Evan Hamilton
Gainesville
Summary
Proven track record in fast-paced hospitality environment, excelling in customer service and team collaboration. Developed skills in managing high-volume service, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining clean and organized workspace. Looking to transition into new field, leveraging strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher's Aide
The Einstein School
Gainesville, FL
01.2025 - Current
- Maintained safety and security by overseeing students in recess environments.
- Supported classroom maintenance and upkeep, organizing books, and materials.
- Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
- Facilitated activities in small groups to reinforce concepts taught by class teacher.
- Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
- Copied, organized and distributed classroom assignments or other paperwork.
- Monitored student behavior in classes, laboratories and on field trips for unsafe or rule-breaking concerns.
- Organized materials in classroom spaces based on lecture plans, activity stations or other requirements outlined by teachers.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
Bartender/Door Person/Site Manager
Heartwood Soundstage
Gainesville, FL
09.2022 - Current
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
- Contributed to a positive work environment through effective teamwork and communication with colleagues.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
- Increased customer satisfaction by providing excellent service and crafting high-quality cocktails.
- Followed alcohol awareness procedures for preventing excessive guest intoxication.
- Reduced wait times for drinks by efficiently managing the bar area and prioritizing orders.
Barista/Cashier
Opus Coffee
Gainesville, FL
05.2023 - 11.2023
- I welcome customers into our establishment and take care of their needs
- Create and serve hot or cold beverages, often tailored to the customer's preferences
- I am responsible for taking customer orders and payments
- Work to clean and sanitize their work areas, seating areas and equipment/tools
Bar Manager/Bartender
One Love Café
Gainesville, FL
12.2021 - 03.2023
- Greet customers and make sure their experience is satisfactory
- Engage with them, be friendly and welcoming so that they always come back
- Take payments and answer the phone whenever it rings
- Making drinks and food as well as serving them to the customers
- Cleaning my station and the shop thoroughly throughout my shift
- Place alcohol orders every week
- Create new drink specials
- Count down drawers at the end of the night
- Lock up shop if I am the manager on duty
Barista and Cashier
The Village at Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
04.2021 - 08.2021
- Greet customers and make sure their experience is satisfactory
- Engage with them, be friendly and welcoming so that they always come back
- Take payments and answer the phone whenever it rings
- Making drinks and food as well as serving them to the customers
- Cleaning my station and the shop thoroughly throughout my shift
Barista/Cashier
PattiCakes Bakery
Gainesville, FL
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Greet customers and make sure their experience is satisfactory
- Engage with them, be friendly and welcoming so that they always come back
- Take payments and answer phone whenever it rings
- Making drinks and food as well as serving them to the customers
- Cleaning my station and the shop thoroughly throughout my shift
Front Desk/Night Auditor
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton
Gainesville, FL
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Receive and manage reservations made online and via telephone
- Assign rooms to guests and inform them of any specials offered at the hotel
- Organize transport services for guests at their request
- Provide guests with information about the hotel and surrounding area
- Help guests with any requests or issues that they may have
- Communicating with hotel staff on the status of guest rooms
- Upsell guest rooms and promote hotel services
- Making cold calls to our rewards members daily
- Handle cash payments
- Maintain a clean and neat front desk area
- During night audit run reports and fill out necessary paperwork
Sleep Professional
Sleep Number
Valdosta, GA
10.2017 - 03.2019
- Sleep Professional/Customer Sales Representative
- Helped improve people's lives by finding them their perfect mattress and improving their sleep
- Provided necessary product information and accurate prices to fit every budget
- Interacted well with all of my customers and always tried to find them what they need
- Regularly made cold calls to past and present clients and stayed in contact with all of my customers
- Closed the store every night by myself as the closing employee
- This included closing down the computers, counting the registers, cleaning the store, and locking up
Education
Bachelor's degree - Early Childhood Education
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL05-2025
AA - English
Georgia Military College
Valdosta, GA05-2020
High school or equivalent - High School Diploma
Lowndes High School
Valdosta, GA05.2014
Skills
- Cash Handling
- Communications
- Sales
- Training
- Customer Service Skills
- Receptionist
- Fast Learner
- Front Desk
- Sales Experience
- Retail Sales
- Restaurant Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Night Audit
- Upselling
- Guest Services
- Bartending
- Merchandising
- POS
- Negotiation
- Pricing
- Cold Calling
- Inventory Control
- Host/Hostess
- Serving Experience
- Serving
- Coffee Experience
- Barista Experience
- Cleaning Experience
- Management
- Marketing
Timeline
Teacher's Aide
The Einstein School
01.2025 - Current
Barista/Cashier
Opus Coffee
05.2023 - 11.2023
Bartender/Door Person/Site Manager
Heartwood Soundstage
09.2022 - Current
Bar Manager/Bartender
One Love Café
12.2021 - 03.2023
Barista and Cashier
The Village at Gainesville
04.2021 - 08.2021
Barista/Cashier
PattiCakes Bakery
10.2020 - 04.2021
Front Desk/Night Auditor
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton
09.2019 - 03.2020
Sleep Professional
Sleep Number
10.2017 - 03.2019
High school or equivalent - High School Diploma
Lowndes High School
Bachelor's degree - Early Childhood Education
University of Florida
AA - English
Georgia Military College