Experience

Sugar Creek Casino

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing & Entertainment Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  Marketing Manager: Revitalize and reinvigorate the marketing program. Responsibilities of the Marketing Manager are planning, budgeting, and coordinating a successful marketing program. Other responsibilities are to supervise the Promotions and Player Club Department. Created profitable promotions like 100% Lucky, Spring Fling, Hogs Gone Wild, Christmas In July, Lucky 13 Drawings and many more widely known and successful promotions.Entertainment Manager: Responsibilities of the Entertainment Manager are searching, booking, planning and executing an entertainment schedule. Successful events include; Vicki Lawrence & Mama, Mel Tillis, Gene Watson, Foghat, Gallagher, Chubby Checker, Mark Chesnutt, Don Williams, Ronnie Milsap, Chippendales & Sugar Creek Showdown Cage Fighting. Supervised the Event Staff and Volunteers.Graphic Artist: Design, create & print casino newsletters, website, radio and television advertising to include digital and print signage.



Blackhawk Casino formerly Sac & Fox Nation Casino's

• Interim Marketing Manager

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2009

  Progressively developed casino marketing from the ground up in the first 21 months. Aided with the development of the new Heartland Amphitheater for concerts, sporting events and other special events. Increased profits 100 percent through aggressive marketing programs in a highly competitive market place. Performed as Host & Announcer of all casino promotions.

• Support & Design Tech

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2009

  Graphics Designer: Design, create and print casino newsletters, website, radio and television advertising to include digital and print signage.Slot Development: Successfully designed and developed a progressively profitable casino floor layout while creating a customer friendly flow around the properties floor of three gaming facilities.IT Technician: Maintain network, password, software updates, hardware and software installations.



Silver Buffalo Casino

• IT Technician / Game Technician

  • May 2006 - Dec 2006

  IT Technician: Maintain network, password, software updates, hardware and software installations.Game Technician: Repair and maintain printer and other malfunction errors, access machine game history, computer servers and print game reports. To understand and identify mechanical problems.

• Vault Cashier

  • May 2006 - Dec 2006

  Count incoming cash, chips or other items of monetary value. Audit vault when entering and exiting. Transfer of monies; verify total monetary amount, denominational quantities and segregation of denominations by chip or denominational value to each person requiring a bank. Record all transactions completed in automated accounting system, report deviations or errors in accordance with TICS.