Jeweler & Business Owner
Self - Employed
Johannesburg, South Africa
04.2006 - Current
- Assisted customers with selecting jewelry pieces to match their individual styles.
- Maintained inventory of diamonds, precious stones and metals.
- Performed repairs on jewelry items such as sizing rings and replacing stones.
- Created handmade custom designs for customers.
- Created stock to sell in the business, handmade by me.
- Polished and cleaned existing jewelry pieces to restore their original luster.
- Soldered broken pieces of jewelry back together.
- Organized the display cases in an attractive manner to encourage sales.
- Attended trade shows to promote the store's products and services.
- Researched vendors to find sourcing for high-quality materials and stones within budgetary constraints.
- Determined precisely what customers required, available budgets and target recipient for each piece through effective communication.
- Created new jewelry designs and modified existing designs, creating only bespoke handmade pieces.
- Worked with precious and semi-precious stones and metals to create exceptional designs.
- Constructed mass production models out of wax and formed sample castings into molds.
- Estimated wholesale and retail values of gemstones, raw metals and completed jewelry pieces.
- Set and mounted stones in jewelry pieces.
- Worked with gold, silver and platinum to produce high-quality pieces.
- Designed rings, bracelets and earrings for business customers and private clients.
- Monitored cash flow to ensure proper budgeting of resources.
- Updated website content regularly according to current trends within target markets.
- Promoted business on social media platforms to maximize brand identity and generate revenue.