Samantha Newton

214-***-****

Software Skills

Microsoft Windows XP Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Windows Vista Corel Paint Shop Pro X2

Microsoft Windows 7 Adobe Acrobat

In ternet Explorer Cute FTP

Macromedia Dreamweaver Cute PDF

Microsoft Office Outlook

Ha rdware & Peripherals

Fax Machine Binders

Basic Networking D igital Photography

Printers VOIP installation & setup

Copiers Webcam installation & setup

Scanners

Desktop Support

Hardware & driver installation Software Installation & support

Antivi rus installation & maintenance Remote Desktop support

B ackup and restoration Desktop Troubleshooting

Basic t raining incl. SOP design

General Office Skills

Typing Invoicing & statements

Copying Spreadsheets & charts

Scanning Supply management & purchasing

Filing In ternet research

Phones Contact management

Reception Customer service

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Background & due diligence research

Data entry & 10 key Mail management

Web Design & Graphics

Basic HTML, CSS, web & email design, banners, advertising, content

management, SEO, forums, blogs, social media content, graphics, hosting,

domain procurement, server access management (email user setup and

maintenance), t raffic monitoring and statistics, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) etc.

Distribution & Warehousing

Data Ent ry, 10-key, receiving, sku & quantity verification, manual and machine

p ick, packing, shipping, inventory control, audit, RTV, report production and

management, project coordination, order fulfillment, research, filing, lift and

carry 40lbs, operate manual pallet jack, tagging machines. Software: Excel,

E LVIS, RETEK, MOVE, Outlook, Word, Business Objects.

M iscellaneous

P roduction - Vegetable pre-pack, t rim, QA, package, weigh, label and palletize

for grocery chain supply.

M inimal exposure (6 months or less) to the following:

Medical - F ront and back office experience in a Chiropody & Podiatry office.

Chair side assistance, note taking and x-ray development.

Hospitality - k i tchen asst, server/hostess and room attendant.

C ashiering - l imi ted exposure as a weekend assistant in small shop sales and

cash handling.

I am always interested in acquiring new skills and

i mproving upon my current skill-set.

E mployment H istory

E.P.C. - Office Administrator 11/2009-

07/2010

During my employment with EPC I was responsible for the day to day administration for

a small Oil & Gas Exploration Company. This included a wide variety of duties and

f unctions such as:

• Reception - small mul tiline phone system, greeting visitors, providing

refreshments and announcing visitors.

• Sales support - providing administrative support to the sales team, to include

t ransferring calls, design and setup of personalized email templates, letters,

desktop support, compiling and mailing client packages, contact management,

meeting notes and t raining manuals, taking detailed messages for return calls,

p roducing spreadsheets and charts, maintaining stationary & supplies as needed.

• Executive Administration - Typing confidential legal documents, call screening,

check printing and mailing, invoicing, client statements, data entry, design and

p roduction of client brochures and li terature, typing memos and letters.

• Desktop Publishing - Design and production of office stationary, business card and

letterhead, statements and invoices as well as new project packages. Image

manipulation, generation and clean-up.

• Desktop support - I was responsible for maintaining all PC's and laptops, setup,

i nstallation and maintenance of software and peripherals, research and ordering

supplies and parts as needed.

Reason for leaving: T he CEO decided to semi-retire and relocate out of state. At this

point I was not willing to relocate to California, or consider Independent Contract work

as offered with the CA Office.

Achievements: I dentified and corrected pre-existing errors on client statements and

c reated a system to automate monthly project revenue statements faster and with 100%

accuracy. This system also produced year to date figures for tax purposes and displayed

client expenses to provide a more complete report to clients on their investment.

Zale Corporation - Receiving Clerk

New Store Coordinator

11/2006 - 09/2009

Special Projects Coordinator

D uring my employment with this Corporation I held 3 different positions within the

D istribution Center:

• Receiving Clerk - Receiving, verifying merchandise, data entry, pick, pack and

shipping, invoice auditing, tagging.

• New Store Coordinator - In this position I was in charge of pulling merchandise

required to open a new store, auditing, tagging, verifying and reconciling invoices,

packing and producing packing slips. I also Coordinated shipping schedules with

t he shipping and logistics departments to ensure all new stores had adequate

merchandise in t ime for their Grand Opening.

• Special Projects Coordinator - I was the coordinator for the pick, retagging and

p ut-a-way of merchandise that required retagging, gift boxing or other special

handling. This role also included the t ransfer of merchandise to and from our

Canadian branch which required it to be retagged, audited and verified, keyed

i nto inventory and put-a-way in stock. I was responsible for teams of 2-30 people

depending on the project size and responsible for producing daily and monthly

p roductivity reports, as well as project status t racking reports.

In these roles I cross-t rained in every department and was t rained in the use of software

such as ELVIS, Retek and MOVE. My job also included the use of RF scanners for stock

balance and Inventory Control, and Excel for report generation.

Reason for leaving: I wanted to pursue a different career path.

Resource Staffing - Temp

Sept - Nov 2006

M y assignment was at Zale Corporation as a temporary Distribution Clerk.

R eason for leaving: I was hired on as a permanent employee.

Voluntary work - Web Design & Maintenance

2001-2006

D uring this period I was not authorized to work in the US, I initially entered the US on

an H4 spousal visa and this does not allow for paid employment. During this time I did

voluntary work for a number of organizations including: web design and maintenance for

political campaign sites, a no kill animal shelter, a local cancer survivor group and a

local racing team.

I a lso did voluntary work in a facility that did mail housing, and print for political

campaigns. This involved the use of print and mailing machinery, inserters, postage

machines, strip and burst, pre-sorting mail, mail merge, Data tape to CD/DVD

conversion.

R eason for leaving: Relocation out of state.

Infotel, UK - Web Design/Maintenance & IT

support

1999-2000

I worked for one of the largest hotel and conference reservation services in the UK as a

web mistress/Office support admin/ IT assistant. My job function was to create new

client profile pages, update existing client pages and maintain our online directory. I

was responsible for t raining and overseeing our part time data entry clerks. Digital

scanning/OCR/Image manipulation of client materials and creating online profiles with

i nformation and images supplied.

R eason for leaving: Relocation out of country.

Stay at Home Parent

1987-1999

I was a stay at home mom with two young stepdaughters. I had a number of short-term

positions over the years including food preparation, pre-pack, office assistant in a

chiropodist/podiatry office. I t was during this time my interest in photography began to

t ransition to digital media and I began to develop computer skills. I have never had any

formal t raining on computers, I am self taught and have continued to learn new skills

and software along the way.

L icenses, certificates etc.

Texas Notary Republic 2009-2013

Expert Rating: T raining & Employee Testing

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T ranscript ID: Available upon request to serious enquirers.

Computer Skills Test PASS GPA 3.1 - 78/100 (10/10/2009)

T yping Skills Certification PASS 76 WPM/ 96% Accuracy (09/03/2010) 10

m inute test

Numeric Typing Skills Certification PASS 150 kspm/9000 ksph, 100%

Accuracy (09/03/2010) 5 m inute test

Education

Educated in the United Kingdom

M ath (A)

E nglish (A)

F rench (A)

Geography (B)

H istory (B)

A r t (B)

Technical Drawing (B)

Continuing self advancement in computer and web skills .

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