Chris Bendix

Experience

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  Up Records

  Aug 2002 - Sept 2007

  Web Administrator, Art Director, Office/Bookkeeping

  Built and maintained website. Web server administration. Art direction and graphic design. Mail-order duties. Bookkeeping duties via Quickbooks, general office work, and e-commerce management

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  Comics Dungeon, Inc.

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2009

  Sales Associate

  Handled retail stock, provided customer service and cashiered

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  Barnes & Noble

  Oct 2007 - Oct 2010

  Train, orient, and coach cashiers to encourage and cultivate sales growth. Led by example with highest membership conversion rate in the store throughout my tenure, and through coaching I increased weekly conversions by all staff by 8%.Provide "world-class" customer service in all areas of the storeAssist in daily cashiering and financial operationsOptimize storefront presentation Provided customer service and cashiering duties on the bookfloor, magazine mezzanine, and in the music department. Handled merchandising and restocking of product, including shipping/receiving

  • Head Cashier

    Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Bookseller/Receiving

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2010
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  Easy Street Records

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2012

  Media Buyer, Scheduling Manager

  Buy/receive product through vendors for retail sale, buy used product for resale, provide scheduling for front of house, assist in all other areas of store

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  Central Co-op

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2021

  Facilities management, project management, database management, stakeholder engagement, trend research, data parsing, experience enhancer, "glue guy" Support onboarding, outreach, and troubleshooting for all member accounts. Perform database management, reporting, and data cleaning for 60,000 accounts. Produce messaging and documents to support engagement with company stakeholders. Initial point of contact for all customers and inquiries to Central Co-op. Offer understanding and support to customers. Promptly respond to in-person and online inquiries while adhering to Company communication and branding standards. Manage office projects and coordinate projects with other teams internally. Daily bookkeeping, reporting, and cash preparation, training for bookkeeping team of three

  • Member Engagement Manager

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Member Services Administrator

    Apr 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Member Engagement Lead

    Sept 2014 - Mar 2019

  • Bookkeeper

    Oct 2010 - Sept 2014
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  Neon Sigh

  Feb 2012 - now

  Founder, Copywriter, Art Director, Digital Content Manager

  I do everything at Neon Sigh - an independent record label I've created that represents artists worldwide, with particular focus on the Seattle music environment. I write copy and/or provide graphic design and layout for artists' biographies, album releases, and public events, and manage digital content & label web presence including social media. I manage album manufacturing, album releases, and concert/event planning as well.

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  Medical Records LLC

  Apr 2019 - now

  Art Director

  Art Direction / Creative at independent record label specializing in experimental/electronic dance music from 80s-present.

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  Solala

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  App Development Lead

  Worked with Project Manager to design front and backend architecture for the Solala app and to support dev team towards development, debugging, and deployment

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  Washington State Medical Association (WSMA)

  Aug 2022 - now

  Data Manager (Jr.)

  Create SQL querying for data cleaning and updating on 185,000 records.Perform research to produce updates for database records.Apply extensive critical thinking to researched data to ensure accurate data entry. Triage data entry and research projects per company priority.

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  STEM League

  Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

  Program Mentor

  Provided mentorship for computer programming and web development instruction tracks for high school students with beginner and intermediate-level experience with a focus on educating and inspiring students to pursue STEM interests.

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  Bluebonnet Data

  Jun 2024 - Sept 2024

  Data Science Fellow
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  DigiDems

  Jul 2024 - Nov 2024

  Data Director, Suozzi for Congress 2024

  Data Director for successful House Congressional campaign, focused on data cleaning, reporting, and analysis.