Kyah Richardson

Calm, compassionate, and adaptable animal-care professional with hands-on experience caring for and handling a diverse range of domestic and unconventional animals, including puppies, dogs, cats, mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, reptiles, and arachnids. Comfortable working with animals that may be frightened, aggressive, injured, neglected, misunderstood, or difficult to handle. Brings strong observation, patience, organization, public communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, with a genuine commitment to humane treatment, animal welfare, and safe handling.

Owner - Professional Mascot Fabrication Business

(2026-05)

• Manage day-to-day operations, scheduling, customer communication, production, and quality control.
• Coordinate multiple deadlines and competing priorities while maintaining consistent procedures and quality.
• Handle difficult customer situations professionally and solve problems quickly in deadline-driven environments.
• Perform hands-on work requiring patience, attention to detail, safe tool use, and consistency.

Teaching Assistant - Weilenmann School of Discovery - Park City, UT

(2025-08 - 2025-11)

• Supervised elementary students during recess and after-school care and accompanied middle-school students on frequent outdoor field trips.
• Assisted outdoor education lessons involving local wildlife and species found in streams and wooded areas.
• Helped students learn about species encountered around the school grounds, including mule deer, elk, moose, and aquatic/stream species.
• Maintained calm, attentive supervision and responded appropriately to unexpected situations.

Production Manager - Rocky Mountain Productions

(2024-01 - 2026-05)

• Led mascot production teams and coordinated projects from planning through completion.
• Trained and supported team members, delegated responsibilities, and addressed problems as they arose.
• Maintained organized production areas, materials, equipment, and workflows while working under tight deadlines.

Animal Caretaker - The Animal Park Marketplace - Bountiful, UT

(2022-06 - 2022-11)

• Provided hands-on care for puppies, mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
• Calculated inventory, stocked shelves, maintained organized areas, and provided customer service.
• Worked directly with animals while balancing animal-care responsibilities with retail operations.

Customer Service Associate - Kneaders

(2023-01 - 2023-12)

• Provided customer service in a high-volume environment requiring teamwork, accuracy, and composure under pressure.

Caricature Artist

(2022-01 - 2024-12)

• Worked directly with children, families, and the public in busy environments.
• Built rapport quickly and provided friendly, professional customer service.

High School Diploma - Woods Cross High School