Freelance Book Illustrators : Austin, Texas

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Samantha Mason Samantha_Hanna@msn.com (434) 851-5664 Accomplishments Directed and coordinated the Marketing and Advertising in the Real Estate field where sales, design and great client service is the key to success. Worked and succeeded in providing excellent customer service in many different areas and with a wide range of different clientele and customer base. Managed 10 employees in retail sales where sales goals and quotas were maintained and employees were producing and profitable. Employment Jos. T. Samuels INC Coordinated sales efforts as well as maintained website and all listed properties. Designed and produced all advertisements and all publications using both PC and MAC hardware. Proficient in In design, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office based software. Maintained client database, company taxes and worked directly with clientele. Assistant/ Graphic Designer to Real Estate Broker, 2006 - 2009 Charlottesville, VA B.Moss Clothing Company Directed sales and day-to-day operations within the retail field. Responsible for conducting interviews, hiring, scheduling, and daily sales functions and customer satisfaction. Sales Manager, 2005 - 2006 Charlottesville, VA US Cellular Independent Contractor, inside and outside sales, and managed customer accounts Charlottesville, VA 2004-2005 US Airways Responsible for maintaining safe air travel as well as providing excellent customer service to many different types of clientele Flight Attendant 2001-2003 One Tree Hill Television Background actor season 9 Wilmington, NC 2011 Eastbound and Down Television Season 3 stand in, and background actor Wilmington, NC 2011 Gracie’s Friends Television Production Assistant Season 1 Wilmington, NC 2011 ??? EDUCATION Liberty University 1995-2000, Elementary Education/Psychology Piedmont Virginia Community College 2007-2008, Psychology Art Institute Of Pittsburgh 2006-2007, Graphic Design

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4.0 2 Skills

$35 Rate/Hr

Highly professional, multi language translator/interpreter with diverse cultural background Efficient in written translations, I have twenty years experience. Have traveled to different countries as part of my work. Seeking for a job to use all mm skills and experience as a linguist. I have a Bachelors degree in Languages and a masters degree in psychology.

