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Overview
As an incredibly hard working person, with a great sense of personal
responsibility and a positive attitude, I have worked for over a decade providing
top-level customer support to various high-performing companies. I always
working to provide users with compassionate and informative support and have
a deep knowledge of, and interest in technology. I also pride myself on being a
dependable, inquisitive and resourceful. Beyond this, I pick up new tasks and
systems quickly and enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. In short: I am a
genuinely nice guy who works very hard.
Employment History
AUS/NZ/ASIA USER SUPPORT, ACTIVECAMPAIGN.COM
2014 - CURRENT, PERTH, WA
In my current job, I work remotely in Australia for a U.S.-based email marketing
company, where I handle the majority of support and technical questions for Australia
and Asia/Pacific time-zones. I provide in-depth advice and support to users through
immediate live chat, email and over-the-phone. The advice is tailored to each account
and business, which allows me to work with the user to find the best support option for
them. In this role, I routinely answer over 60 emails from users each day while
maintaining a live-chat presence as well. Additionally, I am also responsible for providing
the U.S. head office (and other remote team members) consistent communication
regarding any outstanding issues or concerns from my time-zone. Lastly, I have been
responsible for training new support team members for the ActiveCampaign Australia
Support team.
EXPERT/ASSISTANT SUPPORT MANAGER - APPLE-, NEW YORK, NY
While at Apple, I worked with leadership to continuously perfect and improve store
initiatives, and meet company goals in an extremely high-volume, flagship retail
environment. While on the retail sales floor, I interacted compassionately with each
customer, providing individualised support to arrive at complete solutions and I was a
go-to resource for any troubleshooting or difficult situations arising with other
employees. I worked to build employee knowledge and imbue company values in new
hires as a member of the training team, which saw me lead large group training
sessions, as well as focused individual training for both entry-level and management
roles. I added consistent feedback to help improve store and I created and maintained
daily store-wide communication for over 300 employees.
ASSISTANT MANAGER - THE JEKYLL AND HYDE CLUB-, NEW YORK, NY
As the Assistant Manager, I was the point-person for any problems that occurred during
the shift, making sure that both patrons and employees had smooth experiences. I was
also in charge of designing and maintaining a schedule for 30+ performers in a multistory theatrical environment. My responsibilities also included training performers in
keeping with company standards and their specific role expectations. Additionally, I
handled payroll for performers. This involved managing time worked, with pay rates and
communicating with the payroll team on any issues.
CHOCOLATIER - VOSGES HAUT-CHOCOLAT
2008, NEW YORK, NY
While at Vosges, I cultivated knowledge of all chocolate products and researched trends
and styles of chocolate. I ably worked with customers to design high-end chocolate
purchases, processed incoming shipments and worked with company operations to
maintain adequate stock levels.
FATHER - THE GIVER - NATIONAL THEATRE FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION (NATIONAL TOUR)
2007, VARIOUS, USA
During this national tour of The Giver, I was part of a 8-person cast that was responsible
for all elements of the production. This included acting, construction and
implementation of set design, and communication with performance venues. The three
month tour went to more than 50 different venues in over 20 different U.S. states, which
required constant communication and updates with the performance venues. Team
members would also be responsible for marketing the production through interviews
with different media outlets.
SUBSCRIBER OUTREACH OFFICER - CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
2003, BERKELEY, CA
Working at the California Shakespeare Theatre, I communicated with new and existing
subscribers via phone and in-person interactions. I also worked to expand the subscriber
base for the organization by communicating vision and excitement of the theatre to
potential ticket subscribers.
Education
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A. - Theatre; Graduated 2006
Skills
World-class communication, listening and problem-solving skills. Virtuoso in all standard
Mac/iOS/Windows software. Heavily experienced with Wordpress.com, Microsoft Office
Suite, and Adobe Creative Suite. Frequent user of CloudApp, Slack, TextExpander and
other online/remote work applications. Beginning Experience with HTML/CSS language.
Great board-game player.
References
References furnished upon request.