Seth Cox Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

San Marcos, Texas, United States

Printing everything from 6” stickers to 8’ tall banners and excellent photo prints. I am loving being back in the print industry.• Quickly acclimated to shop environment and equipment and procedure.• Utilize FlexiSign 21 with CorelDraw to scale pdf to size and create print files.• Prepress including addition of bleeds, cut/fold marks, tiling, spot color replacements, photo replacement minor color adjustments and clean-up.• Maintain and operate Color Painter H3-104s and M-64s.• Utilize Summa S-class and Graphtec cutter for contour cuts and vinyl.• Run Onyx Thrive RIP and cut server.• Consistent job reporting through Cyrious software.• Assisting in other areas of the shop during slower times. Learning about laminators, laser cutters, flat bed printers and more.

Austin, Texas

I have held many positions over my 17 years with Half Price Books with the majority of it was spent as an Assistant Manager or the Store Inventory Merchandiser for the second largest Half Price Books in the country. As ASM I learned all I could in the areas of personnel management, retail sales strategies, problem solving, and myriad administrative duties. At various times I can be found overseeing store operations, creating schedules, performing employee reviews, daily accounting, payroll or any of the various sales floor positions. As the SIM I excelled at creating effective product displays with often unknown quantities and type of product. During six years of ordering and receiving product, I kept organized paperwork, made expedient exception / damage reporting and was often first to notice product issues in the district. I enjoy digging into sales reports and experimenting with new product to keep things fresh and maximize ROI.• Oversee up to 20 employees with daily and weekly schedule creation for up to 60.• Train and oversee employee’s compliance with district and corporate guidelines and policy and ethics.• Open and closing duties with bookkeeping, accounting and money handling oversight.• Maintain a positive work environment participating in teamwork to accomplish daily tasks.• Handle customer and employee questions and concerns in professional, positive manner.• Responsible for store aesthetics, displays and seasonal décor.• Weekly inventory receiving, distribution to departments, and display of merchandise.• Weekly sales report analysis and order placement with multiple vendors.• Regularly lead teams in special projects, group trainings and business related education.

5555 N. Lamar Blvd • Austin, Texas

Store Inventory Merchandiser for the second largest Half Price Books store in the country.A fun job with daily challenges and problem solving puzzles. With a lack of direct Plan O Grams for most merchandise, it was my responsibility to take the product received each week and look for patterns to create unique eye-catching and safe displays. I trained employees, planed displays for subordinates to execute and oversaw the aesthetics of the store as a whole. Becoming intimately familiar with the space available, display tools and techniques I created engaging displays that consistently sold product. Awareness of "sweet spots", stock/display rotation, strike zones, section appeal and current and future sales trends were key to my success.• Weekly receiving, sorting, distribution and display of all new merchandise sent to the store.• Engage cliental with excellent customer service, even in the middle of display resets.• Train new and existing employees in merchandising and display techniques and standards.• Weekly review of sales statistics, replenishment orders and new goods analysis.• Keen awareness of inventory with an eye toward profit and minimal back stock.• Responsible for promotional and seasonal resets within company guidelines. • Consistently one of the top performing stores in the country.• Excellent multi-tasking and planning skills.• Consistant excellence in employee performance reviews.• Willing assistance with other in-store duties in all departments and management team.

5555 N. Lamar. Blvd • Austin, Texas

Assistant Manager for the second largest Half Price Books store in the country.Every Day is different at Half Price Books. Through a positive attitude, a keen awareness of company philosophy and policies and excellent customer service I helped keep our store a preferred destination for our customers.• Oversaw up to 20 employees with daily and weekly schedule creation for up to 60.• Open and closing duties with bookkeeping, accounting and money handling oversight.• Maintain a positive work environment utilizing teamwork to accomplish daily tasks and goals.• Handle customer and employee concerns and criticisms in professional, positive manner.• Participation in employee review process, discipline and promotion.• Extensive training experience in all aspects of the retail environment.

Dallas And Austin Texas

Bookseller and then Shift Leader at the largest and second largest Half Price Books stores in the country.

Austin, Texas

This position was an exciting opportunity to design a special effects system to help train first responders in swift-water and dive rescue techniques. The system was designed to provide effects such as radio, siren and crowd sounds, lightning, thunder and helicopter effects including spotlights. The system was completed well under expected budget and simplified to be run from an I Pad. My wide- ranging experience, ability to think on my feet and problem-solving skills served the team well.• Researched, designed and oversaw the instillation of special effects system for a first of its kind swift- water rescue / dive training facility.• Programmed intelligent lighting system and sound effects for client requested scenarios.• Utilizing Qlab, programed desktop and remote control for special effects system.• Troubleshoot and fine tune eight pump Overflow array.• Authored Operations Manual for Special Effects / Mission Control Position.• Trained personnel in the operation of water pumps and special effects equipment.• Maintained all relevant paperwork on creation, layout and operation of system.

Dallas, Texas

My journey in the arts began in high school where I learned to do paste-up, shoot negatives, make plates and run an AB Dick 360 offset press. I feel fortunate to have had the chance to learn the "classic" skills before being introduced to computer aided typesetting and layout. Starting with Photoshop 4 I cut my chops at small print shops. Enjoying the act of creation and visual communication, I read any book I could find and researched tutorials for the many typesetting and print applications. To this day I still stay on top of design trends and occasionally produce print materials for fun and profit.• Nearly 20 years of experience with the Adobe suite and related programs.• Keen sense of space, balance, presentation and color in printed materials.• Experience with offset, digital and large format printing techniques and materials.• Study of design and printing from ancient motifs to ultra-modern minimalism.• Maintained cliental with excellent consultation, accurate billing, invoicing, bidding and taxes. • Established solid relationships with vendors and shops of the highest quality.

Dallas, Texas

Contract job working on the KB Homes website.• Create digital assets to client specifications utilizing Adobe suite.• Scan, clean, size and color correct photographs and floorpans.• Manage and file assets to company standards.• Publish assets to website utilizing Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and in-house software.• Verify proper upload and appearance on the company's website

Denton, Texas

Jack of all trades in a small all-in-one print shop in Denton, Texas. My main job was as a graphic designer and prepress technician, but I helped out in many areas of the shop.• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, PageMaker and Quark Express.• Converting client files created in standard business programs to files that would reproduce true to the clients original intent. Supply clients with print proofs when necessary.• Operated large format printer/cutter, digital plate setter, laminator, digital and offset presses and bindery machines.• Pick/weed vinyl, tape and apply to make signs on a variety of materials. Assist in installation onsite and vehicles.

Duncanville Texas

Worked in the district print shop over the summer on recommendation of my printing trades teacher.• Operated AB-Dick 360 offset press with T-Head.• Paste-up, Rubylith separations and type setting.• Shot and developed negatives with large format camera.• Developed and washed clean plates for press use.• Operated large format cutter, saddle stapler, comb binder and gluing press.• Mixed inks to specifications.• Efficient time management and excellent quality control.

Continuing

Though not formally college educated, I do believe that one should never stop learning. I am an avid reader and enjoy sci-fi, sociology.

Continuing Education, Graphic Design And Small Business