Success Stories: Employee Testimonials

Janice
Internal Director of Marketing, Corporate Division
July 1999 - Present

My success with Gemcraft Homes started with purchasing a home. I enjoyed the Builder so much I started working for them part time as a Sales Assistant at my community Tiffany Woods in Abingdon. Later I was promoted to a Community Sales Manager and thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people and selling them their dream homes. With the help of my earnings, I purchased my second Gemcraft Home in Bel Air. After that I was promoted to Director of Sales in Delaware and enjoyed leading my Sales Staff very much. But then there was an Company Job Opportunity at Corporate, for which I applied for, and was awarded the position. Now, I currently work as Internal Director of Marketing. I'm involved in the Community Grand Openings, training Community Sales Manager’s and Community Sales Associate’s and I also work in assisting Gemcraft’s Decorators and the Divisions with their Model Homes. My job is so diversified that I never have a boring day. I have learned so much and plan to continue to grow and learn. Gemcraft Homes has given me this opportunity.

Kim
Director of Advertising
March 2001 – Present

Highlights thus far:
It is definitely the people that I have had a chance to work with. I have learned so much about the home building industry from my peers. I have also had the opportunity to work with Gemcraft’s architects, advertising agency and subcontractors. Everyone has been very helpful every step of the way.

What I like best about Gemcraft:
It is definitely the desire the owner’s have to teach their employee’s as much as possible. From hands on field training to classroom training, Gemcraft takes the time to educate their employees. Recently I attended a two day sales and marketing seminar. I am very excited to apply the new techniques that I have learned to Gemcraft advertising!

Opportunities:
I have been very fortunate to be able to take advantage of several opportunities at Gemcraft. When I started in March of 2001, I did not know anything about the home building industry. I started in the Purchasing Dept as a Purchasing Coordinator. When Gemcraft started the Architectural Dept about a year later, I became the Architectural Manager. I worked closely with our architect’s to revise existing plans and to develop new product. In 2005 I moved back to the Purchasing Dept and became the Purchasing Manager. I worked with subcontractors on pricing issues and with our Estimating Dept on pricing for our product and options. Spring of 2006, I accepted a position in our Marketing Dept. Currently I work with our advertising agency on all of our advertising. There are a lot of opportunities at Gemcraft, and I thank everyone at Gemcraft for the opportunities that they have given me!