Experience

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  Riverwalk Homes

  • Eagle, Idaho, United States

  • Owner/General Contractor

    • Sep 2014 - Present
    • Eagle, Idaho, United States

    • Design and build custom luxury homes in Eagle, Meridian, Nampa, Boise • Design all aspects of the home from the floor plan to the elevations, all material selections, colors, lighting, tile, flooring and the complete landscape.• Project manager, responsible for coordinating and initiating all aspects of the projects from the ground up. • Obtain bank and investor financing, obtained proper permits, hire trades people, supervise workers, do all budgeting, scheduling, and specify all material purchases and selection etc.• Estimate the total cost for each home including line by line items for each building phase broken down into labor and materials.• Negotiate pricing with suppliers and labor rates with subcontractors.• Lead customers through the entire build process when doing build jobs. Help them select materials and plan the design, as well as the budget and help to coordinate construction draws.• Handle all bookkeeping including billing, accounts payable, and banking draws. Use Quick books and Excel. Manage a budget of up to $1.5 million dollars.• Homes have to be built on time, on budget and appeal to target buyers.

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  Hage Concrete Works

  • Construction
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Marketing Specialist

    • Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

    • Maintain a marketing database in Excel with all job details and customer profiles for target marketing efforts.• Produce advertising from the concept to design layout, also researching and placing it in the appropriate publications.• Work with various printers and graphic designers to ensure the content and the look of the ads are appropriate, on budget and on time.• Research current customer demographics, and match to appropriate publications or promotional campaigns.• Responsible for creating promotional campaigns to attract new business. • Responsible for maintaining and growing relationships with key accounts.• Provide support for the Owner and Field Manager, creating documents, placing calls or researching project details.• Provide administrative support copying, doing word processing, writing correspondence, and requesting vendor product samples or literature as needed.Increased sales by 43% to target market customers in 2012.

  • Project Coordinator

    • Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

    • Responsible for assigning all jobs that come in, coordinating schedules with customers, assigning and finding subcontractors, as well as distributing job files to in house employees. • Schedule all specialty contractors.• Coordinate incoming jobs with subcontractors monitoring their schedules for availability and assigning job priority levels.• Provide support for the Owner and Field Manager, creating documents, placing calls or researching project details.• Apply for and procure building permits, obtain parking permits, and ensure proper licenses and insurance were maintained.• Maintain, organize, and update all job files. Submit completed jobs to the billing dept. etc.• Provide administrative support copying, doing word processing, writing correspondence, and requesting vendor product samples or literature as needed. Maintain a marketing database in Excel with all job details and customer profiles for target marketing efforts.• Produce advertising from the concept to design layout, also researching and placing it in the appropriate publications.• Work with various printers and graphic designers to ensure the content and the look of the ads are appropriate, on budget and on time.• Research current customer demographics, and match to appropriate publications or promotional campaigns.• Responsible for creating promotional campaigns to attract new business.

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  Hill Real Estate Agency

  • Real Estate Agent

    • Sep 2003 - Oct 2010

    Market and sell residential property.Perform CMA reports for myself and clients.Locate properties that fit my client's budget and needs, focusing on fair market value.List and market properties for sale.Submit and negotiate offers on property.Prepare marketing materials.Ensure the closing of transactions, coordinating loan docs, appraisals and title work.

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  Elledge Construction

  • Eagle, ID

  • General Contractor/Owner

    • Jan 2002 - Nov 2006
    • Eagle, ID

    I have been in real estate since 2002, both as a Realtor and a Custom Home Builder. In doing so I am able to bring together my Business Degree, my love of beautiful architecture, and the pleasure of making people happy.I specialize in new construction, building homes with style no matter what the size is. I enjoy helping people find or build their perfect home. For me the most rewarding part is handing over the keys, and seeing the look of joy and awe on their faces. It is truly my privilege to help bring the dream to life.

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  Sports Authority

  • Formerly known as Gart Sports

  • Department Manager- Athletic Shoes

    • Feb 1995 - Jan 1999
    • Formerly known as Gart Sports

    Top Sales Producer in the 30 store district for 4 years.Supervised and motivated 8 commissioned sales staff members for a department that generated over $2 million in sales annually. Provided product knowledge training to department employees.Prepared work schedules, generated sales, merchandised the department and placed orders for department restocks and special order items.Set departmental priorities to ensure proper attention to selling, personnel scheduling, freight processing and staff motivation.Increased department sales by 11% the first year.

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  L'ccessory

  • Store Manager

    • Jan 1994 - Oct 1994

    Managed satellite store with sole discretion on matters of employee recruitment / retention, supervision, training and work schedules.Managed merchandise ordering, display, markdowns and transfers.