Customer Service High School

Erin McClanahan

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Canton GA, *0114

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Objective: To obtain a photography position in an organization that will utilize current and proven abilities, talents, and techniques, and will further challenge and broaden acquired skill sets.

Work Experience:

07/2012-08/2012 Studio 7 Photography

Photo Retoucher/ Photographer’s Assistant

• Photo restorations, editing, and retouching

• Design magazine covers, flyers, photo books, and ad layouts

• Help assist photographer in any way necessary

• Schedule appointments and take payments

• Conduct consultations with clients

• Order pictures for clients

• Help pose, build scrims, process paperwork, and take photographs at photo shoots.

07/2011-07/2012 Ritz Camera and Image: Roswell, Ga

Sales Associate/ Lab Tech

• Maintain photo machines/lab maintenance

• Deliver courteous and helpful customer service through my acquired and applied knowledge of photography, cameras, and photo production and repair

• Photo restorations, editing, and retouching

• Order needed supplies for photo lab

• Maintain organized and balanced cash drawers

10/2010-02/2011 Rite Aid Pharmacy: Kennesaw, Ga

Photo Lab Technician/ Cashier

07/2009- 12/2011 California Dreaming Restaurant: Kennesaw, Ga

Hostess

• Write floor charts daily.

• Work well under high-stress situations.

• Build customer relations with regular guests.

• Great team- working skills.

03/2006-07/2009 Rite Aid Pharmacy: Kennesaw, Ga

Lead Photo Lab Technician/ Cashier

• Maintain all photo lab equipment by preparing for and Weekly and monthly maintenance in photo lab

• Order needed supplies for photo lab

• Maintain organized and balanced cash drawers

• Apply customer service that meets and exceeds customer needs

• Stock and reset shelves

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2012 2012 Photographer, Team pictures for Upward Basketball

Elizabeth Baptist Church, Kennesaw Ga

2011 Photographer, Pictures for company’s website

Greenfield Academy, Hiram, Ga

2010 Photographer, ‘Santa Night’ at California Dreaming Restaurant

Kennesaw, GA

2009 Logo Designer, From concept to design, from production to distribution

‘Skits For Jesus’, Woodstock, Ga

2006 Artist, Winslow Homer painting on school wall

Woodstock High School Woodstock, Ga

SKILLS:

• Possesses the skills to build, strengthen, and maintain people relationships.

• Quick learner and eager to continue education in the workplace and strive to always provide better service, honesty, and superior quality of work.

• Have a keen eye for composition, lighting, and color for a photograph.

• Very competent with all major Windows programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and with Mac programs (Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge, etc.)

• Always striving to go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure customer satisfaction with the product, myself, and the company.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Easy-going personality that works well within a team.

EDUCATION:

Spring 2012 Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography and Printmaking

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2011 Honorable Mention, Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts Exhibit, Cumming GA

2009 Deans’ List, Kennesaw State University

2006-2007 HOPE Scholarship, Kennesaw State University

EXHIBITIONS:

2012 2012 Ink It Up Printmaking Exhibit, Visions Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga

2012 Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts Exhibit, Cumming, Ga

2012 Mable House Arts Center Exhibit, The Mable House Mableton, Ga

2012 6th Annual Collage Art Colloquium, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga

2011 American Print Alliance Show, North Georgia College State University

2011 Advance exhibit at the Atlanta Arts Exchange, Atlanta, Ga

2011 Blue Ridge Mountain National Juried Photography Exhibit, Blue Ridge, Ga

2011 Through The Lens Art Exhibit, Windermere Lodge, Cumming, Ga

2011 Miniature Perspectives Exhibit, Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga

2011 The Mable House Arts Center Exhibit, The Mable House, Mableton, Ga

2011 Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts Exhibit, Cumming, Ga

2011 Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Knoxville Tn

2010 V I S I O N S Student Show, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga

2010 Sunlight in an Empty Room, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, Ga

2009 Selections from Computer Applications, KSU Visual Arts Buildings, Kennesaw, Ga

2008 Selections from Drawing 1, KSU Visual Arts Building, Kennesaw, Ga

2008 Small and Cheap, Art Space International, Atlanta, Ga

2006 High School Youth Art Exhibition, Arts Center, Canton, Ga

PUBLICATIONS:

2012 Dinning Out magazine, Summer/Fall issue, page 39, Roswell, GA

2012 Share Magazine, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga

2011 Share Magazine, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga

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