Christina Pougas
Chicago,IL
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Costume Production Assistant
Universal Television LLC
05.2022 - Current
- Assisting Costume designer with shopping and sourcing costumes
- Maintaining stockroom organization, breaking down episodes, properly laundering and handling different materials
- Delivering costumes from office to basecamp
- Organizing, filing and inputting receipts for budgeting purposes.
Production Assistant
Brave Wonder Productions
01.2022 - Current
- Assisted wardrobe stylist with various tasks including shopping for merchandize, ironing and steaming clothing items, returning items in timely manner
- Assisted production team with selecting and gathering props as well as staging the set and teardown
- Helped lead wardrobe stylist style actors, ensuring proper fit, gaining approval on outfit choice from clients, making small alterations when necessary and observing actors during shoot to ensure consistency in appearance
- Assisted production executives, clients and food styling team by running various errands such as shopping for items, ordering breakfast and lunch, keeping facilities clean and organized and ensuring fridge and pantry are well stocked.
Optical Store Manager
FOREYES
10.2019 - 09.2020
- Executed all operational responsibilities independently
- Tracked sales data using Excel and Power BI in order to identity areas of opportunity, and reported performance results for regular business reviews
- Highly skilled in troubleshooting optical and customer service issues, resulting in lowest percentage of returned items in region
- Sourced candidates through various platforms such as Linkedin, Indeed, networking events and company referrals
- Coordinated, facilitated and participated in all pre-employment interviewing and assessment
- Utilized strong interpersonal skills to train new employees to excel in sales process, comply with standards, and maximize company revenue.
Keyholder Optician
WALGREENS OPTICAL
03.2018 - 08.2019
- Outstanding customer service skills and keen eye for styling led to being named top sales associate in multiple pairs for 2018
- Tracking popularity of each frame brand and other optical products in order to make recommendations to purchasing manager
- Proficient with vision insurances including EyeMed, VSP, Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Administrative Assistant
PANHELLENIC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
04.2017 - 12.2017
- Maintaining the foundation's calendar, maintaining records in multiple databases using excel, executing large mailings, and preparing for board meetings
- Successfully recruiting, training and managing 20 volunteers for the event
- Writing, editing and proofreading various published materials
- Maintaining regular updates of organization website, Facebook & Instagram pages, and related media.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign12.2014
Timeline
Costume Production Assistant
Universal Television LLC
05.2022 - Current
Production Assistant
Brave Wonder Productions
01.2022 - Current
Optical Store Manager
FOREYES
10.2019 - 09.2020
Keyholder Optician
WALGREENS OPTICAL
03.2018 - 08.2019
Administrative Assistant
PANHELLENIC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
04.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
University of Illinois
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