Responsibilities include:- Providing a seamless luxury experience for the clientele, guiding the bride and her family in choosing the couture bridal gown that is perfect for her. Exercising discretion with my clients to foster an environment of trust and a standard of doing business. Scheduling appointments and maintaining calendar.- Building a relationship with a client over the course of the creation of their gown and their alterations appointments, typically a year long process. Offering assistance in dressing the brides, fielding questions and concerns and communicating these with the manager.- Communicating directly with designers, both international and domestic, and advocating for clients.- Couture evening gown sales for black tie events, mother of the bride/groom, wedding guests.- Upkeep of shop, organization and optimization.

Able to work in a variety of mediums to meet the client's artistic needs.

Sales Associate responsibilities include:- Providing guests with a welcoming environment and offering product and brand guidance. - Utilizing guest interaction to build a personalized shopping experience, creating a guest book and communicating electronically to foster a continued relationship with the guest. - Consistently meeting personal sales goals, working with team to meet store goals and contributing to a supportive work environment.

Framer, experienced in: - Assembling frames, fitting artwork and memorabilia for display; attaching wire hardware and building shadowboxes.- Cutting forms and stretching autographed sports jerseys and other clothing articles.- Photographing merchandise for online sales.- Managing the company eBay account.

Instructed K-12 and adult students in painting and sketching at a privately run art school, managed the school and acted as liaison to the director. - The business stabilized and saw positive growth during my time there, with plans underway to open a second location.- I contributed to its success through persistently anticipating company needs, and communicating regularly with students, parents, and staff. - Through my work I had the opportunity to interact with people on an individual level and in a group setting. My ability to build trust with our clients was essential to the company's continued growth.- Authored a series of curriculum books specific to the school to aid in training future teachers.

Ensured the smooth operation of the office and by extension the company, a small parts distributor.- Shipped orders and processed labels via government interfaces, at times assisting in packaging.- Filed orders and schematics correctly and efficiently.- Secured future orders through writing and faxing requests for quotes.- Routed calls and arranged for delivery pickup

- Guided customers seeking perennials, trees, shrubs and garden advice in person and on the phone. - Coordinated with my team supervisor and colleagues daily in regards to plant maintenance and sales goals. Regularly noted inventory, kept stock tidy.

Worked on a series of eBooks designed to help children on the autism spectrum learn music:- Coordinated closely with the editor to deliver illustrations and formatting that suited her vision and the project's aims.- Involved in most stages of the books up to publication (illustration, documentation, computer editing).

Functioned as the public face of the gallery.- Provided assistance and communicated with patrons daily (in person and via phone). - Kept the exhibition space clean, the artwork safe, and the gallery locked and alarmed after hours.