Brandon Baksh
Oshawa
Summary
Experienced professional with background in retail management and customer service, transitioning into tattooing. Strong focus on health and safety protocols, creative direction, and client relations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tattoo Apprentice
LeadBelly Co.
07.2024 - Current
- Learning tattooing techniques: Observing observing tattoo artist and learning how to use tattoo equipment, build machines and maintain a sterile environment
- Following health and safety guidelines: Apprentices learn and follow health and safety guidelines for the entire tattooing process
- Gaining experience: Slowly gain more responsibility by practicing on fake skin, working with clients under supervision, showcase artistic skills, and eventually tattooing independently
- Assisting with studio operations: Help answer phone calls, book appointments, clean, tear down station, and take out trash
Merchandise Manager
Party City Corporation
09.2020 - 02.2025
- Customer service: Assisting customers, answering inquiries, phone calls, and approving returns
- Opening and closing: Unlocking the establishment, arming and disarming the alarm system, and ensuring the store is ready for customers
- Administrative tasks: Balancing registers, recording finiacial information, and making bank deposits
Summer student program
AGS Automotive Systems
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Lifting objects over 10 lbs
- Operating in a factory warehouse environments
- Working 9 hours a day, Monday to Friday
- Cleaning GM front bumpers and organizing them to help ensure delivery to seal ships runs smooth
- Keeping workspace clean and tidy to ensure efficient work environment
Merchandise Manager
Party City Corporation
06.2018 - 09.2020
- Developed a better understanding of the company's product offerings, creating greater enjoyment of the store's merchandise
- Opening and closing: Unlocking the establishment, arming and disarming the alarm system, and ensuring the store is ready for customers
- Administrative tasks: Balancing registers, recording finiacial information, and making bank deposits
Sales Associate
Party City Corporation
09.2015 - 04.2018
- Established personal connections with customers, exceeding customer service expectations
- Greeting customers, answering questions, and making sure cuatomers have a poisitive experience
- Product knowledge: Providing inormation about products, pricing, and how to use them
Education
Automotive power technician -
Centennial College
Scarborough, ON04.2023
High school diploma -
Francis Libermann Catholic High School
Scarborough, ON06.2016
Skills
- Time management
- Customer service
- Leadership
- Creative Direction
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
G license
Timeline
Tattoo Apprentice
LeadBelly Co.
07.2024 - Current
Summer student program
AGS Automotive Systems
06.2022 - 09.2022
Merchandise Manager
Party City Corporation
09.2020 - 02.2025
Merchandise Manager
Party City Corporation
06.2018 - 09.2020
Sales Associate
Party City Corporation
09.2015 - 04.2018
Automotive power technician -
Centennial College
High school diploma -
Francis Libermann Catholic High School
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