LISA COHEN

*** *. ******* ******

Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663

201-***-**** (cell)

ace06e@r.postjobfree.com

Objective To obtain an Executive Assistant position that will utilize my

strong experience, organizational and computer skills

Work Experience

Meadowlands Consumer Center, Secaucus, NJ

2007 - Present

Market Research Company, employing focus groups and coordinating data for

corporate clients, with offices in NJ and in Manhattan

Executive Assistant

- Provide right hand assistance to the President/ CEO and the Executive

VP, keeping them organized daily

- Schedule and maintain management and client calendars utilizing

Outlook Calendaring

- Screen calls, answer and direct inquiries

- Edit and proofread all correspondence

- Coordinate all travel arrangements for executives including heavy

domestic flights, travel itineraries, securing car/taxi service,

researching restaurants and getting executives to and from hotels and

airports

- Process expense reports, reimbursements and bid proposals in Excel

- Oversee all advertising, including schedule and budget, acting as a

liaison with outside vendors

- Create and implement promotional campaigns including coordinating a

yearly, 300 person database of clients to receive Valentine's Day

promotions

- Plan, coordinate and attend trade shows

- Write/create content for and place all press releases in MS Word

- Review resumes of potential employees, make recommendations, interview

candidates

- Extensive client contact in person, by telephone and by email

- Responsible for coordinating office IT and phone issues, working one

on one with technical vendors to solve IT problems

- Assisted with front office refurbishment, acting as a liaison with

architects, contractors and furniture dealers

SoyToy, LLC, Oradell, NJ

1997 - 2007

Small Appliance Manufacturer/Distributor

Office Administrator

- Assisted in development, introduction, marketing and distribution of

new kitchen appliance

- Handled all day-to-day aspects of business to include getting Owner

scheduled for domestic flights and speaking engagements, setting his

itinerary and getting him to and from hotels and destinations

- Responsible for sales, marketing, advertising, accounts receivable &

payable and payroll using Excel and QuickBooks

- Planned, coordinated and attended all trade shows

- Significant customer contact, both by telephone and in person

- Liaison with publisher for book Owner wrote and sold

Mokrynski & Associates Inc, Hackensack, NJ.

1995 -

1997

Account Executive

- Managed and marketed list names for a variety of major catalog files

- Increased rental billings over projections for women's apparel list,

home d cor list and midscale gifts list

- Heavy telephone communication with list owners, brokers and mailers

- Negotiated price incentives, net name arrangements and exchange

transactions

A.C. Nielsen Co., Hackensack, NJ

1992 - 1995

Senior Corporate Account Manager - M&M/Mars

- Handled all marketing questions and issues as they related to sales

movement, household usage and media efficiencies

- Maintained large, complex consumer package goods' databases

- Completely restructured candy database to reflect changes in the

marketplace

- Extensive client contact with frequent presentations to senior

management

Best Foods. Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ

1981 - 1987

Marketing Research Manager

- Designed and implemented consumer research for major Best Foods brands

- Coordinated product testing, focus groups, copy testing, diary panels,

attitude/usage studies and package/label research

- Made frequent presentations to management

Education

1 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

BA: English, 3.54 GPA, Honors: Dean's List, member Phi Omega Epsilon Honor

Society, graduated cum laude

Computer Skills MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Outlook

Calendaring, QuickBooks, In-House Databases

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2 References

Available upon request

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