Alex Ruzek

Home Care Aide - Consumer Direct Care of Washington (September 2024 – March 2025)

• Assisted client with day-to-day tasks of living, including housework, meals, furniture assembly, toileting, and preparing for bed.
• Performed nightly transfers from the client's wheelchair to their bed using a Hoyer lift, positioning them in bed according to their medical needs and comfort.
• Took responsibility for all pet care, including dog walking and extensive aquarium maintenance.

Sales Associate - Urban Outfitters (March 2024 – August 2024)

• Engaged authentically with customers, making conversation and recommending specific products while handling cash, card, and digital transactions through a point of sale system.
• Processed and organized a high volume of product, both shipping and receiving.
• Maintained product displays during peak hours, making them neater and more aesthetically pleasing.

Freelance Videographer (January 2014 – Present)

• Designed and edited weekly morning announcement videos for Cambrian School District as part of a distance learning community initiative.
• Created promotional materials for marketing professionals debuting a team-building icebreaker event.
• Served as Principal Camera Operator on a series of educational videos for aspiring teachers.
• Shot, edited, and subtitled a series of full-length foreign language plays and optimized them for the Miriam Ellis International Playhouse YouTube channel.

Wellness Membership Associate - Elements Massage (August 2022 – December 2022)

• Ran a reception desk terminal at a massage therapy office, greeting and checking in customers.
• Scheduled massage appointments by phone, text, and in person, using Mindbody booking software to maximize massage therapists' available work hours and optimize the schedule.
• Sold monthly Wellness Memberships to new customers and upsold existing clients on customizable massage enhancements via Elements's point of sale system.
• Cleaned bathrooms, did laundry, and maintained facilities.

Dishwasher/Cashier/Busser - Social Policy Café (October 2018 – May 2019)

• Made drinks and ran the register at a coffee shop/brunch restaurant that doubled as a community arts space, hosting showcases for local painters and photographers.
• Took on service responsibilities in both front and back of house, acting variously as busser, dishwasher, janitor, greeter, and kitchen assistant.
• Formed ongoing customer-provider friendships with café regulars.

Bachelor of Arts in Film & Digital Media – University of California, Santa Cruz (2017)