Vin Breaux Email & Phone Number

Colorado, United States

Texas, United States

• CO-OWNER
• Processed orders for home-based perfumery, soap, and jewelry business.
• Maintained inventory and wrote personal software in Python to track orders.
• Ensured prompt delivery of items globally.
• Handled Customer Issues with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• Involved in all aspects of operation including product and scent-design.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
• Co-Creator of the support team for start-up Involver. Responsible for designing processes and hiring a team that would be able to scale from single end-user clients up to enterprise-level companies.
• Assisted with the preparation of Involver for acquisition by Oracle.
• Performed root cause analysis and general troubleshooting of Involver's and Oracle's social platform, third-party APIs, and user scripts written in a variety of markup languages… Show more SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
• Performed root cause analysis and general troubleshooting of Involver's and Oracle's social platform, third-party APIs, and user scripts written in a variety of markup languages such as HTML, JavaScript, and custom.
• Closely collaborated with various sales, development, and IT teams to implement system-wide improvements and ensure smooth operation of the Support Teams information flow between client and all internal divisions.

Austin

• SENIOR TIER-3 SUPPORT AGENT
• Resolved conflicts and negotiated agreements between Apple and their clients to reach win-win solutions to disagreements and clarify misunderstandings.
• Maintained full Apple Certification while being able to understand and support every product Apple marketed including both hardware and software between 2000-2010.
• Included in the Support teams related to the launch of the iPod and iPhone and am familiar with dealing both with high-volume and new… Show more SENIOR TIER-3 SUPPORT AGENT
• Included in the Support teams related to the launch of the iPod and iPhone and am familiar with dealing both with high-volume and new products.
• Created visual marketing for all internal events both domestic and foreign support centers including posters, constructed physical 3D displays, websites, interactive video game kiosks, and full-scale organizational.

Austin, Texas Area

• DIGITAL MANAGER & LAB ASSOCIATE
• Extensive use of Photoshop, large-scale printers, and digital scanners to restore old and damaged photographs, portraits, and film negatives while also employing manual techniques as required.
• Worked and serviced industrial film-lab equipment including the handling, shipping, and disposal of hazardous materials.
• Maintained hands-on technical expertise in all sold consumer equipment to provide superior sales advice and service.
• Installed new… Show more DIGITAL MANAGER & LAB ASSOCIATE
• Installed new computer network updates and PCs that allowed the store to become integrated with the internet and begin to provide digital services where only analog services previously existed.

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area

• PHOTOGRAPHER & STUDIO MANAGER
• Shot photographs in both controlled studios and on-site locations.
• Inspected proofs to ensure quality of prints, adjusting, and retouching as necessary.
• Managed two studios in separate locations each with its own team.
• Primarily worked with children and families to craft portraits, year-round, and for all occasions, through every step from making the initial appointment, the photography session, and finally the sales and delivery of.
• Primarily worked with children and families to craft portraits, year-round, and for all occasions, through every step from making the initial appointment, the photography session, and finally the sales and delivery of.

Beaumont

• GRAPHIC ADVERTISING DESIGNER
• Used Photoshop and AdMaker to create dynamic, modern, and effective advertising marketing designs for daily print publication.
• Increased longevity of local accounts by providing individualized customer service and developing direct relationships with account holders.
• With a team managed advertising layout and design of daily newspaper The Beaumont Enterprise.
• Consistently ensured deadlines were met by leading projects that were always evolving… Show more GRAPHIC ADVERTISING DESIGNER
• Consistently ensured deadlines were met by leading projects that were always evolving with an efficient eye on time vs. workload. Show less

Beaumont, Texas, United States

• STORE MANAGER
• Managed a Radio Shack location in Beaumont, TX.
• Responsible for managing work-shifts for a team of 5 employees.
• Evaluate financial reports, and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.
• Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
• Organize and approve promotional campaigns.

Beaumont, Texas, United States

• DARKROOM MANAGER
• Managed the Photography lab and darkroom.
• Co-Worked with Printing Manager on collaborative client multimedia orders.
• Budgeted photo-lab and darkroom costs often 3 months in advance.
• Evaluated all photographic output for quality, retouching images, by hand, when needed.
• Worked with a wide range of cameras from simple Pentax analog cameras up to Hasselblad medium format cameras.

Beaumont, Texas, United States

• ADVERTISING DESIGNER / LAYOUT MANAGER
• The sole designer for all ads and layout of a weekly print newspaper.
• Occasionally managed and trained small teams during high-volume periods.
• Often worked 23-hour shifts on days before deadlines to assure these deadlines were met.
• Maintained hardware including a Mac IIe as well as typical newspaper layout equipment.
• Responsible for client records, invoice tracking, and collections.

Associate, Graphic Design, 3.4

Activities and Societies: Comic Writers & Illustrators Club Focused studies on advertising design for visual media with an emphasis on.

Continuing Education, Studied 3D Animation, Fine Art, Photography, Copy Writing And English

Activities and Societies: Creative Writers Club Studied 3D animation, Fine Art, Photography, Copy Writing and English