Neal Bauer
Minneapolis
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Part-Time Gallery Assistant
Walker Art Center
03.2025 - Current
- Providing all visitors with the highest level of service, safety, and hospitality
- Protecting the artworks through enforcing visitor guidelines and ensuring safety protocol are upheld
- Creating a welcoming, accessible, and audience-focused experience for all visitors
- Acting as a resource for visitors on Walker artworks, exhibitions, resources, and events
- Supporting the greater Gallery Assistant team through completing support shifts, demonstrating punctuality during breaker shifts, and showing enthusiasm and attention-to-detail while training new hires
Virtual Stylist
Stitch Fix
12.2020 - Current
- Providing clients with a personalized styling experiences based on their budget, needs, and style profile
- Understanding how different colors, fabrics, and shapes will best flatter clients of all ages and body types
- Knowledge of premium brands for clientele seeking a luxury shopping experience
- Writing personalized stylist notes for clients that explain why pieces were chosen for them and offer styling advice
- Regularly reviewing clients’ feedback in order to provide them with the best possible styling experience
- Working thoughtfully and efficiently to ensure that productivity standards are met and surpassed
Escalated Complaints Specialist
Wells Fargo
11.2019 - 04.2020
- Providing resolution to high risk customer complaints received by the Wells Fargo Executive Office
- Navigating online banking systems to construct accurate, thorough research records of information relevant to customers’ complaints
- Creating customer letters to communicate resolution based on research findings and approved verbiage
- Effectively communicating between different banking departments to perform quality control on the accuracy of research and ensure that compliance standards are upheld
Student Teaching Assistant for Elizabeth Morano
Parsons School of Design
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Developing weekly recitation curriculum in the forms of PowerPoint slideshows and activities to complement the course lecture delivered by professor
- Facilitating large group discussions about course content
- Grading weekly homework assignments
- Creating and grading course exams
- Maintaining records of each student’s progress throughout the term
Curatorial Research Assistant
The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Working as part of The Costume Institute’s curatorial team to support the work of the upcoming 2019 exhibitions
- Conducting image research for the upcoming exhibitions via online archives/databases and books/periodicals contained within The Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library
- Scanning, uploading, and organizing research images into the curatorial team’s shared hard drive
- Developing original guided tour of museum works to deliver to the general public
- Museum Seminar Internship Program
Student Research Assistant for Dr. Hazel Clark
Parsons School of Design
09.2017 - 12.2017
- Working for advising professor to source research images based on established curriculum for upcoming course
- Analyzing and identifying key themes of source material in order to determine how to organize image research and presentation
- Searching online archives, databases, and libraries for images relevant to course curriculum
- Organizing images into effective PowerPoint presentations for class recitation
Residence Life Advisor
Colman Hall (Lawrence University)
08.2014 - 06.2015
- Creating and facilitating activities designed to foster Colman Hall community on widespread and floor based levels
- Creating regular passive programming (bulletin boards, posters, door decorations) as a means of increasing resident engagement
- Effectively managing moments of crisis, from physical safety emergencies to personal mental/emotional health concerns
- Serving as a hall-based figure to refer students to necessary resources both on and off campus
- Collaborating with campus groups and organizations to create original programming
- Participating in leadership, relationship-building, and resource-based trainings
Education
High School -
Central Senior High School
06.2013
Master of Arts - Fashion Studies Program
Parsons School of Design
05.2019
English major, Art History/Ethnic Studies minors
Lawrence University
06.2017
Skills
- Extensive background in leadership and creating and facilitating original programming for diverse populations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in person and over electronic means of communication
- Background in event planning and managment
- Experience in customer service
- Experience working in an archival/database/library research position
- Understanding of how to both work independently and function as a part of a team and support the efforts of those around me
- Proficient with Microsoft Office and experience with TMS
- Responsible and reliable for scheduled meetings and deadlines
- Experience in serving as an ambassador or role model for an organization
- Ability to multitask and problem solve in order to ensure smooth operation of events
Timeline
Part-Time Gallery Assistant
Walker Art Center
03.2025 - Current
Virtual Stylist
Stitch Fix
12.2020 - Current
Escalated Complaints Specialist
Wells Fargo
11.2019 - 04.2020
Student Teaching Assistant for Elizabeth Morano
Parsons School of Design
09.2018 - 05.2019
Curatorial Research Assistant
The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
06.2018 - 08.2018
Student Research Assistant for Dr. Hazel Clark
Parsons School of Design
09.2017 - 12.2017
Residence Life Advisor
Colman Hall (Lawrence University)
08.2014 - 06.2015
Master of Arts - Fashion Studies Program
Parsons School of Design
English major, Art History/Ethnic Studies minors
Lawrence University
High School -
Central Senior High School
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