Manager Assistant
Resume:
BRANDON GONZALES
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 505-***-**** ************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Highly proficient research librarian and information specialist; skillful at integrating and cataloging ephemera for archival and historical purposes. Extremely proficient writer and editor. Strong customer service skills and capabilities. Experienced Amateur Genealogist. Motivated and efficient telecommute worker with web content writing and transcription experience.
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree
With honors
(May 2013)
English - Liberal Arts
University of
New Mexico
CORE ATTRIBUTES
Library Research
Nuanced, Tight Writing
Avid Reader
Local Historian
Experienced Genealogist
Customer Service
Excellent Computer Skills
EXPERT SKILLS
PC: Software/Hardware
Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel
PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher)
ArcGIS Desktop
Express Scribe
Ancestry.com
Various Search Engines
Transcription Experience
Type 80 words/min
10-Key Proficient
SELF-EMPLOYED
Freelance Writer, Albuquerque, NM, July 2017-Present
Freelance white-label blog content writing for blogging platforms Verblio and Textbroker. I also do freelance genealogy, skip tracing, and historical property research in Albuquerque.
CRAWFORD MEDIA SERVICES
Metadata Editor, Albuquerque, NM, October 2016-June 2017
As an independent contractor for Metaforce by Crawford Media Services, I wrote metadata for Viacom’s MTV Vault Project.
Metaforce provided metadata for 444,210 points across 65,325 assets, allowing for search, discovery, and re-use of media.
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS
Sub Librarian, Albuquerque, NM, July 2014 – July 2016
Responsibilities: Providing oversight for holds and searches.
Genealogical research and land/house histories specific to Albuquerque.
Desk support, shelf reading and stack maintenance.
Research assistance for graduate students and other select clients.
Handling rare books and special collections, including documents of historic importance.
I was one of the lead project managers in Albuquerque Progress digitization project:
http://abqlibrary.org/abqprogress
ALAMOSA BOOKS
Manager, Albuquerque, NM, May 2013 – June 2014
Responsibilities: Managing a team of 3-5 booksellers and receivers and delegated tasks among them.
Reordering backstock and provided imput on some front-line ordering.
Assisting with promotion of book events and author signings.
ALAMOSA BOOKS
Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, September, 2012 – April 2013
Responsibilities: Shelving new stock, making sales displays, running the register.
Providing guidance on book selection to customers and also teachers ordering for the classroom.
BOUND TO BE READ BOOKSTORE
Assistant Manager, Albuquerque, NM, September, 2003 – July 2005
Responsibilities: Daily opening and closing of cash registers; coordinating and overseeing workflow between 6 booksellers; merchandising book displays.
Overseeing buy-backs and trades.
Assisting scheduling and conducting special events.
BOUND TO BE READ BOOKSTORE
Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001 – September, 2003
Responsibilities: managing cash register, organizing and shelving books, and assisting customers on locating and recommending books and other reading materials.
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