Resume — Gorsha Jolly

GORSHA (JACKSON) JOLLY
Musician • Farm/Ranch Hand • Audio Engineer
25yo | Gordonsville, TN | (615) 281-0512 | gorshaisjolly@gmail.com

RANCH & FARM EXPERIENCE

Seven Cedars Farm — Lebanon, TN
Full-Time Farm Hand | Month of Apr 2025; Returned to position Oct 2025 - current

- Built and maintained 4-board fences
- Constructed feedlot system: Hand and auger dig holes, set telephone posts in concrete, squared and leveled, tied on heavy-duty panels
- Hang, level, and maintain gates
- Conduct weekly herd and pasture fence inspections; round up, sort, and load a few steers per week for slaughter.
- Barn and general construction (exterior and interior finishing)
- Build temp and permanent 3-6 strand barbed wire fences, as well as repairing and maintaining them.
- Horse care: feeding, watering, picking hooves, lunging, and basic health care etc.
- Farm animal feeding and care (a few goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, etc)

Double Rafter Ranch — Lodge Grass, MT
Seasonal Ranch Hand/Wrangler Intern | May–Sep 2025

- Assisted with managing herd health: doctored a total of 400 mature livestock and 350 calves, assisted in multiple brandings, including chute branding bulls.
- Assist 6+ multi-day cattle drives in and around the Big Horn Mountains. Camping outdoors
- Built barbed-wire gates, set fire-proof H-braces with a two-man post pounder, then welded the joint on site deep in the mountains of WY
- Performed mechanical repairs, including the replacement of a manual Dodge 6.7 Cummins water pump.
- Assisted 20+ guests during the cattle drives season, ensuring safety and engagement.
- Stacked hay with a tractor.
- Shipped cow-calf pairs to the base of the Big Horn Mountains; unloaded and sorted with crew.
- Fabricated and welded internal shelving units for a supply trailer
- Hauled horses, trailers, and equipment through steep, technical mountain terrain in MT/WY.

88 Ranch — Thompson Station, TN
Part-Time Temp Ranch Hand | Oct–Nov 2024

- Mended 4-board pasture fences and checked electric fencing after storms.
- Participated in steer tipping and team roping practice.
- Provided horse care, including feeding, watering & washing.
- occasionally cleaned and organized tack room

1 Day Working Cow Clinic — R&M Stables, TN | 2024

Basic hands-on cattle handling from horseback

SKILLS

Ranch & Horsemanship: Catching, leading, tacking up, riding long hours, basic cattle sorting, roping (heading & light heeling), doctoring, tagging, loading/unloading livestock, picking hooves, lunging/warming up horses, feeding & watering.

Leather: Basic leather maintenance/conditioning/restoration.

Construction & Trades: Advanced woodworking and finishing, basic residential framing, basic electrical/plumbing, concrete work, basic welding (stick, MIG, flux-core); experienced and proficient with most all hand and power tools.

Experience sanding, priming, painting, staining, and finishing with brushes and sprayers

Machinery & Vehicles: Basic skid steer, scissor/boom lifts operation, can drive manual vehicles, and basic experience in hooking up and hauling trailers

Media & Production: Advanced studio and live audio engineering, production management, recording, editing, social media content planning and production, video editing, photography, and graphic design.