Lakota Shawnoskey
Cadillac,MI
Summary
Dedicated painting professional with over four years of experience in enhancing residential and commercial spaces. Expertise in surface preparation, quality assurance, and safety compliance. Proven ability to train others and improve workflow processes for efficient project completion. Detailed oriented to ensure high quality work. Talks well with homeowners to make sure everything is to their liking. Very strong work ethic and highly motivated. Problem solving skills, very suggestive but also great listening on being told what to do.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Painter
Addison Contracting
Traverse City, MI
12.2025 - Current
- Applied primer, paints, stains to walls and surfaces using traditional methods.
- Detailed oriented in prep work such as caulking, spackling, taping, vacuuming, and tacking to get the perfect smooth finish.
- Good at communicating and working well with others to ensure everything gets done.
- Work on weekends to provide things get done in timely manner.
- Trained others properly.
- Great on suggestions to get things done properly.
- Touch ups from other trades damaged.
- Safely on ladders (including extension ladders) and scaffolding.
- Foreman
- Exceeded on stain preferences to ensure homeowners likings.
- Reduced materials such as tape by able to cut in around door trim and window trim.
- Enhanced the appearance of residential spaces by skillfully applying paint and stain.
- Excels at covering, taping, masking floors, windows, cabinets, etc to ensure paint does not leak onto objects that paint was not meant to be on.
Painter
Grand Traverse Custom Coatings
Traverse City, MI
03.2025 - 12.2025
- Applied various types of paint using brushes, rollers, and spray equipment with precision.
- Applied primer, paints, to walls and surfaces using traditional
- Works and communicates well with others to ensure everything gets done properly and done in timely manner.
- Detailed oriented in prep work, aware of every part that needs filled with spackling, bondo, and caulking.
- Caulking is very clean.
- Tape , masking and covering to ensure no paint gets on anything it wasn't meant to such as floors, windows, cabinets, etc.
- Wonderful in cutting in ceilings & rolling out walls.
Painter
Northern Accents Painting
Traverse City, MI
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Applied various types of paint using brushes, rollers equipment with precision.
- Improved workflow processes by suggesting efficient techniques for surface preparation and application methods.
- Painted surfaces using brushes, spray guns, and paint rollers.
- Applied primer, paints, and stain to walls and surfaces using traditional methods.
- Detailed oriented with prep work to bring outcome of perfect, smooth finish.
- Consistently met safety regulations while working on-site at both residential and commercial properties.
- Safely on scaffolding, and ladders to complete large-scale jobs efficiently.
- Enhanced the appearance of residential and commercial spaces by skillfully applying paint.
- Taping, masking and covering floors, windows, cabinets to ensure no paint gets on anything it's not supposed to.
- Works well with others.
Painter
Little Traverse Painting
Traverse City, MI
06.2021 - 05.2024
- Prepared surfaces by sanding, scraping, and priming for optimal paint adhesion.
- Applied various types of paint using brushes, rollers.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations while handling hazardous materials and tools.
- Coordinated with team members to complete projects efficiently within tight deadlines.
- Conducted quality inspections to maintain high standards of workmanship and finish.
- Assisted in training new hires on techniques and best practices in painting applications.
- Painted surfaces using brushes and paint rollers.
- Detailed oriented with masking, taping, filling in holes, sanding, cutting in with brushed, rollers.
- Prepared surfaces and surrounding areas for painting using sandpaper, tape, and other materials.
- Painted indoor areas such as hallways, bathrooms, and lobbies.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, minimizing disruptions for clients during projects.
- Prepared surfaces for painting by cleaning, sanding, and repairing defects to ensure smooth results.
- Prepared trim, walls and ceilings for painting by cleaning, smoothing, and priming.
- Applied putty, wood filler, spackling, and caulks to prep uneven surfaces and fill in holes.
- Climbed scaffolding, staging, ladders, and planks to reach work area surfaces and observed safety protocols to prevent falls.
- Improved customer relations through strong communication skills and attention to detail in all projects.
- Protected surfaces from damage and spills by using drop cloths prior to and during painting.
Education
Benzie Central High School
Benzonia, MISkills
- Strong work ethic
- Attention to detail
- Indoor and outdoor painting
- Exterior painting
- Clean Interior painting
- Effective multitasking
- Works well with others or by myself
- Problem-solving
- Safety awareness
- Touch-up painting
- Quality assurance
- Surface preparation
- Clean Caulking along with Big Gap Caulking
Timeline
Painter
Addison Contracting
12.2025 - Current
Painter
Grand Traverse Custom Coatings
03.2025 - 12.2025
Painter
Northern Accents Painting
06.2024 - 12.2024
Painter
Little Traverse Painting
06.2021 - 05.2024
Benzie Central High School