Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island announces addition of two new employees to expanding team
September 20, 2017
Kathy Garino and Phillip Kent have joined Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island (HHIMLS).
HHIMLS facilitates $3 billion in real estate transactions annually. It helps the home buying and selling process by keeping inventory, real-time statistics, and tracking trends. It also uses the most advanced platforms to make the process smooth and simple, no matter if a client is on the buying or selling side of a transaction. HHIMLS also conducts member recruiting, provides member training, and oversees a fully web-based core database, as well as a variety of other services agents need to be successful.
As the accounting manager, Garino is responsible for accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, state and vendor reporting, annual audits, inventory, and overall general bookkeeping.
Most recently employed as an office manager for a public attorney, Garino and her family moved to Hilton Head Island from the Atlanta area. They have three sons, the oldest in college.
Kent joined HHIMLS as a member services associate. He is responsible for providing support on all HHIMLS technology-based products, maintaining relationships with MLS members, assisting new members, maintaining the database, and providing technical assistance.
Kent has a keen understanding of internet technology. He previously worked as a business development company associate and before that, at a digital marketing firm. Kent moved to Hilton Head Island to work with HHIMLS. He has several certifications in Google Adwords and has completed numerous continuing education courses in online advertising, e-commerce, and marketing in the digital age.
“We’re privileged to be able to add such talented people to our team,” said Colette Stevenson, chief executive officer for HHIMLS. “The MLS Makes The Market Work and it’s necessary to have highly skilled people who can handle a variety of undertakings to support our agents in their transactions.”
About Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island
Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island (HHIMLS) is a premier multiple listing service in South Carolina, established in 1976. A proud member of the Council of Multiple Listing Services, it is the listing platform facilitating more than $3 billion in annual real estate transactions. Headquartered on Hilton Head Island, it serves all of South Carolina. HHIMLS is vital to real estate professionals’ and to consumers’ success by maintaining the most dependable and powerful data in the marketplace, updated in real time. More information about HHIMLS is available at hiltonheadmls.com and (843) 785-9696.
