Rich Yocum
Beloit,United States
Summary
Artistic floral designer with almost 40 years in the floral industry. Detail-oriented professional with a vast work ethic , passion for creative floral designs while multi-tasking. Customer service and satisfaction is not just a goal, its a must!
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Floral Designer
The Flower Shoppe
Dayton, OH
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Product cleaning and processing
- Floral designs, daily orders and event arrangements
- Visual merchandising
- Customer services, including wire out orders
- Sales
- Plant care and handling
- General maintenance of shop, workroom and storage areas
- Delivery of daily and event arrangements
- Set up and tear down of events
Event Manager/lead Designer
Beavercreek Florist
Beavercreek, OH
04.2015 - 11.2021
- Sales
- Design daily arrangements
- Ordering products, floral and supplies
- Event contract development and implementation
- Scheduling and instruction of design team
- Creating and designing new creative floral arrangements
- Visual merchandising
Event Manager/Lead Floral Designer
Sylvia's Flowers
Arlington Heights, IL
12.2012 - 04.2015
- Designing of daily floral arrangements
- Designing event florals
- Customer service
- Sales of daily and event orders
- Event contract development and implementation
- Event consultation
- Wedding floral designing including, bouquets, boutineers, corsages, ceremony and reception arrangements
- Managed event design team
- Coordinating delivery, set up and teardown of events
Floral Designer
Joseph's Florist
Libertyville, IL
04.2002 - 12.2012
- Visual merchandising of 2800 sq. ft. showroom
- Designed daily and event florals
- Sales including all funeral orders, wedding and daily orders
- Customer service
- Processed flowers and supply products
- Maintained wire service orders including Teleflora and FTD
- Assisted art department with foam core designs
- Executed event delivery, set up and teardowns
Company Owner
A Grand Occasion
McHenry, IL
2007 - 2014
- Executed all aspects of free lance event floral business including:
- Ordered all flowers and supplies
- Processed all flowers and supplies
- Designed all event floral arrangements
- Sales and marketing
- Day of event coordinating
- Education and instruction of design team
- Delivery, set up and teardown of events
- Accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing
- Customer service
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Judson University
Elgin, IL2006
Skills
- Customer service
- Daily and event floral designing
- Sales
- Product care and handling
Timeline
Floral Designer
The Flower Shoppe
09.2021 - 11.2022
Event Manager/lead Designer
Beavercreek Florist
04.2015 - 11.2021
Event Manager/Lead Floral Designer
Sylvia's Flowers
12.2012 - 04.2015
Floral Designer
Joseph's Florist
04.2002 - 12.2012
Company Owner
A Grand Occasion
2007 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Judson University
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