Samantha Schwantner
South Deerfield,MA
Summary
Dependable job seeker skilled in customer service, research and project management. Experienced working in museums, libraries, and consumer based settings. Extensive backgrounds in verbal and written communication with ability to work collaboratively and independently to complete long and short term goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Retail Assistant
Treehouse Brewing Company
01.2021 - Current
- Variety of responsibilities include customer service, sales and POS management, as well as high volume alcohol and food handling
- Private party and concert services included crowd control management of 5000 guests, customer service communication liaison and conflict resolution
- Inventory control of hundreds of products included daily database entries, sales forecasting, and developing product displays based on sales.
- Encouraged positive quarterly growth by strategizing product placement in store to promote sale
Curatorial Intern
Norman Rockwell Museum
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Collaborated with curatorial team on long and short term projects, including installation of multiple new exhibitions of indoor and outdoor statues, paintings and artifacts
- Handled preservation, preparation and transportation of multiple museum collections
- Managed archiving and digital preservation of entire 1500 piece oeuvre, while also researching and presenting history of the artist
Research Intern
Global Cultural Asset Management
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Completed numerous projects including donor research and communications of dozens of clients for investment opportunities
- Tracked investments, grants and other financial aspects of long term projects
- Built, digitized, and tagged company wide library of over 600 museum catalogs, reports, scholarly articles, journals and travel books into accessible platform for long term company use.
Experience Team Management Intern
Berkshire Museum
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Collaborated with experience team at museum to develop interactive and educational experiences for visitors based on exhibits.
- Completed exhibit based research and installation, project planning and presentation, budgeting and program facilitation and coordination.
- Facilitated three weekly interactive activities boosting visitor experience and prompting membership purchasing.
Education
Masters of Library Information Science -
Simmons College
Boston, MA05.2027
Bachelor of Arts, History -
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA05.2020
Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies -
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA05.2020
High School Diploma -
South Hadley High School
South Hadley, MA06.2016
Skills
- Communication and Writing
- Research and Interpretation
- Inventory Tracking and Management
- Project and Presentation Coordination
- Budgeting and finance
- Data Entry
Activities
- MCLA Student Government vice president 2018-2020
- MCLA Budget Financing Committee
- MCLA Women’s Lacrosse Team 2016-2020
Timeline
Curatorial Intern
Norman Rockwell Museum
04.2021 - 09.2021
Retail Assistant
Treehouse Brewing Company
01.2021 - Current
Research Intern
Global Cultural Asset Management
01.2020 - 06.2020
Experience Team Management Intern
Berkshire Museum
04.2019 - 09.2019
Masters of Library Information Science -
Simmons College
Bachelor of Arts, History -
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies -
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
High School Diploma -
South Hadley High School
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