Jason Wermager
Paraeducator at Bismarck Public Schools- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Travel Agent
Travel Career Institute Bismarck, NDMay, 1995- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Bismarck Public Schools
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Bismarck, ND
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Paraeducator
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Aug 2022 - Present
• Assists students, individually or in small groups, with lesson assignments for the purpose of practicing and/or reinforcing learning concepts and assisting students in reaching academic goals and grade level standards. • Communicates with teachers and students (e.g. alerts teacher to individual student needs, keeps teacher informed of student progress, engages in planning of activities with teacher, listens to students read, participates in other forms of oral communications with students, etc.) for the purpose of assisting in meeting instructional objectives/programming. • Monitors individual and/or groups of students in a variety of settings for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment. • Reports observations and incidents relating to specific students (e.g. accidents, fights, inappropriate social behavior, violations of rules, safety conditions, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to appropriate instructional and/or administrative personnel. • Responds to emergency situations (e.g. injured student, fights, school drills, etc.) for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution. • Supports classroom teachers and other school personnel for the purpose of assisting them in the implementation of curriculum and teaching methodologies. • Supports students with classroom assignments, tests, homework assignments, make-up work, etc (e.g. monitors students engaged in independent study, enrichment or remedial work, etc.) for the purpose of supporting teachers in the instructional process. Show less
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jshots photo studio
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Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
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Freelance Photographer / Owner
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Jan 2008 - Present
- Manage creative process with clients and creative partners. Conceptualizing ideas and collaborations for personal photo projects and specific advertising or product assignments. - Successfully manage online store as well as all social media and business marketing efforts. - Introduce products for small merchandise displays into local shops and build wholesale opportunities. - Design and organize production of greeting cards and art prints for Etsy store and wholesale accounts. - Works with clients to produce high quality images for both personal use and marketing purposes. - Partnerships within the photography community, serving as a mentor and small business consultant. - Collaborated with local charities in Minneapolis, MN to produce Calendar Fundraiser for Minnesota LLS Chapter and Minnesota AIDS Project. Show less
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AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC.
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Bismarck, ND
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Sales Lead
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Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Drive sales, track hourly sales and conversion in order to meet daily and weekly sales goals. Assist in merchandising moves and visual updates, directed by corporate guidance and based on in store sales reporting I have retrained all employees on selling the AE store credit card. Results: Store credit from zero to 13 cards within 30 days, prior to my training and motivation the store had 5 months of zero cards opened. Drive sales, track hourly sales and conversion in order to meet daily and weekly sales goals. Assist in merchandising moves and visual updates, directed by corporate guidance and based on in store sales reporting I have retrained all employees on selling the AE store credit card. Results: Store credit from zero to 13 cards within 30 days, prior to my training and motivation the store had 5 months of zero cards opened.
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Drought Juice
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Berkley, Michigan, United States
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Shipping Receiving Clerk
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Jan 2021 - Oct 2021
- Streamlined communication between production, sales team and wholesale customers. Implementing standard wholesale ordering process, significantly reducing time used by sales team, improving order accuracy. - Manage all incoming wholesale orders, order fulfillment, e-commerce and delivery logistics of daily routes. - Inventory management of 6,000-8,000 cases of product, meeting FDA organic guidelines. - Scheduling weekly drop off and pick up from High Pressure Processing (HPP) Center. Coordinating with in house production team to plan for weekly production. - Reduced payroll and workload by partnering with sales team to reduce delivery days from 5 days to 4 days. This improved productivity of warehouse team and challenged sales team to improve wholesale customer relationship and drive sales. Show less
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Banana Republic
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Auburn Hills, MI
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Associate Store Manager
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Jul 2018 - Jul 2020
- Increased Credit Card conversion with focused marketing on male consumers surpassing annual goal by 15% - Served as Certified Merchandising Manger planning, designing and executing product roll out monthly resulting in increased sales Month over Month. - Monitored weekly sales focusing on pivoting products to enhance sales trends based on weekly sales, converting shoppers to buyers. - Educated and mentored new associates on retail operations and visual merchandising standards. - Increased Credit Card conversion with focused marketing on male consumers surpassing annual goal by 15% - Served as Certified Merchandising Manger planning, designing and executing product roll out monthly resulting in increased sales Month over Month. - Monitored weekly sales focusing on pivoting products to enhance sales trends based on weekly sales, converting shoppers to buyers. - Educated and mentored new associates on retail operations and visual merchandising standards.
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SocraTea Detroit
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Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Loose Leaf Tea Buyer / Retail Manager
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Jan 2015 - Jul 2018
- Managed in store retail and online locations. - Procured organic loose leaf tea from 4 USDA Certified Organic tea vendors. Placed weekly tea orders and strategic planning for peak sales times. - Oversaw staff scheduling and calendar of in shop special events. -Improved processes to streamline specialty drink quality and consistency, payroll and operational costs, expanded in store retail gifts from 1 ft to over 20 feet of profitable space. -Helped establish Socra Tea as the "go to" organic tea area in Detroit. Expanding from 40 loose leaf teas to over 110 loose leaf tea offerings. Show less
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Target
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Minneapolis, MN
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Senior Merchandise Specialist
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Mar 2005 - Dec 2010
- Directly worked with buyers and multiple vendors within 5 categories and 12 departments. Established partnerships with multiple internal business partners; advertising, company pricing, design, marketing, merchandising and store planogram/visual merchandising. - Built strong visual merchandise presence within the Men's Basics department by identifying the guest's needs and shopping the competitive market through various product tests within store test groups. - Successfully trained and rolled out weekly Competitive Shopping meetings within all 4 Basic's areas during the Back to School seasons. - Initiated processes to streamline efforts within the corporate Comp Shop and Pricing Teams by proactively monitoring weekly price changes. - Standardized weekly advertising processes, submission updates of ad circular proofing process within the Men's Division, resulting in reduced circular costs. - Improved in-store signing concepts for department specific areas and seasonal marketing within Men's Essentials. Show less
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Gap Inc.
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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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Associate Store Manager
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Aug 1997 - Nov 2004
- Managed $1.5M business within the Gap Kids/baby, combined with Gap annual sales exceeding $4M. - Monitored store sales goals and productivity through identifying daily sales traffic and assigning individual sales goals. -Accountable for store merchandising and bi-weekly window changes for both Gap and Gap Kids. - Planned, mapped, managed and executed floor sets every 4-6 weeks. - Trained and developed assistant manager's to achieve promotion to next level of management. - Developed sales associates within the store and district area stores into Visual Merchandising roles. - Assisted in hiring and training of new employees and development of current staff. Lead store meetings and sales/product workshops. - Modeled exceptional customer service using effective communication. Held employees accountable in order to achieve daily sales and monthly Gap Card goals. Proactively addressed customer service issues and Loss Prevention situations. Show less
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Education
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2014 - 2014
Macomb Community College
Continued Educational Studies, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services -
1990 - 1993
Century High School
Generals, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
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