Thomas Awesome Email & Phone Number

Burbank, California, United States

Graphic designer within Creative Services for Warner Bros. Television Group

Burbank, California, United States

For 10 years I built my art career under the name Tom Cruz Art focusing on acrylic painting. In 2018 I legally changed my last name to Awesome. Since then I have been creating The Art of Awesome with a more established emphasis on graphic design.

Sylmar, Ca

10+ years as a UPS Supervisor has provided a wealth of experience and opportunity. I have continued to excel in fast-paced, safety minded operations which require critical thinking, attention to detail and effective communication skills. My experience supervising a team of union labor employees at 2:00 am trained me in interpersonal communications, accountability, integrity and leadership skills. Also, coffee. My ability to problem solve, project manage and adapt to new technologies have advanced me into a specialist position in charge of fraud claims, payroll, call center operations, customer relations and operations management.

6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90038

I had the privilege of being Curator for a rotating gallery of art at Lounge Theatre. I started working with the amazing ladies of, Theater Planners, at the gallery after my involvement with an art NPO. During my time here I was fortunate to produce In July 2016 I produced my benefit art show, "15 Foxes" to support the animals of Wildlife Learning Center. The show consisted of a series of my paintings of 15 foxes and had 3 live foxes in attendance provided by the center at the opening reception. Through a crowd-funded marketing effort and sales of art I was able and proud to donate substantial profits from the show to Wildlife Learning Center. I was responsible for the rotation of artwork, reception planning, social media and art gallery management of the theater. Unfortunately, this position ended due to COVID but I had the privilege of working with many talented artists, musicians and start ups.

Southern California

I am an artist, curator and graphic designer with an emphasis in color theory. I LOVE bright, bold and contrasting colors. I started drawing as a kid whenever I got myself in trouble (which was often, I got A LOT of drawing done) and developed a great love for art. I am self-taught and have been painting professionally since my first solo art show in 2007. Recently I have created a series of "​#TinyPaintings"​, mostly 3x3-inch portraits of people's dogs. My artwork has been on display in bars, restaurants, coffee houses, galleries, and universities across the nation and is owned by many collectors such as Christopher Moore, New York Times Best Selling Author.

Santa Monica

I started at this Ad Agency as an intern because I had no knowledge of social media and wanted to learn the industry for my own personal art career. I learned quickly and after 6 weeks I had already landed a part time position as a social media manager. I was responsible for being a research assistant as well as managing my first social media accounts. My creativity, sense of humor and extensive research allowed me to become very successful, managing challenging accounts such as dry cleaners and flooring businesses. There, I learned: Facebook Business and Banner Ad managementTwitter Management and AnalyticsWordpressInstagramSocial Media Dashboard Managementbasic HTML codingSEO Graphic Design

Orange County, California Area

In 2009 I began using my love for Halloween as a business tool. I started as an Assistant Store Manager with Spirit Halloween, one of the Nation's largest seasonal Halloween costume, prop and decoration stores owned by Spencer Gifts. I was responsible for the construction and floor planning of the store, merchandise mapping and layout, interviewing applicants, register training and operations, store cleaning and upkeep, sales, loss prevention and customer service. Most of all, I ensured that the store provided a fun environment for both the employees and customers looking to make their own Halloween experience as memorable as possible.I had such a great and successful experience myself that the following year I took on running my own store as the General Manager. In addition to all of the previous year's duties, I was responsible for hiring and scheduling employees, generating payroll, tracking and receiving shipments, money management and banking, the eventual packing up and return shipping of merchandise, final take down of the store, and running end of the season reports.

Fullerton, Ca

In my ongoing efforts to be involved in as many new and unusual adventures, I took part in the 2010 census bureau. My responsibilities included visiting soup kitchens and homeless shelters, walking city streets and even train tracks in the middle of the night to document and account for the homeless population of Fullerton as part of the 2010 census bureau.

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