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Resume Specialist

Symplicity Corporation

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GIA (Gemological Institute of America)

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The Classical Academies

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Solana Beach Presbyterian Church

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Job search is a sales process. Visit [www]EducatedExit[dot]com to learn how to sell your way into an exciting new career. I post daily at 8:30am CST, come join the conversation!

I am not your average educator. I'm a trained education professional who jumped head-first into the corporate world. I have worked with students, educational leaders, and corporate professionals across the career services space. I have a passion for helping people progress in their career. I get so much joy seeing someone's face when they land that job!

Kelsie Marks

Actively looking for my next position

I worked as a new home sales agent in the Inland Empire area in Southern California for 14 years but took a career pause to fulfill a family obligation. I no longer have that obligation and am looking forward to returning to my work and career fully committed.

New Home Sales Consultant

L'abri Property Management

This was an interim property manager position at a 68 unit apartment complex. Duties included: leasing apartments, turning apartments when vacated. Collecting and recording rents.  Managing on-site work of trade partners. Negotiating for work to be completed by vendors. Overseeing apartment upgrades as tenants moved out.  Ensuring upkeep of the property by attending to tenant work requests promptly. Working closely with site maintenance man daily to maintain property in the best shape possible.

Property Manager

Smart Staffing Solutions - Temps Plus

I worked for Temps Plus / Smart Staffing Solutions on and off for 12 years. I worked with many national home builders in the Inland Empire of Southern California (a very active new home building area) as a new home sales hostess and new home sales agent, including: KB Home, Pardee Homes, DR Horton, Trimark Pacific, Ryland Homes, Standard Pacific, and more.  During this time, I also attended Cal Poly Pomona and earned a Business Administration degree (2008 - 2011), as well as working as a caregiver to a family member. Job duties as a New Home Sales agent included:

•  Deliver sales presentations to prospective new home buyers and explain home features and benefits
•  Show available homes and home lots to potential buyers
•  Explain available loan programs and give them loan paperwork to complete for lender
•  Prospect for buyers via referrals, phones calls, and networking
•  Prepare sales contracts
•  Research competitive builders. Compile data and produce Excel reports
•  Implement sales and marketing strategies

Working as a real estate agent in new home sales for many top U.S. home builders requires quick thinking, adapting to new and changing environments and software seamlessly, a sense of humor, industry knowledge and amiability. I learned a great deal about selling new homes while doing this type of work, and received excellent sales training. I enjoy providing excellent customer service up to handing over the keys to happy homeowners when their escrow closes.

New Homes Sales Consultant / Sales Hostess

KB Home

Worked as a New Home Sales Agent for the Orange County division selling luxury homes in Corona, CA.

 Received extensive sales training while working there.

• Presented and sold features and benefits of homes to potential buyers
• Prospected customers through networking with realtors, referrals, and marketing
• Researched competitive efforts from rival builders and reported on market demographics
• Liaison between lenders, escrow companies, and KB corporate office
• Managed existing buyer backlog and associated paperwork
• Executed sales contracts between homebuilder and buyer

New Home Sales Agent

HARMAN International

Sales Project Coordinator at Harman International
September 1999 - January 2003 (3 years 5 months)

Worked at JBL Professional in the Harman Pro Projects Group, a start-up division upon my arrival. 

The purpose of the the team was to sell the Harman Pro company line of products for contracting applications: stadiums, concert halls, churches, cinema, restaurants, etc.

• Assisted in establishing new division – Harman Professional Projects Group
• Co-developed new procedures to facilitate the sale of company products through reps
• Coordinated projects with internal personnel, contractors, and manufacturer's reps
• Kept detailed project files – worked on numerous projects simultaneously
• Followed-up extensively with reps and customers to ensure satisfaction
• Utilized construction database daily to monitor potential construction projects
• Researched and monitored projects in early stages via database, trade magazines and reps
• Shared potential projects with manufacturing representatives
• Worked with reps to assist their customers in preparing sound contracting bids
• Attended trade shows

I was afforded a great deal of autonomy in this position. I greatly enjoyed the fast pace, variety of duties, interacting daily with so many people, both internally and externally, and attending trade shows.
3 recommendations available upon request

Sales Project Coordinator

CA real estate agent with a strong background selling new homes for national builders in Southern California: DR Horton, KB Home, K. Hovnanian, Tri Pointe Homes, CalAtlantic Homes, Standard Pacific and more where I received excellent sales training. I'm the one to call to get things done. Skilled in communication, relationship building and negotiation. Strong ability to broker customer solutions. Open to returning to So. Cal. where I'm from - Santa Clarita, CA., L.A. County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, and Ventura County. I'm a life long learner. As long as there are new things to learn, I'm open to it.

Thirteen years as a new home sales consultant in up and down markets in Southern California in the Inland Empire. Vast experience as an Executive and Administrative Assistant in multiple industries: commercial banking, mortgage banking, real estate, and construction.

Instrumental in starting the Harman Pro Projects Group at Haman International  in Northridge, CA. Project Coordinator, Pro Audio division working with sound contractors and national manufacturer's reps to sell sound systems. Advised on bid preparation. Utilized on-line construction database to mine for new construction business in various stages of development from master plan to completion.

▪ Thirteen year's new home sales experience
▪ Open and close new home communities
▪ Contract execution
▪ Consultative seller
▪ Excellent written, verbal, and negotiation skills
▪ Experience working with diverse teams 
▪ Cross-functional communication
▪ Self-starter quick to recognize corporate norms
▪ Fast to identify problems & suggest innovative solutions in high-speed environments
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, CRM
• Management of sales cycle engaging specialists as needed

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