Experience

COOKE'S CRATING INC

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fine Art Storage Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  ▪️ Grew responsibility for 45K+ to manage key client accounts including museums, institutions, and private collector storage accounts. This includes inventory control and the coordination of local shipping, incoming/outgoing warehouse deliveries, and in-house projects for the referenced clientele on multiple concurrent timelines. ▪️ Responsible for management of a warehouse crew of 6 people and administrative team of 2 people . Reduced conflicting and overlapping cross-departmental schedules creating a more unified, communicative team. ▪️Saving the organization $48k in costs, by increasing warehouse productivity, inventory and data control by 8 hours per week, and identifying internal operations issues related to staffing and facilities ▪️Key coordinator in a project that increased available climate space by 24,700 ft for an increased monthly profit of $68k.



Karen Lofgren Artist Studio

• Artist Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  ▪️General sculpture and mixed medium studio maintenance: inventory; keeping items stocked, organized, and clean, prepared for project work schedule. ▪️Managing work-flow schedule and calendar for solo and group exhibitions on multiple concurrent timelines: including logistics planning, materials purchases, and keeping to the production schedule. ▪️Assisting in hand-building sculptures in mixed mediums including wood; plaster; clay; resin; silicone; and metal. ▪️Assisting with installation planning and preparatory work for studio test pieces and gallery exhibitions including hardware, connectors. ▪️Contacting vendors; suppliers; and industrial fabricators to facilitate delivery and production. ▪️Taking daily notes and creating work-flow/task lists. ▪️Managing grant application schedule and reminders.



Royale Projects

• Gallery Operations Manager

  • Feb 2018 - May 2019

  ▪️Spearheaded the gallery’s transition to a digital database, including importing 700+ sold and unsold inventory records, past sales transactions covering the course of 10 years, and the creation of a client database.▪️Reduced onboarding and training time for interns by 50% by creating an operations manual that included instructions on the day-to-day procedures, detailed schedules and task lists for new exhibitions and special events, and processing inventory in the database.▪️Cut the preparation time for exhibitions and special events down by 2 days by creating a standardized schedule and deadlines for promotional material, deinstallation/installations, photography, and gallery logistics.

• Curatorial + Administrative Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Jan 2018



Icon Image Graphics

• Santa Fe Springs, CA

• Administrative Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

  ▪️Answer and accurately direct all phone calls. Reply to email, telephone or face to face enquiries. ▪️Organize and schedule all client appointments and daily staff schedules. ▪️Generate necessary instructions, documents, and graphics for scheduled appointments. ▪️Maintain supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies. ▪️Assist in preparing biweekly payroll and checks. ▪️Organize travel arrangements for staff. ▪️Carry out administrative duties such as filing (both manual and computer systems), typing, copying,scanning etc.