CARRIE LEIGHANN VERMILYE
Knoxville, TN 37932
Career Objective
To acquire a job where I can best use my abilities as well as challenging
me
to fulfill my career goals. I also desire to be in a job where I can grow,
learn and be given the opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas to help
contribute to the success of the company.
Work Experience
Administrative Assistant, Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN 37214
April 22, 2008 - June 12, 2010
. Assist the Vice President of Food & Beverage with his daily tasks
including managing his calendar, preparing documents for meetings, and
ordering supplies.
. Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign to
edit and create new menus as well as making signs for special events.
. Attend weekly meetings to take minutes.
. Manage the weekly operating schedule for the restaurants.
. Responsible for managing the donation requests hotel-wide.
. Manage the accounting tasks monthly for each restaurant.
Sales & Events Manager, Nashville Shores, Hermitage, TN 37076
February 14, 2006 - April 15, 2008
. Specialize in phone selling and booking events for youth and church
groups of various sizes.
. Manage the events by helping facilitate activities the group was
involved in, making sure the event goes smoothly, help catering during
meal time, and just being a point of contact for the client.
. Work on implementing marketing and promotional materials for youth
brochures and special events.
. Trained my assistant on her work tasks for the youth program I
managed.
. Managed my accounts in the ACT database program.
Executive Secretary, Southwestern/Great American, Nashville, TN 37214
March 9, 2004 - February 10, 2006
. Assisted three District Sales Managers in coordinating their
organizations.
. Managed dealer agreements during recruiting/sales season as well as
weekly reports in the SAP database.
. Plan the sales managers' banquets and meetings throughout the year;
usually about ten a year managing a budget of anywhere from $1,000 to
$8,000.
. Responsible for preparation of materials for meetings, sales school,
and checkout.
. Settled the students account with the company.
Program Consultant, Southwestern/Great American, Nashville, TN 37214
August 15, 2003 - February 10, 2004
. Specialized in helping elementary schools raise money through a
fundraising program by cold calling into several territories across
the United States.
Real Estate and Advertising, Asset Management & Sales, Goodlettsville, TN
37072
September 17, 2002 - August 13, 2003
. Assisted in coordinating temporary liquidation stores by researching
commercial real estate properties, corresponding with landlords, and
reviewing a site plan and pictures of the space for analysis of
property.
. Compile a mailing list to send out to customers anytime a new store
opens.
. Place display ads in the newspaper for every store opening by
researching circulation and dollar value of the ads to judge the best
fit for our marketing purposes in that specific area.
Internship in the Marketing Department, Southwestern Company,
Nashville, TN 37214
Summers and Christmas' 1999-2001
. Created weekly booklets of sales stats in PageMaker and Publisher.
. Worked on company statistics in Excel and created databases for
surveys in Access.
. Typed documents and letters in Word; create slide shows in PowerPoint.
. Assisted in coordinating events.
Academic Preparation
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, Tennessee
Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505
1999-2002
Major: Marketing
Academic Involvement: Member of the Marketing club for 2 years and attended
the American Marketing Association Conference
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37208
1998-1999
References available upon request