Ben Steeves Email & Phone Number

Saint John

Saint John, New Brunswick

Creating product content for some of the largest retailers in the US and Canada needs to be matched with attention to detail, communication, problem solving and adaptability. As a team player my role in this endeavor encompassed all of these by delivering high quality images and / or product details for: - Victoria’s Secret (images) - Lululemon (product details) - The North Face (images) - Loblaws (product details) - Sears Canada / Sears Holdings (US) (images / product details) - Sobeys (product details) - Y-Lighting, Y-Living, Lumens (images / product details) - Bon-Ton (images)- Images - pattern applications / removals, color rendering, highlight / shadow restoration, background removals, cropping / renaming- Product Details - establishing consistent naming conventions, inserting product copy, attribution, product relations- Created several programs to improve efficiency, including: - Image renaming program - renaming images based on names in an Excel spreadsheet - Pace & accuracy program - track team member’s percentages and report them automatically using Excel and Email HTML reporting - Data cleansing programs - format information using large datasets

Saint John, New Brunswick

- Maintained existing timesheet / expense report software / databases for T4G’s internal network- Assisted in the development of the Ontario Power Authority website using ASP.NET

Saint John, New Brunswick

I rotated, inspected, stocked and faced produce to ensure quality food and appearance. Other aspects included unpacking shipment orders, cleaning the preparation area, product shrinkage and preparing samples.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Multitasking in the parcel pickup position was a key attribute to have in this fast paced environment. I engaged the customer in general conversation while carefully placing groceries into their car, as well as keeping carts and baskets stocked up at 2 entrances, ensuring bathrooms were clean, vacuuming entrance mats, shoveling snow from cart corrals / sidewalks and salting the walkways.

Saint John, New Brunswick

My starting position as cashier was a way to show my supervisors my strengths in customer interaction while performing my duties of handling money, writing rain checks, facing the front end drink cooler and bagging groceries ensuring food / non-food items were sorted in the proper way.

Saint John, New Brunswick

- Created an application to monitor error / warning data on Windows computers- Provided virtual and on-site technical support for clients throughout Saint John, Grand Bay and further areas

Quispamsis, New Brunswick

- Handling money- Making sandwiches- Occasional baking- Cleaning preparation areas

Quispamsis, New Brunswick

I was contracted out to DPL producing assembly line products including industrial Butt Set phones and ATM components. This involved:- Melting plastic phone cases to encompass screws- Installing belt clips, speakers and placing stickers- Heat shrinking electrical components- Soldering circuit boards- Using testing software

Computer Programming Technology, Programmer / Analyst (Co-Op)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Jazz and Concert Band