Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information - Software Competency
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Douglas Barron

Chesterfield,MO

Summary

Recently relocated to Chesterfield. Seeking part-time employment in customer service, in the creative arts and aesthetics. Strong background in customer care and satisfaction as a self-employed artist. Have renovated two houses as well as landscaped several houses and repaired many "things". Affable, responsible and willing to take direction and thoroughly enjoy creative collaboration. Computer competent. Authorized to work in the US.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Artist - Decorative Painter

Douglas Barron - Artist
1989.11 - 2007.07

•Designed custom art & miscellaneous projects for clients and interior designers to ensure satisfaction with the final product.

• Trained by two international decorative masters.

• Created original finishes and murals.

• Color sensitivity and able to achieve exact color matches.

• Knowledge of specialty decorative painting product lines and their application.

• Have demonstrated and taught faux finish workshops.

• Showcased in Phoenix Home and Garden Showhouse with a 50' fresco-like mural October 1991.

• Published in Southwest Passages April 1995.

Apartment Manager

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2016.06 - 2019.07
  • Maintained landscape of apartment complex.
  • Oversaw apartment refreshing for next group of actors arriving.
  • Concierge service for visiting actors.
  • Transportation to and from actor's appointments.
  • Maintained functionality of plumbing and electrical. Scheduling repairman for issues beyond my knowledge.

Sales Associate

Ahner's Garden and Gifts
2010.02 - 2011.06

• Flower and plant consultation.

•. Sales and POS skills.

•. Physical observation for care of store plants and flowers.

•. Designed and created displays.

• Aesthetic consultation for interior design and/or landscaping.

Office Assistant

The Center for Spiritual Living Saint Louis
2012.05 - 2016.07
  • Assisting with scheduling events, collaborating on creation of newsletter and calendar, answering phone and assisting incoming calls, creating class notebooks with graphics

Creative Thought Instructor

ThinkShop 2020 (self Employed)
1998.05 - Current
  • Taught creative thinking and problem solving techniques.,
  • Taught collaborative creativity and innovative thinking methodologies.
  • Certified instructor of 6 Thinking Hats® , and Lateral Thinking™, workshops by Dr. Edward DeBono.
  • Written and presented two workshops on collaborative creativity. "Inspired Thinking" and "Transform Adversarial Thinking into Parallel Thinking".
  • Teach occasional creative thinking workshops still.

Box Office Associate

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2016.06 - 2019.07

• Box office sales (cashier duties). • Seat consultation.

• Promotion of season tickets, accommodating a variable schedule. • Skillful telephone communication. • Maintaining standards for cash and credit card procedures. • Affective at patron satisfaction.

Education

B.A. in Art/Education -

Principia College
ASU - Tempe, AZ
05.1978

Skills

  • Retail cashier
  • Sales
  • Staging and design displays
  • Interior design
  • Customer service
  • Studio art skills - artist
  • Communication and teaching skills
  • Bookkeeping
  • Computer skills - both Apple and Microsoft driven apps
  • Collaborative Team Player
  • Multicultural Sensitivity

Additional Information - Software Competency

•.Word processing. • Spreadsheets (able to automate and customize). • Familiar with several art, graphics and publication apps. 

Timeline

Apartment Manager

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2016.06 - 2019.07

Box Office Associate

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2016.06 - 2019.07

Office Assistant

The Center for Spiritual Living Saint Louis
2012.05 - 2016.07

Sales Associate

Ahner's Garden and Gifts
2010.02 - 2011.06

Creative Thought Instructor

ThinkShop 2020 (self Employed)
1998.05 - Current

Artist - Decorative Painter

Douglas Barron - Artist
1989.11 - 2007.07

B.A. in Art/Education -

Principia College
Douglas Barron