Veronica Marie Ruiz

Director of Operations

Yakima, WA, USA
○ Imaginative, resourceful professional with proven record for bringing creative concepts and ideas to reality.
○ Innovative and versatile; capable of seeing projects through from concept to completion, both in creative and technical areas.
○ Skilled manager, motivator, and problem solver with demonstrated capacity to achieve desired goals by motivating employees and customers.

Work Experience

Alley Kat/ Etiquette

Director of Operations

Store Manager; direct the operations of the business including the management, creative direction, merchandising, marketing, and payroll.
January 2016 - Union Gap, Washington, United States

Ross Stores

Cashier

Cashier - cash handling, customer service, re-sizing and organization on the floor,
February 2015 - June 2015 Washington, United States

Standard Paint And Flooring LLC

Corporate Accounting

Worked in the Corporate Accounting office as the Accounts Payable. Accounts Receivable duties as well such as, customer statements and customer payment transactions. - advanced receiving, credits, made purchase orders and received purchase orders, filed, answered/transferred calls, distributed incoming and outgoing mail, and cash handling.
March 2013 - November 2014 Yakima, Washington, United States

Education

The Art Institute Of Pittsburgh - Online Division

Bachelor's Degree - Fashion Marketing and Management

Soon to graduate June 2017 with my BA in Fashion Marketing and Management. Courses I have successfully completed include:
○ Fundamentals of Marketing
○ Consumer Behavior and Persuasive Sales Techniques
○ Brand Marketing
○ Public Relations
○ Organizational Behavior
○ Design Fundamentals
○ Digital Color Theory
○ Digital Illustration
○ Advertising Copy writing
○ Image Manipulation
○ Etiquette
○ Intro to the Visual Arts
○ Advanced Communications
○ Intro to Psychology
○ College Math I
○ American Art History
○ Aesthetics
○ E-commerce Strategies and Analytics
○ Textile Fundamentals
○ Survey of the Fashion Industry
○ Fashion History I
○ Trends and Concepts in Apparel
○ Modern History of Fashion
○ Sourcing and Technical Design
○ Intro to Retailing
○ Survey of Manufacturing and Product Development
○ Sales Promotion
○ Retail Math
○ Visual Merchandising
○ Event and Fashion Show Production
○ Retail Buying
○ 3D Visual Merchandising II
○ Merchandise Management
○ Elements of Retail Logistics and Distribution
○ Global Marketing
○ Apparel Fit and Evaluation
○ Fashion Business Law
○ Fundamentals of Fashion Styling
○ Typography- Traditional
○ Cognitive Psychology
○ Theories of Personality
○ Organizational Psychology
○ Nutrition
November 2014 - June 2017 Washington, United States

Perry Technical Institute

Certificate of completion

Received a certificate of completion at Perry Technical Institute's 18 month Business Technology and Accounting program.
○ Business Math
○ Business English
○ Business Communication
○ Business Law
○ Economics
○ Customer Service
○ Finance Principles
○ Federal Taxation
○ Payroll
○ Human Resources
○ QuickBooks 2011
○ Fundamentals of Marketing
○ Applied Ethics
January 2012 - June 2013 Washington, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office Word,

Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Specialist

I am a certified Specialist in Microsoft Office Excel 2010.

Microsoft Office Word 2010 Specialist

I am a certified Specialist in Microsoft Office Word 2010.