Results-driven Professional with highly successful Retail Art profile seeking opportunity to contribute senior-level sculpting/creative design background toward boosting bottom-line performance of company

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Ø  Excel at building and driving new business development through decisive, motivating leadership

Ø  Widely known as master sculptor, effectively overseeing development directly with manufacturer for quality control purposes

Ø  Expertise in planning, coordinating and managing administrative workflow and projects to efficiently meet critical deadlines and operational goals; Strong Event Planning background

Ø  Dynamic communicator highly effective in operating and collaborating across various corporate layers and departments, coordinating presentations between management, employees and clients

Ø  Thrive in high-pressure deadline-driven product development environments and strategically plan,  prioritize and coordinate team-driven workflow to maximize productivity, efficiency, and quality

Ø  Contribute dynamic multitasking skills, including quickly diagnosing and adjusting systems to meet special conditions, resolving complex challenges, and maintaining high-level standards

 

Key Achievements

 

Ø  Self-Employed Artist C Received over 45 international sculpting/design awards over 30-year career; Reproductions of work are sold throughout the world

Ø  Self-Employed Artist C Developed concepts and products that have generated more than $125 million in revenue for variety of companies

Ø  Master Sculptor C Recreated key replica of RMS Titanic artifact, recognized by many as original piece

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SquiCor LLC/SquiCor Labs, Vancouver, WA                                                                 2005-Present

Co-Founder/Managing Director

 

  Develop and implement best practice methodologies and ongoing improvement programs to achieve strategic and cost-effective alignment within goals of startup cancer research firm

  Proven success at raising money, evident by receipt of two major funding commitments

  Excel at managing administrative side of business, including the coordination of weekly lab meetings, corporate meetings and all trademark and patent-related filings

  Offer keen business and marketing skills from managing payroll to creating Internet and corporate branding strategies and designing all logos, brochures and company collateral

 

Self-Employed Sculptor/Creative Director, Vancouver, WA                                         1977-Present

Sculptor/Creative Director, 2000-Present

  Strategically maintain License and Royalty agreements with high-profile clients such as Warner Brothers, Capi de Monte, Lena Lui and Thomas Kinkade for original art work and sculptures

 

Sculptor, Disney World Florida, 1987-Present

  Proactively develop Licensing/Royalty agreement with Disney World Florida for exclusive theme park limited edition art; Inspiration for exclusive artist editions as well as manufactured reproductions produced by Ashton Drake Galleries

 

 

Artist, Bradford Exchange/Ashton Drake Galleries, 1986-Present

  Thrive at helping steer new business development through effective and creative Concept Development and Pattern Design; Operate as Master Mold Maker and Seamstress as well as Illustrator/Sculptor

  Successfully maintain License/Royalty agreement with Bradford Exchange and the Ashton Drake Galleries for original sculpting, including collector dolls, figurines, Christmas ornaments and general merchandise

  Globally manufactured and sold, featuring Cindy M McClure® brand and  registered trademark

  Create original art work and illustrations in several mediums, including pen and ink, pencil, watercolor, chalk and charcoal

   Reproduce artwork into several mediums, comprising porcelain, wax, wax over porcelain, vinyl, resin, silicon, stoneware or ceramic as needed

 

Sculptor, 1980-Present

  Formed Cindy McClure Ent., Ltd. In Vancouver, Wash., creating original sculptures and one-of-a-kind Artist Proofs; Supply commissioned work that is sold internationally

 

Artist, 1977-Present

  Offer oils and acrylic-based roots, selling original and commissioned oil/acrylic paintings on canvas

 

Celebrity Artist, 1984-2004

  Excelled at television-based marketing, evident by numerous guest appearances for QVC, Value Vision, Home Shopping Network and documentaries

  Displayed excellent broadcast/communication skills, making numerous live morning show appearances on networks in nearly a dozen states

 

Sculptor, RMS Titanic, 1998

  Commissioned and noted for successfully reproducing leading artifact for the RMS Titanic exhibition that began in Japan; Artifact was cherub originally mounted on bottom pedestal of the grand ballroom stairway; Reproduction was controversial piece as many mistook it as original

 

Sculptor, Australia Guest Appearances, 1990-1992

  Conducted guest appearance as Celebrity artist and commissioned to do private, exclusive sculpting seminars throughout Australia

 

Self-Employed, Vancouver, WA                                                                                     1989-2006

Logistics Coordinator/Field Producer/Event Planner

  Effectively organized 2006 press conference in Moscow between Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund and  Public Council of Rosatom

  Coordinated final ceremony choreography for documentary narrated by Martin Sheen in 2005 and currently playing in Japan

  Created and executed award for 2003 World Peace Music Awards in Bali; Coordinated all event logistics, including transportation, housing and television schedules for celebrity performers, international media guests, stage and lighting crews and sponsors

  Created and executed logistics behind World Peace Music Awards in 2004, originally scheduled to be held in Vietnam and later moved to San Francisco after sudden cancellation; Also

  Managed Vancouver, Wash., Special Olympics event at Clark College

 

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Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Pre-med Studies

 

Brigham Young University, Rexburg, ID

Associate of Science, Anatomy and Physiology

 

 

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Dear__________________:

 

I am currently seeking a challenging senior level director s opportunity in art and/or creative design and am submitting my resume for your review.  In advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

 

As demonstrated in the accompanying resume, I offer an extensive career as a widely known mass-produced artist and sculptor, engineering licensing/royalty agreements with high-profile companies such as Warner Brothers, Walt Disney World and the Ashton Drake Galleries. I am now eager to apply this background toward delivering immediate results for your company while building a progressive, long-term career of mutual benefit.

 

Besides my renowned artistic background, I feature keen administrative and business-related skills as a results-oriented event planner and proven entrepreneur, evident by the successful startup of a cancer research firm. Additionally, you will find me to be a driven team player committed to supporting you in achieving your objectives through superior leadership and performance.

 

I am confident I will be a valuable asset to your operations, and look forward to interviewing with you in the near future.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 Cindy McClure