Cody Hamilton
Corner Brook,Canada
Summary
Conscientious museum/gallery team member with history of success in readying exhibitions and preparing artifacts for display. Systematical inspect, classify and restore items to meet long-term conservation goals. Talented multitasker with organized approach and excellent time management abilities. Proficient in Microsoft office software and Axiell to create standardized records management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Curatorial Assistant
Grenfell Art Gallery
05.2025 - Current
- Conservation of artifacts and restoration/appraisal of artifacts, budgetary management, and collections management through Excel and Axiell. facilitated educational programs through the Gallery; and tours.
- Installation and de-installation of artworks, while also managing to ensure informative panels are present.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Managed all paper and digital documentation related to accessions, loans, transfers, and other collections-related transactions
- Administer and process legal agreements concerning artwork loans/liens, and maintaining an accurate streamlined system to review them
Volunteer
Corner Brook City Archive and Museum
04.2025 - Current
- Assisted with cataloging and organizing historical materials.
- Gained valuable insight on archival handling and preservation practices.
- Provided information on various exhibits throughout museum, and relaying local cultural stories and information to provoke interest to tourists on cruise ships.
Insurance Agent Benefits Specialist
American Income Life
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Company Overview: AO NORTH
- Connected union members to provide insurance benefits through Zoom, working alongside McGruff to provide child-safe ID kits, no-cost will kits, and finally, my mission statement was to give working-class families affordable coverage in the event of death, accidents or a missing child.
- Worked with confidential information. While also ensuring a high standard of professionalism was maintained, to explain legal and financial topics in a coherent manner.
- Working at American Income Life made me a more organized worker, as I had a system in place to keep track of my clients. I worked largely independently with little supervision, consistently hitting weekly quotas and excelling at presenting information to clients.
Sales Floor Associate
Walmart Canada
06.2016 - 07.2019
- Working in various departments at Walmart made me a diverse and multifaceted worker with strong time management skills.
- Able to work efficiently in team settings while retaining the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, taking leadership roles when required.
- Dealt with detailed inventory management controls daily, including working with reports and spreadsheets, and ordered produce and other products when needed for replenishment.
- Ability to work with customers and the public in large-scale situations, earning the customer service award.
- Unloaded trucks, and freight from the warehouse with various electrical equipment and a forklift
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Historical Studies, Classics
Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
06.2025
Life and License Qualification Program - undefined
Durham College
Oshawa, Ontario02.2021
Construction/Industrial Electrician Block 1 - undefined
College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook Campus
04.2019
Skills
- Archival Processing
- Records Organization
- Historical Research
- Historiography
- Data entry
- Cataloguing
- Document preservation awareness
- Customer service and communication
- Confidentiality and discretion
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Condition reporting
- Educational outreach
- Collection management
- Digital asset management
- Art gallery management
Certification
- First Aid- Level C (CPR/AED), 09/19/19, 09/19/22, St. John Ambulance
- Certified on power equipment for warehouse work, 08/27/18, 08/27/21, Raymond Johnston Equipment
- Forklift Certified (Sit Down Counterbalance), 03/06/19, 03/06/22, Raymond Johnston Equipment
- WHIMIS
Awards
- Safety Award, Walmart Canada
- Customer Service Award, Walmart Canada
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Interests
Preservation of cultural artifacts and history while ensuring its accessibility for the public Learning about history, and different cultures
Timeline
Curatorial Assistant
Grenfell Art Gallery
05.2025 - Current
Volunteer
Corner Brook City Archive and Museum
04.2025 - Current
Insurance Agent Benefits Specialist
American Income Life
12.2020 - 05.2021
Sales Floor Associate
Walmart Canada
06.2016 - 07.2019
Life and License Qualification Program - undefined
Durham College
Construction/Industrial Electrician Block 1 - undefined
College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook Campus
Bachelor of Arts - Historical Studies, Classics
Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
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