Event coordination: trade shows, seminars, user conferences
STRENGTHS:
Interpersonal skills - ability to put people at ease
Dependable, organized, efficient
Team player
Self-starter
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, New England
Medical Center, Boston, MA November 2000 - Present, Executive Assistant to Director and
to Research Scientist
Coordinate lectures and seminars -- liaison with speakers, design and send
out invitations and posters, arrange for rooms and food for receptions,
coordinate advertising and maintain the attendee database.
Create PowerPoint presentations (including graphs and tables)
Format surveys (Research tools with 5-150 questions)
Maintain WLQ and Survey tracking databases (Access)
Administer WLQ survey process (liaison with users interested in using the
WLQ tool to evaluate work productivity in the workplace with people who
have been diagnosed with conditions such as depression and rheumatoid arthritis.
Coordinate Director's calendar and travel arrangements
Update and maintain literature references used in articles and grants
Abbott Industries, Bedford, MA September - November 2000 Contract, Executive Assistant to Vice
President, Marketing
Dexter Shoe Company, West Newton, MA June 1999-Sept. 2000 Executive Assistant to Vice President,
Marketing
Created prepress drafts for flyers, catalogs, order forms, and price lists
Managed digital image library
Formatted digital images for Website
Coordinated co-op program and produced credit memos
Wrote memos, presentations, and correspondence for Vice President
Maintained Excel sheets for budget, brand ID program, and retail mailer
program
Monitored invoices
Health Dialog, Inc., Boston, MA Sept. 1998-April 1999 Administrative Assistant for healthcare
management firm
Edited and produced company newsletter
Maintained company database
Performed Internet research on health topics and competition
Reviewed and analyzed health videos
Created PowerPoint presentations
Fulfilled orders for videotapes
New Directions, Boston, MA Oct. 1997-Sept. 1998 Administrative Assistant for executive
outplacement firm
Managed word processing department and supervised staff of one
Acting as Internet liaison between office and ISP
Handled e-mail, computer, Internet activities
Edited and formatted client resumes and letters
Maintained client lists sent to HR, Search, Venture Capital firms, and
to all the clients
Interacted with clients and prospective clients
Elcom Systems, Westwood, MA
Sept. 1996-May 1997 Marketing Specialist for electronic commerce
software company
Web site promotion - coordinated changes and submitted Web site to various
search engines on the Internet to facilitate Elcom's Web site being found
more easily on the World Wide Web
Trade shows - logistics for 5 trade shows, liaison with trade show personnel,
sales, and marketing department
Seminar support - worked on locations and logistics, designed invitation
and reservation forms
Marketing collateral - tracking and inventory
Company newsletter - designed and produced company newsletter
Industry and competitive research - researched competitor information via
the Internet
Interactive Group, Inc. (formerly Intrepid Software), Burlington, MA
June 1995-Sept. 1996 Assistant to Director of Marketing and to
Product Development Director
User Group conference (over 200 customers, 75 employees, and vendors) -
coordinated conference, sent out invitation and agenda, registered attendees
and maintained the User Group database, liaison with hotel and speakers,
on-site coordinator
conducted survey of magazines to plan future advertising - sent out survey
to upper management of customers, tracked, and analyzed response
coordinated insertion of advertisements, distribution of press releases,
and Hewlett Packard Coop Funds
Nov. 1994-June 1995 Marketing and Sales Assistant
Marketing: lead tracking, literature inventory and tracking, PowerPoint
presentations
Sales: proposals, RFP's, quotes, literature fulfillment, contracts
Aug.-Nov. 1994 Administrative Assistant, Sales Department
B&R Samizdat Express, West Roxbury, MA
Aug. 1974-present Co-Publisher (with husband) of small Internet
publishing company, www.samizdat.com
Stannah Stairlifts, Inc., Hopkinton
Aug. 1992-March 1994 Secretary
General secretarial work, word processing (Word Perfect), computer work
(accounts receivable/payable and lead tracking), telemarketing, assisted
sales team (by identifying, acquiring, and closing of new customers), and
trade show support (on-site)
Osco Drug Company, Blockbuster Video, Nordic Group
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Taught in nursery school for 5 years and kindergarten for two years
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Prescription Parents, Inc. (a parent support group for parents of children
with cleft lip/palate)
Member (1981-present), President (1995-present, 1985-87), Secretary (1984-85),
Newsletter Editor (1982-84, 1987-89), Corresponding Secretary (1989-1995)
Office for Children, Southern District Council, Former Member of
Board of Directors
EDUCATION:
1992-93 Katharine Gibbs School, Boston, MA. "Entree" Business Program,
Dean's List
1971-75 Boston State College, Boston, MA. M.Ed. Early Childhood
Education, Dean's List
1967-71 Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT. B.A., major in English
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