9/95 - present

Executive Secretary

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York

As administrative support to Chase’s Consulting Services department, an internal team of one senior vice president, three vice presidents and eight consultants, I have an array of responsibilities, including:

• Edit the written products of Consulting Services (proposals, reports, and presentations) for content, business style and grammar.
• Oversee graphic design and layout of Consulting Services presentations and proposals.
• Create graphs, organization charts, flowcharts and other complex graphic elements.
• Research and interpret business and financial data from a broad variety of published and on-line sources.
• Create and maintain Access databases.
• Track expenses and bill for consulting projects.
• Maintain time / attendance records and payroll information for the department.
• Make travel arrangements.
• Plan events for up to 75 people.

10/94-7/95

Administrative Assistant

State Street Bank, New York

Supported two vice presidents of marketing, with responsibilities such as:

• Created presentations; assisted in the writing and design of proposals.
• Prepared leases and legal contracts.
• Coordinated all travel and conference arrangements.
• Filed expense reports; oversaw cash advances and deposits.
• Researched banks and financial services companies; created and maintained prospect databases.
• Interfaced with clients and prospects.
• Provided reception support; operated 600-line switchboard.

• Reengineered lab supply purchasing process; created spreadsheets to compare vendor data and price quotes.
• Ordered product samples from vendors.
• Responsible for all purchase orders.
• Redesigned AMBI rolodex database of 500 names and addresses.
• Created spreadsheets for travel and conference expenses.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S. in journalism, August 1994.
GPA: 3.2.         GRE: 780 verbal / 690 quantitative / 710 analytical.

Brown University, B.A. in modern culture and media, May 1993.
GPA: 3.3.        SAT: 760 verbal / 710 quantitative.

All packages for Windows and Macintosh. Latest release of all packages.

Presentations:	PowerPoint, Harvard Graphics
Spreadsheets:	Excel, 1-2-3
Word Processing:	Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro
Graphics:	Visio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, Corel PhotoPaint, PaintShop Pro, FreeHand
Databases:	Access, FileMaker Pro
WWW Publishing:	HTML literate; NoteTab Pro, PageSpinner
Desktop Publishing:	Quark Xpress
Other:	Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project, Netscape Navigator, Reference Manager

Internet literate in text-based, GUI and World Wide Web environments.
Proficient with color, grayscale and OCR scanning.

Published own literary journal,Your Pretty Head, from October 1993 to December 1994. Solicited and screened fiction, nonfiction and art submissions; wrote editorials and columns; created photo essays; designed entire layout, typography and “look” of magazine; sold advertising space; coordinated production and distribution throughout Midwest and New York metropolitan areas.

Freelance writer with publication credits including Journal of Object Oriented Programming (JOOP), The Independent and Merlyn’s Pen.

Featured performer at spoken word showcases throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.