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Apprentice at Alan Harp Design

Jacob Brooker

Atlanta, GA
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    Looking for an opportunity to put my skills into practice within the design field.

    I love designing.

    I love sketching.

    I love solving problems.

    I love MAKING things.

    I love it so much, I do it in my free time for fun, but it would be nice to put these skills to work in the field.

  • Education
    • Bachelor of Science Industrial Design
      Georgia Institute of Technology
      2004 - 2008
    • Associate of Arts (A.A.) "arts and letters" (2 year transfer degree program)
      Umpqua Community College
      1998 - 2000
  • Experience
    • Research Techniciaan
      Solvay Specialty Polymers
      Alpharetta, GA
      May 2014 - Present (12 years 1 month)
    • Bricks Cafe Manager
      Perimeter Church
      Johns Creek, GA
      Jun 2011 - May 2014 (2 years 11 months)
      Head Barista. Head of Operations/Facilities, Events, Marketing, Inventory Management, Personnel Management, Account Management, Training, Vending, etc. Coordination of meal catering for onsite events. Coffee catering for internal and external customers. Account tracking, and billing for internal and external customers.

      Streamlined and standardized multiple processes, including internal and external catering requests, and recipes. Created SOP's for maintenance, cleaning recipes, billing, as well as training materials. Instituted marketing strategy and created all assets for same.
    • Part-Time Apprentice
      Alan Harp Design
      Oct 2012 - May 2014 (1 year 7 months)
      Apprentice to Mr. Harp.

      General woodworking, plenty of sanding, painting/finishing, and occasional design sounding-board.
    • Visual Sales
      The Container Store
      Jun 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year)
      Customer service, Merchandising, Receiving, Sales, Cashiering, stockroom, Elfa order fulfillment
    • Logistics Associate
      Old Navy
      Apr 2010 - Feb 2011 (10 months)
      Customer service, markdowns, receiving, cashiering
    • Fabrication - Drawers
      Kingdom Woodworks
      Oct 2009 - Jan 2010 (3 months)
      Solely responsible for fabrication of dovetailed drawers to custom plan specifications from solid woods and ply materials.

      Company's goal for this position was to learn shop practices, then moving into a cabinet design role. Unfortunately, lack of incoming work lead to restructuring and layoffs of recent hires. Left company on very good terms.
    • Old Navy - Sales Associate
      Gap Inc.
      Nov 2008 - Oct 2009 (11 months)
      Retail sales, receiving
    • Student Assistant
      Georgia Institute of Technology: Advanced Wood Products Laboratory
      Atlanta, GA
      Jan 2008 - Aug 2008 (7 months)
      Assisted students with project construction, maintained shop facilities, fabrication, etc.
      Maintained safety standards and assured safe use of all equipment. Assisted students in fabrication and design strategy.

      (Note: Formerly known as "Advanced Wood Products Lab"now known as "Digital Fabrication Lab")
    • Intern
      Thing Farm Design
      Dec 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 month)
      Fabrication
    • Student Shop Manager
      Georgia Institute of Technology: College of Architecture: Design workshop
      Aug 2006 - Dec 2007 (1 year 4 months)
      Assisted students with project construction and rapid prototyping, maintained shop facilities, ensured student safety and proper machinery use.
    • Customer Care Specialist
      Recall Inc.
      Oct 2002 - Aug 2004 (1 year 10 months)
      Liaison between clients and records storage facility.Received and processed client orders via phone, fax, e-mail and web. Generated electronic work orders for records collection, delivery, destruction, and client review. Created custom electronic and hard copy inventory reports for client review.
  • Industries
    • Commercial Equipment
    • Commercial Furniture
    • Musical Instruments
    • Outdoor Equipment
    • Residential Furniture
  • Skills
    • CAD Design
    • DIY
    • Photography
    • Fabrication
    • Furniture Design
    • Ideation
    • Industrial Design
    • Model Making
    • Prototyping
    • SolidWorks
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