Customer Service Sales
Resume:
John R. Russell
Oakland, CA ****6
Objective: To secure an Executive Assistant/Research Assistant position with an established Real Estate/Finance firm.
Education:
1996-2000 English BA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 3.6 GPA, Dean's List.
2006 Principles of California Real Estate, Merritt College, Oakland, CA.
2008 Small Business Administration, College of Alameda, Alameda, CA.
2011 Linguistics, UC Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, CA.
2011 Brazilian Portuguese, Maria Oliviera Language School, Pinole, CA.
2012-2013 Real Estate Appraisal Principles, Cost/Market/Income Approaches, Market Analysis, Highest & Best Use, Site
Valuation, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA & Allied Business School.
Work Experience:
2013-present Manager/Sales Assistant, Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, San Francisco, California.
Assist with gallery management, sales, and database management. Use NetSuite & Excel.
2012-present VP Assistant, Yovino Young, Inc. Berkeley, California. Assist VP and all Real Estate
Appraisers with a variety of projects including research, data collection, home inspections,
report writing, and general admin. Use MetroScan, MLS, DCSketch & Bradford Technologies.
2011-2012 Sales & Marketing Assistant, Gardener's Hollow Leg, LLC., Berkeley, California.
Assisted President/Owner with database management, client acquisition, cold calls, research,
marketing, executive assistance, and trade show preparation.
2003-2011 VP Assistant/Senior Service Associate, Claremont Rug Company, Oakland, California.
Assisted President and Vice-President. Wrote appraisals, letters, client calls, junior sales,
national sales trips (furnishing the homes of film stars, CEOs, & billionaires from
LA to Chicago to NYC, managing 500k inventories). Assisted at the second gallery, Claremont II, with
database management, marketing, shipping & receiving, home installations, editing/proofreading, and gallery
maintenance.
2002-2003 Record Archivist/Administration, Publisher's Group West, Oakland, California.
Collated, researched, organized, and produced documents, data, and key materials for all
departments. Worked with publishing software programs, purchase orders, data entry,
shipping & receiving, and general maintenance of company materials.
2001-2002 Customer Service Associate, Pegasus, Berkeley, California.
Worked at all stores and warehouse, customer service, store finances, warehouse shipping
& receiving, store maintenance, bookselling, bookscouting/buying, and stock analysis.
2000-2001 Music Analyst, Savage Beast Technologies (now Pandora), Oakland, California.
Analyzed, organized, and input data into online music search engine. Helped develop
and maintain the Music Genome Project. Also a key member of the Electronica music panel,
creating the format and methodology of project system. Key member of Pandora's initial start-up
stage and growth.
Additional Skills & Experience:
* Small Business Ownership (LED Lighting)
* Habitat for Humanity volunteer
* Italian & Portuguese language skills, Italian student exchange
* Music Composer/Producer for film & artists
* Pro-Tools music software engineer, record label owner
*References available upon request
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