Toya Bridges
Cresson
Summary
Professional graphic design specialist with experience in creating visually compelling and effective designs. Strong focus on collaboration and achieving results, adapting seamlessly to changing needs. Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, typography, branding, and visual storytelling. Known for reliability and delivering high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Graphic Designer
Custom Creations
Fort Worth, Texas
01.1997 - Current
- Entry level responsibilities – design creation, creating sample layouts for approval, including sized size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, style, and size of type.
- Began consulting with clients to discuss and determine layout design meeting their demands.
- Reviewed final layouts and made suggestions to enhance designs.
- Lynne Fancher 817-903-9126
Early Morning Stocker/ Customer Service
Ross Dress for Less
Burleson, Texas
10.2023 - 01.2025
- Prepared the store for the next day by stocking shelves, unloading deliveries, and ensuring inventory is accurate and organized, while also maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
- Creating a shopping environment that is customer focused; welcoming customers with a warm friendly greeting and making eye contact.
- Present merchandise accurately
- Work as part of a team, collaborating with coworkers and taking direction.
- Manage and prioritize tasks efficiently during night hours.
- Kerry 817-426-3894
Assistant Manager/ Customer Service
Dollar Tree
Benbrook, Texas
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Assist with all store functions and day-to-day store activities as directed by the Store Manager.
- Able to perform all opening and closing procedures in the absence of the Store Manager.
- Assist the Store Manager in protecting and securing all company assets, including store cash.
- Adhere to all policies and procedures including safety guidelines.
- Maintain a professional and friendly environment with customers, subordinates and supervisors.
- Maintain all areas of the store, including the stockroom and sales floor, to company standards to include recovery.
- When the Store Manager is not on the premises, direct supervisory responsibility for all hourly associates.
- Follow the VIP and DSD Policies and Procedures.
- Assist Store Manager in the management of freight flow.
- Meet or exceed productivity standards.
- Assist the Store Manager in ordering and stocking all merchandise needs, including frozen & refrigerated.
- Assist the Store Manager in maintaining stockroom organization.
- Assist the Store Manager in ensuring that the sales floor is sales effective on a daily basis.
- Assist the Store Manager in planning, merchandising and maintaining Clip Strips and Power Panels with sales effective item.
- Teamwork and collaboration to help improve the overall morale of the store.
- Samantha Kinard 817-840-1640
Sales Associate/ Customer Service
Ross Dress for Less
Fort Worth, Texas
09.2017 - 02.2018
- Creating a shopping environment that is customer focused; welcoming customers with a warm friendly greeting and making eye contact.
- Present merchandise accurately and operate the cash register following Ross policies and procedures.
- Ensure fellow associates are treated with respect and courtesy.
- Effectively perform various tasks across all areas of the store in the course of working hours each day.
- Control shortages by improving his/her personal awareness and adhering to Ross standards and theft deterrent policies.
- Worked various store functions that may be assigned, including Merchandising, Fitting Room and Fine Jewelry.
- Sizing/Recovery, Front End, Cash Office, Customer Service, Stock Room, Markdowns, and Cashiering.
- Lilly Haimenez 817-207-0013
Graphic Designer
Promo Planet
Fort Worth, Texas
03.2016 - 03.2017
- Continued in creation, design, execution of layouts and logos for customer orders; continued “QA” work by random checks on
- Products, conferring with clients, examining and double-checking job orders for amount, type, specific requirements, special
- Materials or printing needs and created the color separations by using either Illustrator, Separation Studio or Photoshop and
- Accurip as the output source for the screen printing processes by using. In addition created invoices and purchase orders for
- Goods and services as well as shipped and received ordered goods. Did dye sublimation printing; vinyl work beginning with
- Layout and design, selection of style and size of font using esthetic concepts. Reviewed final layouts and suggested improvements
- Ensure customer/client satisfaction.
- Rhonda Gulley 817-529-9909
Graphic Designer/ Customer Service
Signs Etc.
Haltom City
03.2015 - 09.2015
- Continued responsibilities in two previous jobs while adding additional duties in the main office, from taking orders, double
- Checking delivery dates, and customer approval of drafts.
- William Lyons & Bruce Richardson 817-420-9133
Graphic Designer
CKB Products
Dallas, Texas
12.2012 - 12.2013
- Constructed designs, and layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
- Integrated sizes and
- Arrangements of illustrative material for application on drinking flasks to be uploaded to the website.
