Kathy Florin

KATHY FLORIN Winona, MN 55987 • - •-www.linkedin.com/in/kathyflorin​ ​• ​ ​www.kathyflorin.com Education University of Wisconsin-Madison • Madison, WI • August 1999 - January 2002 Winona State University • Winona, MN • Professional Studies Degree • January 2007 - August 2008 Areas of Study: Cultural Anthropology, Environmental Studies, and Social Justice Professional Experience Indigena Café ​• Cabuya, Costa Rica • September 2018 - Present Virtual Assistant​​ • Remote • Freelance • Project Management for natural building workshops and Ngabe Indigenous community events. • Design fliers, posters, and informational packets. Theatre du Mississippi ​• Winona, MN • September 2012 - Present Administrative Assistant​​ • Majority Remote • Execute publicity and marketing campaigns. • Perform website and social media updates. • Schedule multimedia ads and design email newsletters about upcoming productions. • Manage google apps, respond to email inquiries, and properly route correspondences. • Manage databases, enter data, and critique post-event evaluations. • Act as venue, front of house, volunteer, and ticketing manager for productions. • ​Ensure proper and accurate deposits, recordings, computations, and reports of sales. • Schedule board meetings, prepare materials, and take board meeting minutes. • Reserve venues and manage calendar. • Network and collaborate with other community organizations and individuals. Frozen River Film Festival​​ ​• Winona, MN • August 2010 - August 2016 Assistant Director​​ • Partially Remote • Coordinated venue reservations and organized the set up and take down of all film events. • Acted as venue manager and contracted with vendors and educational exhibitors. • Managed and oversaw all details associated with the selling of festival passes and tickets. • Set up and operated ticketing software and maintained security of profits during festival. • Ensured proper and accurate deposits, recordings, computations, and reports of sales. . • Executed accurate data collection, processing, and analyzing during and after the festival. • Coordinated and managed the festival drawing program and festival merchandise. • Supervised the festival food manager, volunteer coordinator, venue leads, patron survey conductor, and college interns. • Created and implemented new systems of operational efficiency and critiqued post-event evaluations. • Developed documents, spreadsheets, manuals, timelines, graphs, and flowcharts. Bluffview Montessori School ​• Winona, MN • August 2008 – August 2010 Assistant Teacher • Assisted teacher in classroom learning environment and upheld Montessori teaching principles. • Established and maintained a positive interactive relationship with students.