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BJORN RPJ BLANKERT Roemerstraat 5 3861JX Nijkerk, The Netherlands +31 0 6 57338781 bjorn31b@yahoo.com http://nulnul31.nl/ VISUAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER | DIRECTOR BRAND CREATIVE MANAGER | DIRECTOR Innovative, intuitive, and detail-oriented senior visual merchandising and brand presentation leader with over 15 years of extensive global experience utilizing an impressive industry background and a recognized talent for creative problem-solving to continually push the visual merchandising envelope. Demonstrated ability to rapidly assimilate project briefs, identify key drivers, and deliver unique solutions that support and amplify the brand message. Adept at turning everyday requirements into dynamic experiences that perfectly merge concept design and product presentation. Track record leading teams to outperform corporate objectives. Core Competencies: Global Concepts • Visual Merchandising • Interior Design • Brand Development & Presentation Retail/Wholesale Marketing • New Business Acquisition • Team Leadership & Training Project Management • Vendor Negotiations • Client Relationships • Budget, Logistics & Planning Björn represent a rare combination of characteristics which have a proven facility to create value for brands and teams-within-brands. Quick Cognition (it doesn't take him long to "get" the vibe of a brand) Expedience (he is a master of determining the "shortest distance between two points", making him exceptionally productive) Fun (it's a stupid word, but it ensures that his own attitude stays incredibly positive to the point where it actually "positivizes" the attitudes of others involved in his projects and makes him a great networker, negotiator and agreement-builder) Off-Center (he has an unique personality and this can be felt in his projects which also have an invaluable element of "uniqueness" in them, while always also fully supporting/projecting the brand message required) Broad-Strokes (it's related to "Expedience" above, but he works in broad strokes and help brands make a big impression in a small amount of time. Lot's of bang-for-the-buck.) All of the above combine to frame his work as something more dramatic/theatrical than "Architecture", larger and more environmental than just "Visual Merchandising"... More like when ENVIRONMENTS have the life, personality and dynamism of EVENTS. Call it "ENVIO-VENTS" or "EXHIBITIONISM" And it is the combination of who he is as a person PLUS his unique (wide and deep) experience with expressive and respected global brands that have provided the platform for all of the above. Liam Maher (September-2009) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE nulnul31, Nijkerk, The Netherlands • 2009-Present Focused on creating product presentations and visual merchandising. Visual Merchandise Producer / Visual Exhibitionist Drive all aspects of innovative and leading edge product presentations for various clients. Leverage creative flair to ensure optimum outcomes in the areas of store analysis, store interior design, project management, acquisitions, visual merchandising plans, product photography, and creative consulting for market-related projects. Build and maintain strong relationships with diverse clients including Juffrouw Jansen, YouAreHere, CafeNoir, Republic of Frends, and Gembird. Additional tasks focus on development of web-sites, collateral, brand image and instore presence. Attend seminars, creative events and store projects to generate new clients. Design and execute trade show displays. Prepare and administer budgets. Designed entire store for Juffrouw Jansen and conducted favorable vendor negotiations resulting in a 30% boost in store traffic, increased sales of 20%, and increased store capacity of 15%. Presently developing design for a second store. Boosted sales 10% for YouAreHere and delivered a 10% increase in capacity. Won Design Detail Award 2011 with YouAreHere team. Developed effective visual presentations for CafeNoir leading to a significant increase in store employee knowledge. SCOTCH&SODA BV, Hoofdorp • 2010-2011 Focused on sale and distribution of men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel with 2010 revenue of €123M and 250 employees. Visual Merchandise Manager / Retail Franchise Assumed newly created position, supervised a window designer and a hardware manager, and oversaw management, planning and coordination of visual merchandise. Interfaced closely with the merchandise manager to develop buy-in budgets and plans related to store interiors and capacity. Spearheaded creative design and implementation of new preliminary floor plans and window packages for franchise stores and company owned outlets. Develop and author visual merchandise directives and devise and implement a visual merchandise training program for the company’s academy. Work closely with retail and marketing management on development of vision and direction for both retail and the brand. Co-designed floor plans with external architects. Co-designed new store fixtures and oversaw prototyping and testing. Increased operational efficiency through development and implementation of effective departmental working processes. Partnered with external sales trainer to elevate operational performance through implementation of a comprehensive training program. DESIGNING HAAKER, Badhoevendorp • 2010 Provides national window dressing, visual merchandising and creative services and promotes sales of ABC and IBW mannequins. Creative Manager Directed daily client-related activities of 22 window dressers and a desktop publisher ensuring optimum levels of visual merchandise creativity and quality. Developed visual merchandise guidelines and devised and conducted high level training programs. Performed store analysis and provided creative concept designs for clients including visual marketing, store design, and trade show booth design. Created store capacity plans for several clients across diverse retail environments. Streamlined company communications with a focus on optimizing corporate identity, advertising, web-site, presentations, and collateral. Infused attractive personality