PULLING PAINT (Spring 2026 - Present)

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As Pulling Paint continued to grow, the team needed stronger systems to manage a high volume of mural, signage, installation, and production projects. Project information was spread across spreadsheets, emails, estimates, and individual workflows, making it harder to track deadlines, prioritize work, manage staffing, and maintain consistent estimating and reporting.

• Improve visibility across active, completed, and lost projects. 
• Standardize estimating, project tracking, and production workflows. 
• Build scalable tools for pricing, staffing, scheduling, and reporting. 
• Reduce manual follow-up through clearer dashboards and automation. 
• Create process documentation the team could continue using as the business grows.

• Built and refined project trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools in Google Sheets. 
• Created pricing calculators for murals, signage, travel, lift equipment, paint, stencils, rush projects, and optional services. 
• Developed operational tools including a client fit calculator, complexity checklist, artist skill matrix, staffing resources tracker, and client onboarding one-pager. 
• Used AI to build the base of formulas, scripts, and calculator logic, then applied human review, business context, and operational judgment to refine the tools. 
• Automated recurring reports and project updates using Google Apps Script. 
• Created SOPs, playbooks, release notes, and process documentation to support internal adoption. 
• Conducted market research, permitting research, and operational analysis to support better project planning and decision-making.

• Increased visibility across project status, deadlines, ownership, staffing, and production needs. 
• Reduced manual reporting through automated new job, upcoming painting, and completed job reports. 
• Improved consistency in estimating, pricing assumptions, project intake, and client communication. 
• Created reusable tools that help the team evaluate fit, scope, complexity, staffing, and timeline risk. 
• Supported faster, data-informed decision-making through centralized tracking and calculators. 
• Built a more scalable operational foundation for managing growth across mural, signage, and installation work.

• Built project management, reporting, and operational systems in Google Sheets. 
• Developed pricing calculators, estimating tools, and production planning frameworks. 
• Created workflow tools for client fit, project complexity, rush projects, staffing, and artist skills. 
• Automated recurring reports and project updates using Google Apps Script. 
• Created SOPs, playbooks, release notes, and process documentation. 
• Conducted market, permitting, and operational research to support planning decisions. 
• Improved project tracking, scheduling, resource planning, and post-project follow-up. 
• Used AI to build initial calculator and script logic, then refined outputs with business judgment and human review. 

• Project trackers and management dashboards. 
• Pricing calculators and estimating frameworks. 
• Production days, travel, lift, paint, stencil, rush, and optional services calculators. 
• Capacity planning, staffing, and artist skill matrix tools. 
• Automated daily, weekly, and completed job reporting systems. 
• SOPs, workflow guides, release notes, and operational documentation. 
• Client onboarding, intake, and post-project review frameworks. 
• Market research, permitting research, and competitive analysis summaries. 
• Sales, project, and production workflow recommendations. 
• Process improvement recommendations and implementation plans.