Jacob Schippell

- Paired customers with the perfect lens, camera & accessories to fit their photographic needs.

- Lead a warranty sales training that resulted in the highest warranty sales percentage for the month of December in store history ( the stores been open since 1977).

- Responsible for the aesthetic, cleanliness, and stock levels of 4 different displays.

- Sold the store to new customers (informed them that in addition to selling cameras, lenses and accessories we also do repairs, print & repair pictures, teach classes & host monthly photography outings for our customers.)

- Lead sales trainings for newly released cameras and lenses.

- Taught classes for our customers (both 1-on-1 & group classes).

- Excelled at easing the tension with unhappy and unruly customers.

- Thoroughly inspected pictures and film for damage and recommended the appropriate repair services for our print customers.

- Supervised customer outings to events such as phantoms games, the Warren County Hot Air Balloon Festival & Luna Park.

- Maximized picture quality in rapidly changing lighting situations

- Photographed various school events (sports games, concerts, proms, plays, school picture days, graduations)

- Worked efficiently in a fast paced, high stress environment

- Provided high quality customer service to customers of various ages and dispositions

- Oversaw several production teams simultaneously to ensure pre-production materials were completed on time

- Wrote short film and commercial scripts

- Created pre-production materials (shot lists, line scripts, equipment lists, etc.) for numerous projects

- Performed various on set duties (script supervisor, production assistant, etc.)

- Worked on the pre-production materials for my own short films and commercials

- Created reality tv show ideas

- Pitched ideas to the company founder, Colby Gaines (Co-creator of Pawn Stars)

- Created one sheets, sizzle reels, decks, and log lines for shows

- Researched potential cast members, hosts, and market appeal