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Englewood, Colorado, United States

• Mentoring new hires to ensure they have all they need to feel safe and welcome
• Training team members on all primary shipping dept. tasks and processes
• Processing a variety of medical device shipments
• Researching and troubleshooting database information to ensure correct shipments and patient satisfaction
• Communicating w/ other departments and team members to ensure correctness and quality of outgoing devices and supplies

Illinois

• Creating and releasing unique audio recordings & accompanying artifacts, typically w/ handmade elements
• Curation, networking, web design, graphic design, packaging design, physical media production & assembly, copywriting, audio editing / recording / mixing / mastering, social media marketing, video production & other.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Managing Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for We Are Unstoppable podcast
• Post authoring and engagement
• Video editing and graphic design
• Increased followers by 200%

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Expanded and improved online presence across 9 social media accounts: 4 Facebook, 4 Instagram, + YouTube. This encompassed their organic biodiverse farm and their 4 local restaurants: Epiphany Farms Restaurant, Anju.
• Increased followers by more than 75%
• Conceived, captured, edited & published more than 150 videos and thousands of photographs for social media, publicity and internal use
• Consistently satisfied content demands for 5 restaurants, catering service, 7 event venues & 70-acre organic farm
• Initiated the company’s first consistent social media advertising schedule and SEO efforts
• Optimized web and ecommerce presence for SEO

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Captured, edited and published an hour-long keynote presentation made at Illinois State University, providing a substantial piece of high-quality "evergreen" brand storytelling for EFHG's YouTube channel
• Captured and shared hundreds of professional-quality photos and videos to EFHG's Google Business, social media accounts and other local outlets
• Revitalized branding and quadrupled output for the company's 9 social media channels and web presence
• Boosted sales through increased visibility of many specialty offerings from their 4 unique restaurants, special events business and regenerative farm

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

• Hired with intentions to move into video / marketing role
• Promoted quickly from daytime food prep team to evening service team Garde Manger station
• Maintained and operated Garde Manger station during high-intensity evening services
• Quickly acquired knowledge and understanding of culinary ingredients and preparation techniques throughout the kitchen

Illinois State University Center For The Visual Arts

• Helped numerous students overcome various strategic and technical problems with cameras, production, animation, audio / video editing, rendering and delivery of video projects
• Provided one-on-one guidance as needed during lab hours for students learning Avid, Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Audition
• Weekly maintenance of computers including dusting, drive status and permissions checks, troubleshooting and communicating with IT to resolve hardware and software issues
• Maintenance and organization of computer lab, studio, green screen, lighting, sound and camera equipment
• Periodic checkout of camera and audio gear to students

1 Hardiman Drive Bloomington, Illinois

• Operation of high-volume printing machines
• Following specific instructions for in-house material handling & processing of printed matter
• Hand assembly and preparation of corporate & other mass-mailing materials

Spring Valley, Illinois

• Unloading & processing inbound freight under tight deadlines
• Certified and thoroughly experienced with various power lifting equipment (Crown RC,Clamp,Slip,PR - all standing lifts) for moving pallets of freight out of trailers and around dock / warehouse
• Thorough knowledge of RDS receiving software, and how to properly identify and receive freight
• Extensive training and experience in safety practices for material handling / power equipment usage
• Certified T3 trainer, experienced in orienting new associates to the warehouse environment, job tasks and systems
• Engaged in task-oriented communication with numerous people on a daily basis

Spring Valley, Illinois

• Audio recording, performance, photography, video production, web design, writing & drawing
• Produced & released large quantities of my own recordings in physical & digital media formats
• Release of various audio artists' recordings in limited quantities, web display & publicity for local artists of unusual character & vision

Marseilles, Illinois, United States

• Periodically assisted with Friday organic vegetable CSA harvest and packout
• Vegetable identification, harvesting, cleaning, culling, and processing
• Packhouse preparation and cleanup
• Customer service and hospitality

Peru, IL

• Operation of collating machines for assembling wire-weld-coiled, plastic-strip-coiled, or extruded plastic nail sticks of various types for use in nail guns
• Responsible for prepping machines for use, loading production materials, packaging & palletizing finished nail products
• Hand-packing, weighing & sorting of specialized nail packages
• Familiarity with specific packaging procedures for order fulfillment & warehousing

La Salle, IL

• Founded & managed an all-ages music venue to provide a local platform for musicians & artists of all ages
• Networked & organized 30+ events featuring local & regional musicians & artists
• Provided many young people with their first performance opportunity & / or live music experience

La Salle, IL

• Aided in managing & maintaining Italian food / pizza restaurant
• Hosting / hospitality, serving, pizza making, bartending, housekeeping

Peru, Illinois

• Lead pizza maker & kitchen worker
• Prep of all food items included on the menu
• Dishes, sweeping, mopping, sanitation
• Customer service, answering phones, taking orders, delivery
• Delegating job duties & training new employees
• Money handling, payouts for delivery drivers, nightly security check & final door locking

Peru, Illinois

• Customer service throughout the store
• Responsible for training & delegation of duties to evening shift associates
• Early morning freight processing, back room stocking & organization
• Daily re-stocking & tidying of shoe department merchandise
• Weekly price changing & signage adjustments

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Video

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Fine/Studio Arts, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Arts Technology

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies

Activities and Societies: Created two live multi-camera concert DVDs for Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra as part of a year-long.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), General Studies

High School Diploma, General

Activities and Societies: Founding member, The Guild (extra-curricular art group), acted a small but notable part in fall play "Anything.