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Jarius Thomas

Sales Associate

The Fragrance Outlet - Assembly Row, Somerville MA

- provided customer service including recommendations, loyalty rewards, and BOGO discounts

- sold over 30 niche colognes and perfumes during the 2024 Holiday Season


The Fragrance Outlet

Coordinated with a school district representative to organize presentations for 6th to 12th grade students

Coordinated with a school district representative to organize presentations for students. Collaborated with staff at two district buildings to plan daily schedules. Delivered lessons to 40-75 students throughout the day, and reexplained key concepts to students needing additional support.


Teacher

Software Engineer | Next.js, React, JS/TypeScript, Python, Gen. AI

Delivered impactful consultative projects for a major hotel chain and a beverage conglomerate, creating new front-facing components that drove user engagement and increased sales and sign-ups. 

- Authored new React.JS components which added safeguards to the hotel booking experience. 



- Oversaw handoff of code from offshore teams to North American teams, ensured smooth transitions of their pending tickets, and improved overall project throughput. 



- Monitored code deployments using Splunk, and tracked spikes in error rates to diagnose problems. 



- Integrated and tested 3rd-party Gen. AI API, creating code from Figma designs. 



- Optimized PWA performance using Lighthouse, enhancing page load and responsiveness. 



- Collaborated in cross-functional teams to deliver weekly B2B webpage updates, driving sales campaigns via SAP Hybris and Adobe Scene7.

Publicis Sapient

Instructor

KidzToPros - Medford, MA

- Instructed and managed a group of students through KidzToPros tech curriculum.
  - Taught topics including control loops, variables, and booleans
- Signed students in/out with family and guardians, ensuring a solid headcount with each student accounted for


KidzToPros

Software Engineering Intern | Python, Google Cloud, Data Scraping, API Integration

Software Engineering Intern

Publicis Sapient - New York City, NY

Joined an engineering team to develop a chatbot app for a Major Hotel Chain. 

- Team split into 2 subteams, frontend and backend; I worked on backend

- Project described in full under [MaryBot](/projects/project-one)


Sales Associate

Lowe's Home Improvement - Nanuet, NY

*   Provided excellent customer service including recommendations and store directions

*   Restocked in-store returns back to the shelves

*   Collected products for online orders, for customer carside pickup
    *   Ensured COVID-19 safety measures were followed



Lowe's

Collaborated with other teachers and assistant teachers at CulturePlay’s Computer Science Academy to introduce fifth and sixth graders to game design and programming concepts with a hands-on experience. 

- Guided children through cooperatively assembling, test driving, and programming their VEX robots. 



- Facilitated a mock VEX Ringmaster competition at the end of the camp.

Work

The Fragrance Outlet

Teacher

Publicis Sapient

KidzToPros

Publicis Sapient

Lowe's

CulturePlay Computer Science Academy

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