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Lifestyle

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Snow

Surf

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I am a hardworking, well-rounded, and fast-learning individual looking to grow, learn, and refine my skills in the lifestyle industry. I have a strong ability to follow directions.e I've spent the majority of my time in photo studios as a studio hand and a JR photographer at La Jolla Group. I thrive in creative and fast-paced environments, as well as team environments. I love meeting new people, learning from new people, and creating relationships with new people. The other half of the time I spent in the lifestyle industry was working in the Oneill Surf co-showroom store connected to the HQ building as a retail sales associate. There I used my strong communication skills and problem-solving skills to build relationships with customers and team riders to help pick out products.

Day-to-day duties in the HQ showroom store included
- Opening up the showroom store
- Keeping the store clean
-Keeping store organized
-Keeping inventory stocked
-Stocking backroom inventory
-Helping customers
-Handling money 
-Closing registers and closing store
-Helped with picking clothes out for team riders

Sales Associate 

- Helped set up the studio for photoshoots
- Worked in Photoshop to do color corrections and blemish corrections 
- Helped maintain the cleanliness of the studio
- Steamed and hung clothes that were being shot for the day
- Helped shoot pictures for catalog, flat product pictures, and pictures for third-party sales 
- Learned communication between other workgroups and different departments of the company
-Helped send pictures shot to other departments
-Helped dress and style models for photoshoots
-Did other admin things that the studio needed



JR photographer /Studio hand

Izzy Mendoza is a JR photographer /Studio hand at The La Jolla Group in Orange, CA.

Izzy Mendoza

Izzy Mendoza

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Villa Park High School