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Education

University of Washington 
Graduate, Marketing Major/Sports Business Minor

Gateway School of Real Estate

University of Oregon
Lundquist School of Business
2008-2011

TJ Barr Resume


Jesuit High School


Portland, Oregon



Graduate, 2008

Experience

Chambers Bay Golf Course

Golf Shop, University Place WA

March 2022-June 2023​

  • Welcoming guests into one of the premier golf experiences in the world​

  • 2022 Women's Amateur Golf Tournament

  • Contributed valuable marketing analysis as well as pertinent problem & solutions to help the team

Tacoma Rainiers

 

 

Summer Sales Intern- Tacoma WA

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June 2021-September 2021
 

  • 166 Chick-Fil-A packages sold

  • Over $7000 gift cards exchange

  • Golf tournament representative & Kid’s Night Out event catalyst

  • Client relationship building through cold calls

  • Gameday preparation and success, creating a unique fan experience

American Cancer Society

Project Manager, Eugene OR

March 2011-June 2011

    

  • Running and organizing the Relay For Life event Eugene Oregon

  • Contacted potential sponsors and members of the community to promote the Relay For Life Event

  • Utilized Excel extensively to coordinate participants, awards, and recognition

Cutco/Vector Marketing

Sales representative, Beaverton OR

June 2008-September 2008

 

  • Accumulated over $3000 in knife sales

  • Sales experience involved contacting potential clients, going to their homes, performing sales demonstration, and finalizing all orders

  • Received specialized training through multiple sales training workshops learning techniques and tricks to adapt in any demonstration situation

Tualitin Hills Parks and Recreation District

Childrens’ Summer Camp Counselor, Beaverton OR

June 2009-August 2010

    

  • Garden Home Recreation Center’s “A Proven Leader and a Great Reader” Award

  • Ran the 10-12 year old camp organizing and leading games, activities, swimming, camping trips, and field trips around the community

  • Position included organizing and collaborating with fellow leaders, documenting and handling misbehavior, communicating with parents, and most importantly, keeping the children safe

Sligo Publishing

Marketing Director- Tacoma WA

November 2015-April 2020
 

  • Developed a marketing strategy to build product access, awareness, and activity

  • Diversified the client’s ability to market his books through Facebook, LinkedIn, and a blog via WordPress

  • Contributed a new and valuable perspective producing a dynamic approach towards creating a versatile foundation to grow product power

University of Oregon Recreation Center

Front Desk Supervisor, Eugene OR

September 2009-June 2011

 

  • Issuing equipment to Recreation Center patrons

  • Monitoring the weight room, cardio room, and tennis center

  • Promoting a comfortable, enjoyable, and safe work-out experience

  • 400 applicants, for 22 openings, offered the job

Hearthstone Retirement Facility

Dining Room Staff, Beaverton OR

January 2005- July 2007

    

  • Served meals to the elderly

  • Promoted a positive community where the members could come together to eat in a restaurant-style atmosphere to enjoy themselves

Catholic Youth Organization

Basketball Official

 December 2005-January 2007

    

  • Officiated children in the league where I had once played

Leadership

Bark No Bite Public Speaking Club
Founder/President

  • Founded a brand new club on the UW campus

  • Organized and led weekly meetings

  • Performed countless public speeches

Sigma Chi Fraternity-University of Oregon- Beta Iota

  • 2010 Sigma Chi General Scholarship Grant

  • Assistant Recruitment Chair, Sigma Chi Fraternity- Organizing and helping with summer and fall recruitment

  • Social Chairman, Pledge Class- Coordinating functions between our pledge class and other sororities

Boy Scouts of America:

Eagle Scout

March 2002- June 2008

   

  • Accumulated over 200 nights camping

  • Held 5 different positions

  • Earned 23 merit badges

  • Organized and constructed a 350 foot split rail fence at a local park

  • Achieved 7 ranks on my way to Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in Scouting

Senior Patrol Leader (highest position in the troop)

  • Organized and ran weekly and monthly planning meetings, arranged campouts, and led over 100 scouts and adults to Seattle Washington for Summer Camp

Jesuit High School Football Team

Captain

  • 2nd Team All Metro League Center

  • Led lineman work outs

  • Transformed body from 150 pound freshman to 206 pound senior

National Youth Leadership Training Camp
Troop Elected Participant

  • Week long camp on leadership strategies and practical implementation

Community Outreach

Boy Scouts of America

Assistant Scoutmaster

  • Guiding new scouts down the trail to First Class Rank

  • Built a framework for success for the future of Troop 419

Sigma Chi Derby Days Philanthropy
"Derby Daddy"

  • Hand picked a team to represent a sorrority in a week long celebration towards raising money for a local charity

 

CYO Basketball Coach
5th Grade City Champions

  • Organized practice and led games for the youth basketball team I had been a part of as a youth

Camp Easter Seals

Volunteer, Camp Stand By Me- Vaughn, WA

July 2006

  • Weeklong camp for mentally and physically disabled youth and adults

  • Led the campers through a week of swimming, songs, and activities giving them the opportunity to step out of their regular lives and into a fun filled camp built for their wants and needs

Projects & Presentations

  • “Bark No Bite” Public Speaking club at UW Tacoma- Multiple speeches

  • Bitcoin- Consumer Behavior

  • Bring Back the Sonics- Marketing Project

  • Mini Fridges- Professional Sales Project

  • Title IX- Sports Business Project

  • Nike SWOOSH- Advertising Project

  • Spotify-Business Strategy

  • Sigma Chi "Most Dateable Guy"

  • Prom King

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