Andrew Barrios
Chicago,IL
Summary
Enthusiastic artist, sales, and business associate with proven record of achieving challenging goals of the organization in multi-cultural settings and environments. Experience in various roles of Management, Public Relations, Marketing, and Project Supervisory positions over the course of my years in Retail and E-Commerce Business settings. Personal and a reliable team player with the ability to gain trust and confidence. Highly motivated, creative, and ambitious individual with over 20 years of experience with demonstrated expertise in all areas, including artistry fields (graphic design, screen printing on various mediums, brand identity and visual mock ups, murals and large format painting, etc), marketing, merchandising, sales, and clientele databases to name a few. A convincing and credible communicator and orator with customers, coworkers, and senior management. Able to work resourcefully and independently as well as collectively and creatively within a team structure. Outgoing personality enhances all aspects of aforementioned areas.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Material Handler/Printer Supervisor
Ar-En Party Printers
Skokie, IL
08.2020 - 12.2021
- Management role as Printer-Operator of various hot/cold stamp presses, including Kwikprint hot/cold stamp machine, Heidelberg windmill/letterpress (for paper & linen), rotary screen printing, pad printing, & other printing mediums as well.
- Assist in organizing & sorting printing duties & goals for each production member. Verifying the accuracy of quantity & quality of incoming new orders when plating. Delegating work orders to printers throughout all departments.
- Conveying directly to upper management regarding purchase order requirements & keeping an open communications line between front of house, & back of house inquiries.
- Experience as Press Operator for several printing machines including hot stamping, letterpress, & screen printing presses such as M&R Printing equipment.
- Trained new staff on job duties, company policies & safety procedures for rapid onboarding.
- Managed over $1.5M in inventory & over 40 employees in 15K square-foot warehouse for production use of company.
Clerk Specialist
Gorman Learning Center
Redlands, CA
03.2019 - 06.2019
- Special Education Clerk Specialist in office management & organization procedures as well as coordinate office operations to secure efficiency & compliance to company policies.
- Manage correspondence (email, letters, packages etc.) while creating & updating records & databases with personnel, financial, & other data.
- Utilize office appliances such as photocopier, printers etc, & computers for word processing, spreadsheet creation etc.
- Implemented excellent communication skills, while establishing great organizational and multitasking abilities
Head Graphic Designer/Public Relations Director
G2G Printing
Fort Worth, TX
06.2010 - 12.2018
- Brought next-level design strategy, philosophy, & execution to company, always striving to challenge the company in growth.
- Recruited, mentored, & managed team of designers across many areas of design. Also have an impressive & immaculate eye for design, able to custom suit to consumer & business needs.
- Lead/Supervised teams that oversee an array of areas of design (ie. - consumer-facing product, marketing content, internal technologies, real-life material such as textiles, business & marketing ads (ie. - developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners & signs), & other promotional items for branding purposes.
- Met with customers to present mockups & collect information for proof adjustments.
- Designed brand-specific layouts, templates, & unique branded visuals alongside experience in developing brand guidelines while also providing flexibility across international rules/regulations platforms.
Artistic Director/Crew Member
Trader Joe's
Iowa City, IA
08.2017 - 12.2018
- Curated individually & collaboratively on various art designs displayed throughout the store alongside making new seasonal displays and signs.
- Created & produced seasonal visual displays & signage alongside other artist team members for upcoming events achieving superior production results.
- Daily pricing audits & management of mark-ups & markdowns throughout store's product & inventory.
- Performs general customer service duties & crew member tasks while providing an exceptional customer experience with daily customers.
- Cash balance & handling with register by sales
Business Development Manager
HON Furniture Company
Muscatine, IA
08.2015 - 08.2017
- Builds customer relationships by exercising sound independent judgment & negotiating win-win outcomes that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty to the HON Brand.
- Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision & long-range planning.
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on & implementing successful corrective actions.
- Drives consistent high quality results while being efficient & effective.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules & monitored performance.
- Directed training & retraining of employees to boost performance & enhance business results.
- Advocates customer-centric values & drive mutually beneficial outcomes in all interactions.
- Chaired weekly meetings with executive leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones & tailor products to individual markets & regions
Lead Marketing Content Strategist
YFN Institute
Dallas, TX
06.2005 - 07.2008
- Fundamental role in the development of compelling creative concepts for all media platforms. Worked closely with marketing creative teams, info architects, & PR teams to design & execute messaging that communicated YFN's current marketing strategies.
- Knowledge on design principles & successfully managed multiple large-scale projections including responsibility for "pop-up" store set up & tear down every Summer of every year. Also including cross-functional collaborations and management of both internal & external talent.
- Artistic production, design, & marketing of brand products by building/remodeling Visual Merchandising that enhanced the store's appearance.
- Worked with graphic design team to collaborate visual arts for modern wear. Created designs & employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, layout, & color in design work.
- Independently designed clothing & trend wear for two years in which profited the store over 70 percent combined from years prior to 2005.
Education
Philosophy
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CATheology, and Youth Counseling - Theology
CFN Institute
Dallas, TX05.2006
Skills
- 10 years of experience in Design including Freelance with different multicultural brands and independent agencies
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Logic
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience managing holistic marketing and design teams across multiple brands and companies to cover wide range productions from digital to print, marketing to manufactured goods
- 15 years of experience with Customer & Public Relations & Phone/Email Communications
- Employee Counseling
- Materials Estimations
- Materials Handling Training
- Supply Inventory Management
- Price Quoting
- Forklift training and certified in CA
- Highly organized and accountable
Relevant Capabilities
Operations Management Visual Merchandising / Marketing Setup Customer Relations CC-Adobe Art Programs Conflict / Time Management PR Director Promotions / Advertising Supervision / Training Collective Team Reports
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Material Handler/Printer Supervisor
Ar-En Party Printers
08.2020 - 12.2021
Clerk Specialist
Gorman Learning Center
03.2019 - 06.2019
Artistic Director/Crew Member
Trader Joe's
08.2017 - 12.2018
Business Development Manager
HON Furniture Company
08.2015 - 08.2017
Head Graphic Designer/Public Relations Director
G2G Printing
06.2010 - 12.2018
Lead Marketing Content Strategist
YFN Institute
06.2005 - 07.2008
Philosophy
Chaffey College
Theology, and Youth Counseling - Theology
CFN Institute
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