About

JEFFREY PAWLAK

Inventory Clerk with Buffalo State College &

Features Editor with ZeldaUniverse.net

Journalism Major with Buffalo State College

15 Jane Drive | Cheektowaga, NY 14227 | (716) 913-0896 |

JeffreyAPawlak@gmail.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Buffalo State College

Inventory Clerk

June 2017 – Present

• Records materials taken out by campus maintenance on a daily basis and enters records into digital database
• Handles incoming shipments for faculty before assigning where they will be delivered to across campus
• Maintains and organizes warehouse, storing materials and supplies for campus maintenance staff
• Regularly in contact with faculty across campus to ensure proper delivery of items
• Orders materials to be used by campus maintenance staff

ZeldaUniverse.net

Features Editor

December 2018 – Present

• Provides written coverage of The Legend of Zelda video game series, including in-depth editorials, reviews, and reflective essays for website with 1 million social media followers and more than 100,000 unique visitors per month
• Proofreads other contributing writers’ work to ensure proper grammar, detail accuracy, and brand formatting is used

SabresHockeyCentral.com

Associate Editor

September 2010 – April 2018

• Provided coverage of the Buffalo Sabres NHL team throughout the season by writing game previews, game recaps, feature editorials, and contributing to group-written pieces by the rest of the website staff
• Posted updates on website’s Facebook page and performs live coverage of games through same Facebook page
• Proofread and copyedited written pieces by other associate editors for the website
• Performed interviews with Sabres players and other members of the organization by phone, by email, and in person
• Contributed to staff round-table discussions and meeting to brainstorm strategies for website going forward

Northwest Bank

Branch Customer Service

October 2015 – May 2017

• Performed deposits, withdrawals, transfers, exchanges, and all inquiries on customers’ accounts, including checking, savings, credit cards, and various types of loans
• Consulted on and recommended different banking products and account services to customers
• Assisted customers with payment and management of personal safe deposit boxes in branch
• Managed personal cash drawer and additional funds included in branch’s vault
• Documented money orders, cashier checks, and other large transactions for both print records and electronic database

Best Buy

Inventory and Merchandising Specialist

April 2014 – October 2015

• Performed daily stock counts of product placed on sales floor, and recorded findings into store’s primary inventory data base, utilizing both Best Buy-exclusive software, and such programs like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

• • Prepared and filed all necessary paperwork related to incoming and outgoing shipments

• Researched record history of missing product and unusual fluctuations in stock counts

• Maintained customer online orders by locating product and made it available for pick up, or packed it to be shipped via FedEx and UPS

• Monitored incoming product shipments and incoming mail and entered information into store’s primary data base upon arrival

• Interacted with delivery drivers on a daily basis to ensure proper and accurate exchange of product being delivered to store and shipped out

Best Buy

Sales Specialist – Part Time

September 2012 – April 2014

• Interacted one-on-one with customers to learn needs for potential product and explained product features while selling
• Coached co-workers in product knowledge of home appliances, digital cameras and camcorders, and video game systems
• Maintained daily cleanliness of sales floor as well as proper signage and product for display

JCPenney

Men’s Clothing Selling Specialist

November 2008 – September 2012

• While selling on commissions-based pay, fitted customers for proper size and discerned best choices of style for customer’s intended event or wants
• Prepped purchased product to be altered to proper size and outlined tailoring orders with a local affiliate store, Chayban Custom Tailoring
• Organized department on a daily basis to meet cleanliness standards, and corporate standards for product and signage layout
• Coached co-workers on knowledge of men’s dress clothing and how to properly fit customers

EDUCATION

Buffalo State College

September 2008 – May 2014

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

• Coursework: Feature Writing, Communication Law, Media Production, Print News Reporting, Electronic News Producing

AWARDS/CERTIFICATIONS/ETC.

• Best Buy Store M.V.P. of the Month (April 2013)
• Have possessed a media credential with the Buffalo Sabres organization since February 2012, which granted me access at KeyBank Center to cover games in the press box, interview players and coaches in the locker room, and sit in on any press conference held by the organization
• Was approved by Amazon.com in July 2014 to produce and publish a 270-page novel for both digital and print formats, which has since been sold exclusively with Amazon’s selling platforms
• Northwest branch was #1 performing branch in Western New York territory for sales throughout the months of November and December 2015, and January 2016

REFERENCES

Kevin Freiheit

Website Coordinator with Major League Baseball and SabresHockeyCentral.com

(716) 445-2529

kmf418@gmail.com

Josiah LeRoy

Assistant Branch Manager with Northwest Bank

(716) 698-5292

Josiahdleroy@gmail.com

Christopher Lauricella

Operations Manager with Best Buy

(716) 228-4798

Christopher.Lauricella@BestBuy.com

Samuel Farrauto

Sales Manager with Apple

(716) 479-9482

sfarrauto@apple.com

Peter Herr

Theater Teacher with Saint Mary’s High School

(716) 901-1855

pherr@thecreativebuffalo.com

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Education