Entry-Level Designer
Michelle Patino
8826 Stamps Road Downey, CA 90240
Phone:------------ Web: B------------/PatinoMichelle ? E-Mail: ------------
Objective
Entry-Level Designer looking to leverage clerical and customer service experience towards a creative role in an innovative company. Can accomplish the transition by utilizing graphic design knowledge and skills with recent professional clerical and customer service experience. Integrates empathy, versatility, and perspective on projects and tasks from start to finish to achieve the most effective solution possible. Believes empathy and industriousness are keys to creating the most effective concepts and technical work.
Experience
Duralee Fabrics LTD – Sales Assistant 08/2015 – 06/2017
• Successfully updates orders, reserves, and invoices per client’s request
• Resolves any order problems by reviewing order history/notes and notifies clients
and managers
• Successfully completes many fabric searches for clients resulting in purchases and
meeting monthly sales goals
• Completes sample requests; prepares shipment; notifies clients
• Maintains sample inventory in order for samples to be available for clients as often
as possible
• Exhibits high quality customer service
9 dot Education Services – Temporary Human Resources Assistant 04/2015 – 08/2015
• Maintained employee information. Ie. Entering/updating employment data and
status-change data
• Updated and created organized HR spreadsheets
• Provided secretarial support by entering, formatting, and printing data
• Exhibited high level of confidentiality
• Contributed organizational ideas to help the overall process of keeping track of
newly hired/re-hired employees
Party City - Front End Supervisor 10/2008 - 10/2013
• Register Dropbox key holder
• Managed returns, price changes, and discounts at the register
• Contributed to achieving the goals of the monthly donations of foundations by
asking customers while being cashier
• Created seasonal displays to advertise store products
• Merchandiser, cashier, exhibited great customer service
Education
California State University, Long Beach - Bachelor of the Arts: Design 08/2007–05/2014
• 2014 Disney Competition Participant
• Design, Art, Spanish, Italian courses
Skills
• Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign)
• AutoCad, 3DS Max, SketchUp
• Typography
• Drafting and Rendering
• Workshop Materials and Tools
• Microsoft Office, Prezi
• Great time management, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Volunteer
A Sense of Home 03/2019 ¬– Present
• Help organize and prepare the warehouse in various ways for Home Creations
For Goodness Cakes 03/2019 – Present
• Bake birthday cakes for foster children and at-risk youth
Michelle Patino
8826 Stamps Road Downey, CA 90240
Phone:------------ Web: B------------/PatinoMichelle ? E-Mail: ------------
Objective
Entry-Level Designer looking to leverage clerical and customer service experience towards a creative role in an innovative company. Can accomplish the transition by utilizing graphic design knowledge and skills with recent professional clerical and customer service experience. Integrates empathy, versatility, and perspective on projects and tasks from start to finish to achieve the most effective solution possible. Believes empathy and industriousness are keys to creating the most effective concepts and technical work.
Experience
Duralee Fabrics LTD – Sales Assistant 08/2015 – 06/2017
• Successfully updates orders, reserves, and invoices per client’s request
• Resolves any order problems by reviewing order history/notes and notifies clients
and managers
• Successfully completes many fabric searches for clients resulting in purchases and
meeting monthly sales goals
• Completes sample requests; prepares shipment; notifies clients
• Maintains sample inventory in order for samples to be available for clients as often
as possible
• Exhibits high quality customer service
9 dot Education Services – Temporary Human Resources Assistant 04/2015 – 08/2015
• Maintained employee information. Ie. Entering/updating employment data and
status-change data
• Updated and created organized HR spreadsheets
• Provided secretarial support by entering, formatting, and printing data
• Exhibited high level of confidentiality
• Contributed organizational ideas to help the overall process of keeping track of
newly hired/re-hired employees
Party City - Front End Supervisor 10/2008 - 10/2013
• Register Dropbox key holder
• Managed returns, price changes, and discounts at the register
• Contributed to achieving the goals of the monthly donations of foundations by
asking customers while being cashier
• Created seasonal displays to advertise store products
• Merchandiser, cashier, exhibited great customer service
Education
California State University, Long Beach - Bachelor of the Arts: Design 08/2007–05/2014
• 2014 Disney Competition Participant
• Design, Art, Spanish, Italian courses
Skills
• Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign)
• AutoCad, 3DS Max, SketchUp
• Typography
• Drafting and Rendering
• Workshop Materials and Tools
• Microsoft Office, Prezi
• Great time management, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Volunteer
A Sense of Home 03/2019 ¬– Present
• Help organize and prepare the warehouse in various ways for Home Creations
For Goodness Cakes 03/2019 – Present
• Bake birthday cakes for foster children and at-risk youth