was created while going to school full time and holding a nearly full-time role at my prior employer
Sales Associate
Swoon Boutique
New Orleans, LA
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Seeking a more progressive and technology driven retail location to learn from, I took a full-time role after be-friending the store owner and asking her to become a mentor along my journey to store ownership
- Managed all sales associate duties related to customer service and managing repeat customer accounts to ensure best in class service
- Replicated the calling and texting strategies from my previous experience to build a process for the owner, and then teach the team how to implement the new process
- Spent additional time with the owner learning technology systems and other aspects of retail business ownership
- Opened my own online only storefront while holding down this role with the approval of the owner
Sales Associate
Chatta Box Boutique
Greater New Orleans Area, LA
11.2017 - 03.2018
- Actively made the decision to seek a marketing degree, and gain a part-time role learning the fashion and retail industry to follow my passion of becoming a retail business owner
- Managed all sales associate duties related to customer service, calling and texting clients to create opportunities, and managing repeat customer accounts to ensure best in class service
Education
No Degree - Biology
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Lafayette, LABachelor of Science - Marketing
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA05-2020
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA05-2019
Skills
- Content Strategy and Creation
- Key Partnerships and Project Management
- Social Media Scheduling
- Photography – Professional Equipment
- Market Research
- Editing – Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom
- Marketing Collateral Creation
- Business License Management
- Website Management
- Monthly Sales Tax and Payroll Reporting
- Small business operations
Timeline
Orthodontic Assistant
Meier Orthodontics
03.2025 - Current
Owner and Buyer
Bluberri Boutique
05.2020 - 11.2024
Owner and Buyer
Bluberri Boutique
04.2019 - 04.2020
Sales Associate
Swoon Boutique
03.2018 - 06.2019
Sales Associate
Chatta Box Boutique
11.2017 - 03.2018
No Degree - Biology
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of New Orleans
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Delgado Community College