Elijah Sowers
Dayton
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Store Leader
Gamestop
Bowling Green
04.2024 - 08.2025
- Coordinated a small team of employees to set daily expectations, create a standard for opening and closing procedures, and visual merchandising standards.
- Procured knowledge about hundreds of popular game titles to better drive sales.
- Ensured specific goals were met, including daily sales goals, warranty attachment on participating items, and GameStop Pro Membership enrollments.
- Completed bookkeeping, deposit drop-off, and reported discrepancies of $3 or more at close to ensure a balanced safe and registers for opening.
Animation Director
Green America
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Company Overview: a California based Non-profit focused on accurate food labeling
- Collaborated with a team of 6 other artists to develop a comedic animated short to be shown at a convention the following year by Green America, a California based Non-profit focused on accurate food labeling.
- Outlined character animation processes and model standards to give the animation a cohesive look within the 3 month production timeframe.
- Taught 3 other artists how to animate character movement, lipsync, and FX using Adobe Animate.
- Made tough decisions about the look of the work produced by the 4 animator-team; Sent multiple iterations back to be worked on more before final approval.
Customer Service Representative
Kroger's Grocery
Bowling Green
08.2022 - 01.2024
- Assisted customers with inquiries regarding products and services.
- Processed transactions accurately using point-of-sale systems.
- Resolved customer complaints and provided appropriate solutions.
- Maintained organized and clean checkout areas for optimal service.
- Educated customers on promotions and store policies effectively.
- Answered customer inquiries and provided accurate information regarding products and services.
Cashier
Kroger's Grocery
Bowling Green
06.2020 - 08.2022
- Processed customer transactions accurately and swiftly to enhance shopping experience.
- Assisted customers with inquiries and resolved issues professionally and courteously.
- Educated customers about promotions and loyalty programs to encourage participation.
- Operated cash register efficiently and accurately, processed payments by cash, check, credit card, gift card or automatic debit.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Digital Arts
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH04-2025
Skills
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Team collaboration
- Project management
- Script development
- Creative brainstorming
- Sales promotions
- Task delegation
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Teams
- Powerpoint
- Point-of-sale Systems
- Workday
- Canva
- Adobe Express
Languages
Japanese
Limited
Timeline
Assistant Store Leader
Gamestop
04.2024 - 08.2025
Animation Director
Green America
01.2024 - 04.2024
Customer Service Representative
Kroger's Grocery
08.2022 - 01.2024
Cashier
Kroger's Grocery
06.2020 - 08.2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Digital Arts
Bowling Green State University
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