BLAKE EDWIN VAN BUREN'S RESUME
**** ****** ***** ** **, Apt. E, Marietta, GA, 30067. Home: 678-***-****.
Mobile: 901-***-****
E-mail: abjew1@r.postjobfree.com website link:
www.wix.com/VBrender1/vbarcdesign
CAREER OBJECTIVE
A challenging career with a progressive organization that will utilize my
administrative and design capabilities to produce opportunities for growth,
creativity, advancement, and compensation commensurate with demonstrated
skill levels.
EDUCATION
University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Bachelors of Architecture May 2007
(professional 5 year degree)
WORK HISTORY
US Census Bureau, Atlanta, GA; April 2010- August 2010
Office Administration Clerk- Documented and processed payroll data for
employees, conducted phone interviews for hiring new employees, conducted
fingerprinting for new employee HR processing, provided administrative and
clerical support for department supervisors and managers, answered calls
concerning payroll, conducted census re-interviews to verify field data
reports. Software programs used: DAPPS and MARCS
McKesson/Adecco, Atlanta, GA: September 2009 -October 2010.
www.mckesson.com
Package Tracker/Customer Service Rep. - Documented the status of packages
outbound and inbound: Provided administrative and clerical support for
department managers and/ or staff. Provided information to callers, set up
and maintained files: provide employees with office supplies: prepare and
sort mail: Documented the reports of delivery issues, proofread, and
research and compile special reports. Software programs used: Sales Force
and Tyses
Old Navy - Atlanta, GA: July 2009 - September 2009. www.gapinc.com
Cashier & Service Clerk: Operated sales at cashier stations: Designed
layouts for various in-house store showroom displays Designed Posters using
Photoshop for Advertising Discounts at various clothing stations: Organized
storage room facilities: Created an Excel document for store inventory
Phillips Partnership, Atlanta, GA: March 2008 -November 2008.
www.phillipspart.com
Designer/Project Coordinator - Mixed Use Projects- Designed high rise
office and residential towers through free-hand sketches and/or computer
renderings for mixed use projects in Atlanta, GA; along with coordination
and consulting with developers. Developers selected my marketing design
schemes for mixed use projects of retail, hotels, and office towers
($500,000,000. Projects)
Preston Partnership, Atlanta, GA: June 2007- February 2008.
www.theprestonpartnership.com
Project Coordinator - High Rise & Mid Rise Departments- Designed elevations
of high rise office and residential towers through free-hand sketches
and/or computer renderings for a mixed use projects in Atlanta, GA; along
with coordination and consulting with developers. ($200,000,000. Projects)
Bounds & Gillespie Architects, Memphis, TN: May to August 2005, December
2005 to January 2006, May to August 2006, & December 2006 to January 2007.
www.bngarchitects.com
Summer Intern- Drafted construction documents, coordinated documents with
engineers, drafted bank package drawings for the Liberty Bowl Sports arena
renovation and various hotel projects: drafted free-hand and computer
renderings of several hotels, drafted free-hand renderings of the main
facade of a Marriott Courtyard in downtown Memphis, TN; and worked on
designing a decorative facade to a hotel parking garage in Marion, Indiana.
($20,000,000 to $50,000,000 projects)
Fed Ex Corporate Headquarters, Memphis, TN- May to August 2003.
www.fedex.com Summer Intern- Community Relations Department: consulted
with various donors for local charity events, formatted various Excel data
for local and national loan executives, composed spreadsheets, formatted
and analyzed updated lists of all United Way payroll deductions, deposits,
and locations across the United States, Designed brochures for advertising
FedEx for the Mid-South Air Show.
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COMPUTER SKILLS
General Computer skills - Microsoft Excel, Adobe Illustrator, In Design
CS, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Power Point
Architectural Computer skills - Auto Cad, Autodesk, Sketch-Up, Form Z,
Solid Works, Micro Station, 3d Studio Max, Maxwell, and Revit
AFFILIATIONS
A.I.A. member- Graduate and Associate membership - 2007 - Present, N.O.M.A
- Graduate and Associate membership - 2007- Present, U.T. Alumni
Association membership - 2007 - Present, A.I.A.S member- American Institute
of Architecture Students 2004 - 2007, President of NOMAS -Architecture
Student Organization 2005-2006 (UT Chapter)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Phillips Partnership Design Charet Competition - 1st place - merchandising
tower design for a
shopping mall in Izhevsk, Russia - 2008
Cambridge Who's Who Registry Among Executives and Professionals September
2008 - Present
Who's Who of American College Students 2002-2007
UT Knoxville School of Architecture, Jack Davis Scholarship 2002
Maggie McDowell Scholarship 2002
National ACTSO Gold Medal Award -Architecture Category 2000: Designed a
high-rise luxury hotel
ACTSO National Scholarship Award 2000LUNTEER
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS
Habitat for Humanity - wood frame work assembly and construction assistance-
January 2008, January 2009
Can-Struction - food donations through sculptural art projects made from
canned foods
(Preston Partnership) 2007 - (Phillips Partnership) 2008. - Honorable
Mention
Urban Revitalization Project - Sustainable Housing Design schemes with
Chattanooga High school Students- 2007
Mid South Air Show - Fed Ex World Headquarters Vendor and Program Assistant
- 2003
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