- Jason Barton 682-414-4287
Graphic Designer/Customer Service
DFW Print Solutions
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2009 - 10.2011
- Constructed designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
- Integrated sizes and arrangements of illustrative material and copy. Conferred with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
- Developed graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos. Reviewed final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.
- Collected and inspected random samples during print runs to identify any necessary adjustments.
- Examined job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colors, or special printing instructions.
- Verified that paper and ink meet the specifications for every job.
- Lisa Oliver 817-975-7815
Delivery/Bindery Asst./Cust. Service
Alpha Graphics
Fort Worth, Texas
03.2000 - 08.2004
- Examined stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads. Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
- Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes. Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
- Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
- Delivered finished products to various entities.
- Donna Eller 817-732-1708
Assistant Manager
Family Dollar
Fort Worth, Texas
11.1997 - 11.1999
- At the direction of the Store Manager, supervises, trains, and develops Store Team Members on Family Dollar operating practices and procedures.
- Assists in unloading all merchandise from delivery truck, organizes merchandise, and transfers merchandise from stockroom to store.
- Assists Store Manager in ordering merchandise.
- Opening and closing of store and counting down the money brought in daily for deposit.
- Ron Schurstolz 817-244-9110
Education
Associate Degree - Art
Remington College
Ft Worth, TexasSkills
- Apple or PC computers, Data Entry Terminal (PDT, Mainframe Terminal, etc)
- Desktop Publishing Software (In Design, Quark, Publisher, etc), Email Software (Outlook, Microsoft, etc), Graphics or Drawing
- Software (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) Color separation software (Separation Studio, Accurip), Internet Browser (Internet
- Explorer, Firefox, etc) Peripheral Devices (Scanners, Printers, Plotters, Vinyl Cutters, Conoca Minolta 6500 Color, Conoca
- Minolta 1050 black and white, Cannon 3200, Roland Plotter, etc) Word Processing Software (Word, Word Perfect)
- Has the ability to coordinate multiple tasks and complete assignments with tight deadlines Has the ability to organize and
- Prioritize workload effectively Excellent verbal, visual, and written communication skills Understands design, trends, and color
- In an unrelated field I have experience as a Sales Associate reclaiming areas, fronting shelves, straightening and organizing by
- Color, size, brand and or product I also ran point of sale equipment
- Logo creation
- Graphic design
Timeline
Early Morning Stocker/ Customer Service
Ross Dress for Less
10.2023 - 01.2025
Assistant Manager/ Customer Service
Dollar Tree
01.2020 - 09.2021
Sales Associate/ Customer Service
Ross Dress for Less
09.2017 - 02.2018
Graphic Designer
Promo Planet
03.2016 - 03.2017
Graphic Designer/ Customer Service
Signs Etc.
03.2015 - 09.2015
Graphic Designer
CKB Products
12.2012 - 12.2013
Graphic Designer/Customer Service
DFW Print Solutions
08.2009 - 10.2011
Delivery/Bindery Asst./Cust. Service
Alpha Graphics
03.2000 - 08.2004
Assistant Manager
Family Dollar
11.1997 - 11.1999
Graphic Designer
Custom Creations
01.1997 - Current
Associate Degree - Art
Remington College
COVER LETTER
- I am writing to express my keen interest in the position of Customer Service Agent. The job description that you have provided for this position aligns well with my customer service skills and professional experience. Possessing high aspirations along with a profound ability to work in a fast-paced environment. I am adept in customer care, time management, and adhering to company guidelines and protocol. During my professional experience I have developed the capability to manage and measure work in a professional manner. Moreover, while my -on- the job experience has afforded me a well -rounded skill set, including first-rate multi-tasking, excellent problem solving and communication abilities and working as a team player or solo. My customer focused approach, delegating and planning skills, the ability to assist customers with problems in a calm and professional manner and the ability to build my skills in all aspects of customer care and small business management makes me a perfect candidate for this position.
- My attached resume contains complete details of my skills and qualifications. I am confident that I have what it takes to be an excellent customer service agent. I am extremely excited at the prospect of joining your company as a Customer Service Agent and would like to meet you in order to discuss this position in
- Detail. I understand the value of time given by you and appreciate time and consideration.
- Yours Sincerely
- Toya Bridges