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Manager Quality Assurance

Location:
San Jose, CA, 95138
Posted:
September 20, 2010

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Resume:

Emily M. Lindsay

**** ******** *****

San Jose, CA 95138

Tel: 408-***-****

Email: abj6mt@r.postjobfree.com

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:

CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES (COCA) May 2008 & 2009

509 Commissioners Rd. W., Suite 202, London, Ontario, Canada;

519-***-****

Producer/Director/Editor

Contracted to produce the animation for the annual awards show

Acted as a liaison between the event organizer and the rest of the team

Responsible for reel review and hiring of a team of animators out of the

St. Clair College animation program

Responsible for working within short term deadlines

Developed concepts for each animation sequence with the event organizer and

then presented them to the team, as well as oversaw their work and made

corrections where necessary

Took on duty of editing animations with Adobe After Effects before final

submission

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

INTERNAL DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CAMPS June 2010-

Present

662 Escondido Rd., Stanford, California, U.S.A.

Academy Director/Director

Responsible for managing two designated sites offering several speciality

computer software courses with 30+ staff and an increased enrolment of 240

or more students

Acted as a spokesperson to the media and sponsors/potential sponsors,

relaying information about the camp

Dealt with all client service issues in a timely and professional manner

Created staff schedules, attended reconciliation meetings for meal cards

and room keys, and planned staff events (i.e. end of season dinner for 50+

staff, etc.)

Organized and budgeted weekend/group outings for the Academy

Responsible for periodic evaluations and reviews of staff and camp, as well

as leading multiple weekly meetings for staff

Strong recommendations and request received from upper management to apply

for a corporate full time position

**For other responsibilites, see the descriptors listed under the next

heading (Assistant Director for previous season)

INTERNAL DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CAMPS June-August of 2008,

2009 650 Mayfield Ave, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

Assistant Director (2009 & 2010) / Instructor (2008)

Responsible for co-managing a designated site offering several specialty

computer software courses with 30+ staff and an enrolment of 200 or more

students

Company cardholder for the season with a weekly budget to be adhered to, as

well as a company phone to handle parent complaints and concerns on a 24-

hour basis

Lead check in and check out of campers; including dealing with parents'

questions and concerns, as well as detailed medication check-ins (First Aid

and CPR Certified)

Responsible for weekly hardware checks and counts (quality assurance) to be

submitted to head office

Responsible for a week Friday Mailer that included all paperwork from

throughout the week (i.e. budgets and expenses, medicinal reports, changes

to camp fees and or records, check in and check out lists, incident

reports, etc.)

Responsible for multiple perimeter checks daily to ensure the safety of the

campers, as well as the computers and other material items inside.

Responsible for multiple perimeter checks daily to ensure the safety of the

campers, as well as the computers and other material items inside.

Acted as an overnight counsellor/director with the added responsibility of

overseeing and organizing evening activities and monitoring up to 70

overnight campers.

Strong recommendations received from management to return as a director for

future seasons

ANIMATION CLUB; ST. CLAIR COLLEGE May 1, 2007 to May 1, 2010

St. Clair College

2000 Talbot Rd. W., Windsor, Ontario, Canada; 519-***-****

President

Responsible for all fundraising efforts (i.e. planning, organizing,

booking, communications, press, etc.) for the year.

Responsible for holding monthly meetings with executive and members, and

following up with assigned duties to members.

In charge of budgets and expenses, including reports to the bank and

corporate affiliations.

Responsible for organizing the end of the year Graduate Screening;

including booking all venues and equipment, as well as paying all invoices

and completing expense reports in a timely manner.

Organized the annual group trip (anywhere from 16-32 attendees) to the

Ottawa International Animation Festival, including all bookings, budgets,

and collecting/documenting payments from attendees.

S.C.C. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL, INC. May 2008 to December

2009

St. Clair College

2000 Talbot Rd. W., Windsor, Ontario, Canada; 519-***-**** Ext. 4525

Director

Provide formal and informal leadership to encourage student participation

in all college events; setting an example at all times

Daily public promotion of events, campaigns, and other company-related

topics

Responsible for working within budgets and making decisions, as a board of

directors, as to where the money should be spent

Attendance of bi-weekly meetings as well as five office/service hours each

week including helping around the college to answer student questions, in

person or by phone, as well as attendance at venues to promote student life

and SRC related activities and events.

Participation in public awareness events (i.e. AIDS walk, Terry Fox Run,

"Get Out and Vote" awareness campaign).

ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE CANADA (EB GAMES) April 2005 to January 27, 2007

801 St. Clair St., Chatham, Ontario, Canada 519-***-****

Assistant Manager

Responsible for greeting customers, addressing questions, problems and

concerns.

Handling cash, credit card, gift card, and debit transactions including

organizing, preparing, and processing paperwork.

Specific tasks include cleaning and organizing the store, using creativity

to set up displays for promotional items and companies, fielding phone

calls for customer inquiries and complaints, inspecting merchandise, bank

deposits, opening and closing store.

Achieving goals for sales in different areas of the store, and frequently

listed in the top ten out of the entire district (from Windsor through to

London).

Shared responsibilities of conducting interviews and training new

employees, and also offered the position of health and safety inspector for

the store location; conducting research and knowledge of new product.

TRAINING & EDUCATION:

Tradigital Animation - ST. CLAIR COLLEGE, WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA (2006-

2010)

Graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Traditional as well as Computer

Animation; proficient with ToonBoom, Flash, Autodesk Maya, Adobe After

Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Encore and Adobe Premiere

Sociology/Criminology - UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR (2005)

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS:

Student Leadership Award; St. Clair College (2010)

For outstanding student leadership at St. Clair College (including Student

Council and Program President)

Millenium Scholarship (2008)

For maintaining a 3.0+GPA in addition to showing strong student leadership

in a post-secondary institution

Ontario Scholars Award (2005)

For maintaining a 4.0GPA throughout high school

REFERENCES:

1. Keri Callison, Regional Manager, iD Tech - 775-***-****

2. Ron Kilbride, Professor of Animation at St. Clair College - (519) 972-

2727 Ext. 4719

3. R.J. Beaumont, COCA Awards Show Organizer - 519-***-**** Ext. 17

4. Don France, General Manager, S.C.C. Student Representative Council Inc.

- 519-***-**** Ext. 4526

5. Kyle Stewart, Former Manager, EB Games - 519-***-****



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