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Assistant Manager

Location:
Jersey City, NJ, 07302
Posted:
July 25, 2013

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Resume:

Angela Duarte Stewart

Brazilian & American Citizen

*** ****** ******, #**** - ****** City, NJ 07302

917-***-**** ********@*****.***

SUMMARY

A knowledgeable and motivated individual with experience in consecutive interpreting skills; detail oriented, excellent

communicator, fluent in four different languages and possesses high degree of energy and enthusiasm. Portuguese as mother

language, in addition lived in Italy for three years. My goal is to expand my work as an interpreter, utilizing the best of my

knowledge and passion for the public in general; ensuring the best service will be provided.

EXPERIENCE

GENEVA WORLDWIDE, NY

MCAS – MANAGED CARE ANCILLARY SERVICES, NY and NJ

GLOBAL INTERPRETERS, NY

FREELANCER INTERPRETER, New York and New Jersey

Portuguese-English Interpreter March 2010 – Present

• Consecutive interpreter for social, medical, legal and religious assignments; works with the NY and NJ court system;

• Interprets legal cases regarding Social Security benefits, Medicaid disabilities, domestic violence, ESL Students,

works with social workers, lawyers, judges, doctors, etc. Interprets in person, but also over the phone.

GOLDMAN SACHS (Clinton Global Initiative & 10,000 Women Program), NY, USA

Portuguese-English Interpreter / Translator (Temporary) September, 2010

• Accompanied a Brazilian entrepreneur to conferences, meetings and event s; interpreted at international negotiations;

• Interpreted live interviews to CNN and CNBC; in addition translated her speech to 150 guests at a gala dinner;

• During this period, also worked as a tour guide for two other entrepreneurs, from Afghanistan and from Zambia.

IESS Non-Profit, New York, NY, USA

Co-Founder / Director August 2007 – Present

• Consecutive Interpreter (Portuguese to English) whenever Brazilian speakers are invited to work and talk;

• Responsible for all aspects of event management ; develops, plans, markets and executes events for up to 300

attendees;

• Develops and constantly updates the website and Facebook pages; produces the monthly newsletter;

• Arranges transportation, hotel negotiations, production of meeting materials and registration management;

• Creates and organizes fundraisings, and innumerous campaigns to help homeless and under privileged families;

UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, USA

Portuguese Tour Guide (Temporary) March, 2010

Arranged, created itineraries and guided tours through NY to groups of 50 Tourists or more. From the windows of a modern

tour bus they saw the famous touristic landmarks, learned a lot about our history, culture, movies that were shot in NYC and

the remarkable people that live or lived here. We also explored Battery Park and lower Manhattan in a walking tour.

Tour Guide (Free Lancer – NYC) March 2010 – Present Organize and guide tourists

from many countries through NYC on walking, bus or boat tours. The tours are personalized, so I take a great pleasure in

finding out what the group is really interested in. Therefore, we can cover most of the areas of their interest. We visit

Manhattan, but also Brooklyn; in addition we have great shopping tours. I also created The Best of Manhattan in few tour

options, so the group can have some good ideas.

Tour Guide (Free Lancer – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) July and August, 2011 and 2010

Researched and booked the hotel and tour bus; developed and arranged program itineraries based on the requirements of

clients. Guided tourists through the main touristic areas, museums, shopping centers, but also into the city hidden gems.

Promotional materials were prepared and distributed to tourists. Promoted and pushed the sales of souvenirs and trail

guidebooks.

EDUCATION

LANGUAGE SKILLS: English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish – Fluent.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Office 2010, Outlook, ACT, Ariba, Photoshop, Front Page, Internet Searches.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, School of Business - International Business and Finance - 2002.

CANDIDO MENDES UNIVERSITY, School of Law - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1998.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

BANANA REPUBLIC, New York, NY, USA

Technical Designer Junior (Temporary) 11/2009 – 01/2010

BEAR STEARNS, New York, NY, USA.

Portuguese / Spanish / English Equity Research Assistant 07/2007 – 06/2008

RESTORATION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, New York, NY, USA.

Financial Manager 11/2003 – 01/2007

GOLDMAN SACHS, New York, NY, USA.

Spanish / Portuguese / English Financial Assistant (Temporary) 02/2003 – 11/2003

ZINI & ASSOCIATES (Italian Law Firm), New York, NY, USA.

Italian / English / Portuguese Legal Assistant 05/2001 – 05/2002



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