Michelle Ruiz

Experience

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  Sizzler USA

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

  Restaurant Assistant Manager

  I started as a waitress and was quickly offered a position in management when I graduated from high school. I learned a great deal from the managers, district managers and owners that I worked with. Food cost, inventory and sales reporting were all part of our daily tasks, as well as, employee management and customer relations.

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  Guardsmark

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Security Receptionist / Security Guard at SCO (computer software company

  As a receptionist: Greet and check in visitors. Work switchboard. Regular office duties: sort mail, send faxes and make copies.As a security officer: Monitor the security cameras and keep in contact with the roving security officers.

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  West Marine

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Responsible for several districts of stores and processing their cycle counts and inventories. Process their inventory paperwork. Work with stores and warehouses to ensure inventories are accurate. Communicated with Store Managers to make sure their inventories were accurate. Take sales order via phone or fax. Work with shipping companies to make sure packages deliver smoothly through customs to customers. Work with customers when problems arise.

  • Inventory Control Specialist

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  • International Catalog Sales

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1997
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  CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer

  May 1998 - May 2000

  Auto Travel Counselor

  Communicated with members and assisted them with their needs such as:Booked land travel for AAA members. Hotels and Disneyland Packages.Mapped out routes for road trips. Provided maps, tourbooks etcWrote insurance policies for MexicoAssisted in DMV transactions

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  West Marine

  May 2000 - now

  Project Management:Intake projects for our Creative Design team. Projects come from various internal departments. I verify the information to start the project and use Basecamp (project management tool) to create a project timeline. I schedule and assign tasks in order to make the projects deadlines. I communicate with team members verbally and written to make sure each person knows what they need to do to complete their part on a project and assist on anything that might be a barrier for them in completing their task. Show less Project Management:Intake projects for our print team. Projects come from various internal departments. I verify the information to start the project and use Basecamp to create a project timeline. I schedule and assign tasks in order to make the projects deadlines. I communicate with team members verbally and written to make sure each person knows what they need to do to complete their part on a project and assist on anything that might be a barrier for them in completing their task.PrepressI create in house prepress pdf proofs for all flyers and catalogs for in house proofing.Preflight all files going to printers to ensure quality, consistency and workabliity of files. I work with print brokers and printers to ensure the final product is inline with our standards.Image ManagementI manage the image database/drive for the company as well as source images from vendors for online and print use.I work with our in house photo studio when photography is needed and process the images and import them into our DAM database.Print ProductionI assist the Creative Service team with flyer production by getting image assets onto the pages and sourcing the missing the images before given to the designer for layout.Print buyerI work with multiple departments to price out print materials for Marketing Campaigns, Store Openings and Associate Events.Make It Happen Award January 2009 Show less Manage a Filemaker Pro database of over 25,000+ boating related images for use in our print publications and website. Provide images to media for related boating articles and in house to multiple department and store projects. Photoshop work including masking,clipping paths, alpha channels and color corrections.Awards:Gold Medal - For Service above and beyond the call of duty from Electronics Team.Person of Extraordinary Talent Award (Associate of the Month) July 2001Associate of the Month October 2004Associate of the Month September 2007 Show less

  • Creative Project Manager

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Digital Prepress Manager/Print Buyer/Print Project Manager

    Sept 2008 - now

  • Image Coordinator

    May 2000 - Jan 2009