Melissa Navarro
Hometown
Parsippany, NJ
Current Residence
St. Petersburg, FL
Accomplishments + Certifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Biology
Minor Degrees in Chemistry + Voice Performance
Masters Degree in Biomedical Science
E-commerce Business Owner
Mom to Cavapoo + CCO (Chief Cuteness Officer) named Mimi
Nutritional Balancing Practitioner
Medical Intuitive + Energy Therapist
Holistic Massage Therapist
Experience:
Director of Development for an Educational Non-Profit; responsible for implementing strategic annual giving plans including various marketing and fundraising publications in print, email, and social media as well as cultivating and maintaining relationships with donors. Provided policy and strategic advice to the Executive Director, Development Committee, Board of Directors and program teams. Assisted Executive Director with administrative and fundraising duties. Managed the work of 3+ fund development staff.
Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Associate & Field Trainer; responsible for managing the Southern NJ Territory, building and maintaining successful relationships with medical professionals, event planning and execution, consulting for the Marketing and Brand Team as well as training district and regional new hires.
E-commerce Business Owner; responsible for branding, product development, customer communications, finance management, setting up E-Commerce stores, designing websites, email marketing, content writing for blogs, designing digital products, social media content creation and management.
Proficiencies:
Accounting + Finance: Quickbooks, YNAB
Communications: Loom, Slack, Zoom
CRM/Point of Sale: Blackbaud eTapestry, Honeybook, Salesforce, Square
Data Capture: Jotform, SurveyMonkey, Typeform
Design: Adobe Lightroom, Canva, Photoshop
Documents: Adobe, Pages
E-commerce: Amazon, Etsy, Shopify
Electronic Signatures: DocuSign
File Sharing: Dropbox, WeTransfer
Human Resources: Glassdoor, Indeed, ZipRecruiter
Marketing: Etsy Ads, Meta Advertising
Online Training: Podia
Podcast Production: Audacity
Project Management: Asana, Basecamp, Trello
Property Management: Airbnb, Hipcamp, VRBO
QR Codes: QR.io
Reviews: Judge.me
Scheduling: Calendly, Doodle
Social Media: Facebook, Hootsuite, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Planoly
Travel: Airbnb, Expedia, VRBO
Username + Password Protection: LastPass
Website: Shopify, WordPress,
When I was 10, I wanted to be: a Pediatrician AND Joey McIntyre’s girlfriend
Go-to take out spot: I rarely eat out anymore because I'm on a strict keto/low inflammatory diet. Thanks for the reminder of the super-delicious life I'm missing out on ;)
If I were to pick one show to re-watch 100 times it would be: Gilmore Girls (I was an OG superfan + actually owned the box set!) OR A Discovery of Witches
One meme that sums up my sense of humor:
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