Anselm Weber
PORTLAND,Oregon
Summary
Results-driven professional with a bachelor's degree in history and extensive experience in community organizing and food service. Led voter registration efforts, registering over 1,100 individuals in 2019 and recognized as Organizer of the Year. Over five years in the food service industry, including three years in high-volume settings, managing over 300 daily orders and addressing operational challenges.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Customer Service Representative
Wawa
Fort Myers/Sarasota, FL
10.2022 - 10.2025
- Processed transactions for 300+ customers daily, utilizing de-escalation skills to resolve customer issues.
- Executed barista duties, crafting 200+ specialty beverages daily while brewing nearly 100 large coffee containers to meet customer demand.
- Prepared over 250 sandwiches per day while alternating between breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus in deli section.
- Leveraged three years of experience at Wawa to uphold high service standards and contribute to customer satisfaction.
- Mastered all store components to enhance operational efficiency.
- Stocked a 10-door cooler with beverages while maintaining cleanliness of bathrooms across varying complexities.
- Managed janitorial responsibilities, handling up to 30 bags of 50 lb trash per shift.
Appointment Setter
Momentum Solar
08.2022 - 10.2022
- Facilitated appointment scheduling resulting in client sign-ups for the program.
- Scheduled appointments for homeowners to meet specialists regarding federal solar program.
- Engaged potential customers door-to-door to raise awareness of solar program benefits.
- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of government programs related to solar and state and federal policies for homeowners.
Store Associate
King of Vape
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Utilized extensive product knowledge to provide tailored assistance to customers
- Hands-on customer experience and assistance
- Assisted customers during peak shopping times to ensure efficient service and satisfaction
- Navigated fast-paced retail environment to enhance customer experience
Field Organizer
Build Local Power
11.2021 - 02.2022
- Led team of canvassers in door-to-door and plaza-to-plaza voter registration across Sarasota/Bradenton Metro area, increasing community engagement.
- Coached and prepared canvassers for fieldwork, enhancing their readiness and effectiveness in voter outreach.
- Utilized Ecanvasser app to track neighborhoods and identify optimal canvassing turf for improved voter registration efforts.
Cashier
Your CBD Store
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Engaged in direct sales interactions with customers to enhance product knowledge and customer satisfaction
- Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of CBD products
- Managed seasonal inventory to optimize stock levels and support sales initiatives
- Performed routine maintenance ensuring store cleanliness and a welcoming shopping environment
Sales Associate
Calvin Klien
Ft Myers, FL
02.2021 - 06.2021
- Engaged with diverse customers to provide tailored sales assistance and enhance customer experience.
- Implemented and enforced safety measures during Covid to protect customers and staff, addressing concerns with empathy.
- Ensured store cleanliness through laundry, sweeping, and mopping to create a welcoming shopping environment.
Field Organizer
NextGen America
08.2019 - 11.2020
- Registered over 1,100 voters in eight months, significantly contributing to voter turnout efforts.
- Led team of volunteers and employees to effectively recruit and register voters for 2020 election, fostering civic engagement.
- Coordinated Get Out The Vote (GOTV) program for 2020 FL Presidential Preference Election, recruiting volunteers and executing high-capacity events to maximize voter outreach.
- Knocked on 2500+ doors during GOTV Presidential Preference Primary from February through March 2020 successfully getting the youth vote out.
- Successfully canvassed St.Petersburg, FL Municipal Election knocking on 1000+ doors in GOTV 2019.
- Engaged potential voters to encourage them to register during outreach events.
- Interacted directly with diverse individuals to promote voter registration.
- Consistently went above and beyond our internal metrics in registering voters each week.
- Collected 470 petition signatures to expand voter access for college students via adding on-campus polling locations.
- Started a Student Organization that planned and successfully executed various events centered around issue-based topics such as mass incarceration, healthcare, climate change, and Florida based policies.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, transitioned from field to digital organizing and is responsible for promoting issue based work on various social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook alongside phone banking and text banking supporters, voters, and volunteers.
- Directly managed 2 part-time organizers and a team of volunteers who were responsible for tabling, canvassing.
- Advocated for universal healthcare, $15/hour minimum wage, affordable housing, bedrock working class issues to get students interested in the political process.
- Advocated for Legalization of Marijuana and decriminalization of drug possession
Sales Associate
Pepper Palace
01.2019 - 06.2019
- Experience in selling productssssssss
- General store upkeep/maintenance
- Register experience
Cashier
Dunkin Donuts
Fort Myers, FL
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Cashier Experience
- Sandwich Making/ Barista experience
- Heavy lifting
- Taking care of more than 100 plus customers a day
- Sanitation experience
- Opening and closing store
Aramark/ Chartwells
Fort Myers, FL
09.2015 - 04.2017
- Worked in a food court style setting, hopped between working in a Subway/Taco Bell/ Boar’s Head
- Meal Prep and fast paced cooking
- Fast paced dishwashing
- De-escalation between customers.
- Heavy lifting
- Florida Gulf Coast University
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL12-2018
Skills
- Specialty beverage preparation
- Sandwich assembly
- Cash handling
- Customer service
- Product knowledge
- Strong at working in fast-paced, high intensity settings
- Have consistently made high volume food/beverage sales with little to no assistance
- Can lift over 75 lbs for any given tasks
- Strong customer service skills, I am used to de-escalating situations where many things are happening at once
- Have consistently taken care of 300 customers day in/day out
References
- Austin Kettlety, Close Associate/Mechanic, 360-772-9443
- Brittany Wycoff, Assistant Manager at Wawa, 609-575-0141
- James Sutton, Food and Beverage Manager, 941-704-8885
- Zachary Britt, Former Food and Beverage Manager, 878-264-3634
- Allegra Smart, Regional Organizing Director, NextGen America, allegra.smart@nextgenamerica.org, 941-592-8600
- Jensine Gomez, Former Regional Organizing Director, NextGen America, jensine.gomez@nextgenamerica.org, 407-453-3843
- Matt Jones, Executive Director, Democratic Party of Lee County, jonesm14hsc@gmail.com, 804-332-0699
- Karen Caudillo, Field Organizer for NextGen America, karen.caudillo@nextgenamerica.org, 239-784-1137
- Casey Bauer, Data Manager/Former Regional Organizing Director for NextGen America, casey.bauer@nextgenamerica.org, 813-727-7292
- Justin Atkins, State Director for NextGen Florida, justin.atkins@nextgenamerica.org, 561-670-1037
- Janelle Christensen, President of the Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida, janellejchristensen@gmail.com, 530-277-9265
- Samantha Pollara, Former manager at Build Local Power, samantha@spotlightpolitical.com, 941-400-7043
Timeline
Customer Service Representative
Wawa
10.2022 - 10.2025
Appointment Setter
Momentum Solar
08.2022 - 10.2022
Store Associate
King of Vape
03.2022 - 07.2022
Field Organizer
Build Local Power
11.2021 - 02.2022
Cashier
Your CBD Store
08.2021 - 12.2021
Sales Associate
Calvin Klien
02.2021 - 06.2021
Field Organizer
NextGen America
08.2019 - 11.2020
Sales Associate
Pepper Palace
01.2019 - 06.2019
Cashier
Dunkin Donuts
09.2017 - 12.2018
Aramark/ Chartwells
09.2015 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Arts - History
Florida Gulf Coast University