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San Francisco Bay Area

Art Framing & Finishing. Shipping & Installation. Fine Art & Collectibles Sales.

San Francisco Bay Area

Oakland, Ca

Oversee and maintain operations for a growing business in high-end concrete floor finishing company. On site meetings with clients and contractors to present evaluations and service options cost. High touch conversion of client visits into sales to maintain a full time schedule of work for the company. Contact all incoming leads and sales development outreach to the top designers, architects, and contractors in the bay areaManaging daily sales operations, discuss pricing, develop estimates, and bids on concrete flooring for high-end residential and commercial in cost from $5,000 to $200,000+.Conduct sales operations for new and existing accounts with full scale project management for high-end concrete finishing.Communicating with potential clients, I oversee and maintain the calendar and schedule for projects and develop their estimates. Sales development through multiple bid software’s and project listings, ConstructConnect, BuildingConnected. Procore, BidSmart, BidClerk. Organize and create files and images for web and marketing. Update and maintain BuilderTrend account management site. Administer schedule for projects and develop estimates. Project estimation and site visit for Public Works, Commercial and Residential projects.Discuss at least 5 new projects per day with incoming leads. Estimation of cost and margins on potential projects.Brought in $730,000 in revenue from new contracts in the past year. On site meetings with clients to present evaluations and service options cost. High touch conversion of client visits into sales to maintain a full time schedule of work for the company. Contact all incoming leads and sales development outreach to the top designers, architects, and contractors in the bay area.

Oakland, California

Consulting services for an exciting construction project; the development of a historic,100,000 sq. ft. cannery into commercial, industrial workspaces. I saw through the end of Phase 1, developing marketing materials, construction contracts, social media, property management, and art installations for the entire building.Contracted for the first phase completion of a creative, commercial workspace. Executed multiple contracts for construction and oversaw art installations and staging of décor through the entire facility.Executed leasing processes and marketing materials for web publishing, potential tenants, and businesses. Phase one projects were completed on time during contract.Contracted Project Manager for Riaz Capital in the first phase of development and build out for a creative office community. Managed building’s art décor installations and worked with owners art collection and purchasing of new art and for designing common areas and staged units. Conducted building tours and negotiated the first set of leases which lead to opening an office space for C*Rock Finishing, whom offered me a position.

San Francisco Bay Area

3 months into working for ModernLook, I was asked to do buying and sourcing for Motorstore (same ownership). Uploaded products and merchandise the site and update inventory. Negotiated wholesale, drop-shipping contracts with artists and vendors from all over the world. Launched over 600 new motorsport themed products on the site.

Recruited to work as a buyer and improve shipping operations for a new e-commerce site. Collaborated with the development team to rebuild the fulfillment dashboard and site functionality. Analyzed data from previous year and negotiated contracts for new shipping services to save over $20,000 in unnecessary charges. Reached annual sales goal of 10 closes per week sourcing Luxury and Tech products.

San Francisco Bay Area

Sourced new product, negotiated wholesale prices, and oversaw the process from production to site launch. Evaluated sales numbers and customer engagement data. Forecast upcoming trends and seasonality to make sure we offered desired product. Collaborated with multiple teams in production, merchandising, and marketing before and during sales events to maximize sales.

First hire to develop the shipping coordination team and make sure purchase orders are created and delivered on time. Worked directly under the CTO in the development of the fulfillment dashboard. Increased visibility and on-time shipping by testing if new developments were logically viable to avoid technical debt. Negotiated contracts with multiple domestic/international shipping providers to obtain better rates and improved customer experience.

Oversaw production facilities that included gallery exhibits, fine art printing, shipping, and installation for the art market. Established fulfillment operations for e-commerce clients, Artspace.com, 20x200.com, Ugallery.com, PaulMadonna.com. Developed art framing operations and options for Artspace.com. Managed packaging and shipping across multiple carriers of expensive fine art works to clients. Collaborated on limited editions and unique works with over 100 artists.

Preparation and coordination of prints and projects, digital and traditional Printing. Monoprinting Sessions with individual artists and workshops.Shipping and handeling. In 2007, Moved to new space in downtown San Francisco and changed the name to Electric Works.

Bachelor Of Arts, Graphic Arts, Printmaking And Painting

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