Geoffrey Rutherford
Gaithersburg,MD
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges.
Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities.
Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Board Game Developer
Self Employed Web
Gaithersburg, MD
07.2022 - Current
- Created new game ideas, designed prototypes. researched markets and tested games with a view to commercialization of two specific games currently in preparation.
- Reviewed and analyzed competitive products.
- Analyzed user feedback from beta testers to identify areas of improvement for the final release version of a game title.
- Prepared and revised initial game sketches using two- and three-dimensional graphical design software. Selected colors, images, textures and shapes to create game layout.
- Used programming languages to assess incidence of linguistic probabilities for game rules, noting differences in potential markets, for example Germany compared to United States.
Registered Massage Therapist
The Granite Club, East York
Toronto, ONT, Canada
10.2010 - 05.2018
- The Granite Club is Metropolitan Toronto's premier sports and social club.
- Customized treatment strategies for therapeutic massage based on patient body composition, goals and comfort. Reviewed client medical histories to inform treatment planning.
- Achieved high level of client satisfaction and repeat clients.
Educational Living HIstory Performer (part Time)
Black Creek Park Pioneer Village Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
05.2010 - 09.2017
- Implemented creative ideas into performances based on director's vision. Developed character backstories to further enhance performance quality.
- Dressed in costume to create character and provide memorable experience for guests. Educated audiences about the show's theme through engaging performances and interactions with audience members.
- Posed for pictures with guests and excelled at improvisation and story-telling, especially with children and school groups.
Tour Guide and Tour Researcher
Shop Dine Tours
Toronto And Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
09.2009 - 06.2012
- Delivered guided tours to paying groups, presenting both scripted and unscripted information and answering questions.
- Researched information sources to create customized tour packages, and to discover little-known facts and stories to generate interest and excitement among clients.
- Displayed strong public speaking and communication skills to facilitate high quality guest tours.
- Led tour groups of up to 40 people, including bus tours, within the city and to Niagara Falls, and monitored visitors' activities to confirm compliance with tour regulations and safety practices, especially at and around the Falls.
Lighting Designer
Various Theater Companies
Toronto, ONT, Canada
08.2008 - 06.2012
- 2008 was the bleakest of times to graduate in Theater, as the Toronto theater scene was hit economically in the Great Recession even worse than in the US. So I took assignments wherever I could find them, some paying, others volunteer, in theater lighting design and implementation, assisting in stage management and direction, and some improvised acting.
Education
Registered Massage Therapist - Therapeutic Massage
Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy
Toronto06-2010
Bachelor of Arts - Technical Theater
York University
Toronto06-2008
Schooling
Montgomery CountySkills
- Effective Communication
- Interpersonal and Written Communication
- Collaborative Relationship Building
- Technology Proficiency
- Lifelong Learning
- Research Capability
Affiliations
- I continue my activities in Theater that started when I was a volunteer at Adventure Theater in Glen Echo while still in HIgh School. Most recently, I wrote a short stage play for the Anacostia Gracious Arts Program, DC; and I am currently staging a short skit with a church group in local high schools. I was Master of Ceremonies at the Laytonsville Town Picnic in September, 2023, I am also well regarded as Santa Claus locally.
- I continue special interest in researching......, and I help manage a local book sharing.
Timeline
Board Game Developer
Self Employed Web
07.2022 - Current
Registered Massage Therapist
The Granite Club, East York
10.2010 - 05.2018
Educational Living HIstory Performer (part Time)
Black Creek Park Pioneer Village Ontario
05.2010 - 09.2017
Tour Guide and Tour Researcher
Shop Dine Tours
09.2009 - 06.2012
Lighting Designer
Various Theater Companies
08.2008 - 06.2012
Registered Massage Therapist - Therapeutic Massage
Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy
Bachelor of Arts - Technical Theater
York University
Schooling
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