SARAH R. NEILL
**** ********* ******, *******, ***** 77098 832-***-**** ad1x2w@r.postjobfree.com
EXPERIENCE
ELA 8 Teacher, YES Prep East End Secondary, September 2023 – Present
Planned and taught 90-minute English lessons for 80 students across three periods every day.
Met with parents and other 8th-grade teachers to strategize how to manage student behavior. STORE MANAGER, Chosen by Oak + Sparrow; Houston, Texas, March 2022 – September 2023
Managed the vintage boutique, Chosen, on a full-time basis until we lost the lease.
Managed Oak + Sparrow, the sustainable boutique, on a part-time basis. ART TEACHER, ArtReach; Richmond, Texas, June 2022 – May 2023
Planned, prepared, and executed, multimedia art lessons for a wide range of skills and ages across the greater Houston metropolitan area.
Used data and student feedback to adjust course goals SALES LEAD, Sur la Table; Houston, Texas, November 2021 – March 2023
As a key-holder, was responsible for counting the tills, preparing the deposit, writing nightly reports, managing associates, locking up the store, working with customers, processing and preparing online orders, and working the register.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, JMC Global; The Woodlands, Texas, November 2015 – August 2021
Created company’s brand, identity, website, and social media presence
Designed, wrote copy for presentations, proposals, brochures, booklets, conference material, business cards, promotional products, invitations, forms, etc.
Wrote and designed e-mail campaigns in direct collaboration with COO
Managed sales interface, trained salespeople in system
Managed email client database
PREPRESS TECHNICIAN, DiPuma Printing Company; Houston, Texas, February 2012 – May 2012 (part-time); February 2013 – June 2015 (full-time)
Coordinated with colleagues, customers, and vendors to design, prep, print, and deliver customized, high-quality products within tight deadlines
Scheduled and prioritized often overlapping tasks
Set type, matched type, matched existing designs, created new designs, discussed and revised designs with customer input
Operated Panther platesetter and two Konica-Minolta digital presses HEAD OF PRODUCTION, The Daily Cougar; Houston, Texas, May 2010 – September 2010
Trained new production and editorial staff
Coordinated with section editors to plan the layout of each edition
Built and used templates in Adobe InDesign to set articles within the format of the newspaper
Wrote headlines, worked with writers and editors to edit articles within the given amount of space
Prepped the finished files for print, sent to printer EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Supervision with a minor in Studio Arts University of Houston, Houston, Texas, December 2010