into mannequin showrooms. Developed and managed budgets. Influenced management to significantly increase investment in staff. Energized unexciting presentation methods and introduced customized approaches tailored to individual clients. Increased staff visual merchandising know-how by conducting comprehensive training programs and workshops. Achieved first place in Beekwilder store window contest. OILILY, Amsterdam • 2006-2009 A fashion company concentrated on women’s and girls apparel with 120 employees. Company went bankrupt in 2009. Visual Merchandise Manager / Concept Designer Supervised 2 visual merchandise coordinators and indirectly oversaw VM managers in the US and Japan. Interfaced closely with both the marketing and the sales directors on related initiatives. Held oversight for strategy and planning of the VM function within the global retail, global marketing and global wholesale departments. Designed new global store interior, HQ interior, and showroom interiors for several agents. Developed brief and oversaw coordination of corporate campaign photography. Created store window displays and point-of-sale collateral. Orchestrated all aspects of the design and implementation of a new retail store concept in 22 stores worldwide over 12 months. Led design and drawing of all 55 retail store floor and routing plans worldwide. Spearheaded creation and implementation of numerous initiatives including a new office in Kraanspoor Amsterdam, the company’s trade show presentation, several showrooms, and critical seasonal collection presentations to agents and distributors. G-STAR, Amsterdam • 2005-2006 A denim brand based in the Netherlands with revenue of €35M and 350 employees world-wide. Visual Merchandise Manager | Retail Oversaw development of all VM materials for the brand and directed a team of 3 comprising a visual merchandise coordinator, a visual merchandiser, and a window designer. Played key role on retail management team in area of strategy development. Coordinated VM logistics and ensured strict budget management. Designed displays, POS materials, and collateral. Supervised development and launch of 25 new stores, created over 70 global window packages, authored 75-page VM manual, and created innovative guerrilla campaign to communicate store openings. OILILY, Alkmaar • 2003-2005 Visual Merchandise | Marketing Coordinator Generated creative VM solutions for Europe, the US, and Japan, including window design, POS and trade show materials, and collection presentations for retail, agents, and distributors. Coordinated campaign photo-shoot. PR events, and training of agents in Visual Merchandise skills. Influenced striking collaborations with famous artists in the design industry including Jurgen Bey & Rianne Mankink, Sloom Design, Frans Piek, and Remco van de Craats. Pioneered concept that generated enormous publicity and international media coverage featuring a ‘museum’ of artwork sent in by kids and prospective employees. BURTON SNOWBOARDS EUROPE, Innsbruck, Austria • 2000-2003 World market leader in the snowboard industry in both hard and soft goods with 350 employees. Marketing Coordinator - In-Store and On-Snow Programs Marketing Manager - Anon Optics and Red Protection Managed European demo team of 3 personnel and led design of all aspects of demo materials for testing by stores and consumers. Oversaw creative design of demo houses in 9 locations throughout Europe including Burton test area, banners, chill areas, seats, couches, bars, and game-units. Developed new product training kits for representatives. Led marketing initiatives for Anon and Red sponsorship and advertising deals, media buying, editorials, and negotiations with mountain organizations. Designed, developed, and project managed logistics and build-up/take down of the European Sport trade shows including ISPO. Co-designed marketing plan and visual presentation for Burton European Open and Burton Video Tour featuring Burton global team video parts, shown in cinemas throughout Europe. LEVI STRAUSS & CO, BENELUX & GERMANY, Amsterdam/Heussenstamn • 1999-2000 Retail Coordinator Levi's & Dockers Reported to the visual merchandise manager and managed team with oversight for brand presentations to the retail trade. Enhanced presentation effectiveness at store level and promoted new fits. Provided VM related education to store staff and implemented POS materials. Previous career experience includes Store Manager at Fooks & Canadian Stocks, Decorator at Julien Marnier and Ski/Snowboard instructor in Serfaus in Austria. EDUCATION MBO Degree in Fashion Presentation Alphen A/D Rijn, The Netherlands LANGUAGES Fluent in Dutch, English and German COMPUTER SKILLS MS Office / Adobe CS5 creative suit / Google Sketch-up / Prezi REST OF MY TIME Family bizz, Surf, CafeRacer, DJ'ing, Art/Design and Snow

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5.0 2 Skills

$40 Rate/Hr

• Organizations. Extensive experience analyzing markets and managing projects in emerging markets with focus on Latin American Countries. Concentration on Operations, Finance, Treasury, Planning & Analysis & Risk Groups. Product Knowledge: Core Cash, Liquidity, Escrow, & Trade. Experience in Financial Institutions, Telecommunication and Consumer Products Companies. • Functional Responsibilities. Monthly Close, Planning, Forecasting, and Budget Coordination, Financial Modeling, System Implementation, Process Improvement and M&A. • Special Analysis. Market, Credit, Operational, and Cross Border country risks, US GAAP P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and SWOT analysis. • Languages. English, Spanish, and Portuguese; legally able to work in the US, Mexico, & Brazil • Management. Directly supervised of up to 12 Financial Employees. • IT. Hyperion, Essbase, PeopleSoft, SAP, Bloomberg, VAR, Minitab Statistical Software, MSO

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5.0 2 Skills

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I have been in the photography industry for 20+ years. Specializing in post-production automotive advertising for the last 12, but have also worked on a vast variety of projects ranging from fashion to food photography.