Kara Posey

Creative and cheerful professional with 15+ years of experience in marketing, administration and youth program planning.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

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Professional Experience

Golden Gate Area Council, Scouting America | Pleasanton, CA

Program Executive

February 2025 - Current

  • Provides customer service for the online reservation system for 4 year-round council camp properties.

  • Oversees the setup, administration, and customer support for the online registration of 3 resident summer camps (serving over 7,000 youth).

  • Oversees the planning, online registration, and execution of 13 Cub Scouts and Family Camp weekend events for Youth ages Kindergarten-5th Grade across 5 council camp properties.

  • Serves as Staff Advisor for large-scale (600-2000 person) Scouting events such as L.E.A.D (Leader Education and Discovery) and Advance-O-Rama, guiding a volunteer team in the planning and execution of the events. Created the online class registration system for Advance-O-Rama, organizing 1,600+ Youth into 80+ Merit Badge Classes during a one-day event.

  • Manages the operations, sales, ordering, and inventory management for 3 council Trading Posts (retail locations), including order fulfillment of an integrated online sales platform. Researches and orders inventory for 3 Summer Camp Trading Posts, including custom-designed apparel and merchandise.

  • Managed the implementation of a cloud-based retail inventory management tool and point of sale system for 3 integrated office locations and 5 council camp properties. Provided training and support for a professional staff of 30+ who use the POS system for retail sales, event registration, camp reservations, customer service, accounting, and reporting.

  • Creates promotional graphic materials for web and print, supporting council events, fundraisers, and communication.

Office Assistant

February 2024 - February 2025

  • Provided customer service as the first point of contact for customers in person at the front desk and over the phone for a 30+ line phone system.

  • Oversaw the sales and customer service for the on-site Trading Post (retail location), providing customers with assistance with their uniform, insignia, and merchandise purchases. Maintained inventory for 1,200 unique SKU’s, placing weekly restock orders.

  • Researched and presented a new cloud-based point-of-sale system for the council Trading Posts. The new system replaced an inefficient locally hosted inventory management tool, and provided the council with improved visibility over inventory, sales, and reporting of the 3 trading post locations. Oversaw the implementation of the new system, including training of staff.

  • Processed, validated, and managed Eagle Scout Applications for 500+ annual Eagle Scout applicants. Processed adult award applications, certificates, and insignia.

  • Provided administrative support for records management, data entry, computer/IT and office equipment support, ordering of office supplies, receiving and recording of payments, running reports, recording minutes at Executive Board meetings, meeting coordination, email communications, in-person event support, and other projects to support the Executive, Field, Program, and Support Staff as needed.

Trading Post Sales Associate

November 2022 - February 2023

  • Provided customer service and retail support for the Pleasanton Trading Post.

Kara Miller Photography | Tracy, CA

Owner, Lead Photographer

January 2010 - November 2022

  • Lead photographer for 150+ weddings throughout Northern California.

  • Developed close working relationships with clients from inquiry to final product delivery, including consultations, booking proposals, timeline planning, vendor coordination, 2nd shooter/assistant hiring and management, lead photography, post-production editing, and album design.

  • Maintained positive relationships with vendors, including wedding planners/coordinators, venue managers, assistant photographer, and videography teams.

  • 2nd shooter and Associate Lead for other photographers throughout Northern California, 15-20 weddings per year.

DYMO Endicia | Palo Alto, CA

Marketing Associate

September 2010 - April 2012

  • Assisted the Marketing Director by maintaining lead research, tracking, acquisition, and conversion data through Salesforce software.

  • Researched ideal customer profiles and assisted in executing targeted marketing campaigns. 

  • Assisted with website redesign, copywriting, and editing. Assisted in the planning and production of photo shoots for marketing stock image creation.

  • Designed print and web marketing materials such as brochures, email ad campaigns, and graphics.

Lord & Sons, Inc. | San Jose, CA

Marketing Associate

July 2009 - July 2010

  • Designed and managed the production of catalogs, flyers, displays, and promotional marketing materials, including creating illustrations and product photography for specialized hardware products.

  • Designed and developed a website and print catalog for the FlashFasteners brand.

Education

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, CA | 2015 - Current

# Units Completed toward A.A. Graphic Arts | #.# GPA

Cal Poly

San Luis Obispo, CA | 2003 - 2006

# Units Completed toward B.S. Computer Science | #.# GPA

Skills & Expertise

Microsoft Office Suite

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Teams

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Lightroom, Premiere, Bridge

Social Media

Meta Business Suite, Ads Manager, Geofencing, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X, TikTok, LinkedIn

Web Development

Squarespace, WordPress, Wix, Google Sites, Adobe Express & Dreamweaver

Google Workspace

Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites

Online Sales

Etsy, Shopify, Ebay

Collaboration

Slack, Discord, Asana, WhatsApp, Zoom

CRM

SalesForce, HubSpot

AI

ChatGPT, Gemini

Events, Reservations, POS

Black Pug (Scouting America specialized platform)