Quality Assurance Administrative Assistant

Sean A. Cruickshank

*************@***.***

**** ******* ***, # *** ****** City, CA 91604

Phone: 818-748--6098

Objective: To utilize my interpersonal and self-starter skills, in a

challenging entry-level position.

Education:

Fordham University, NY, NY.

Major: Communications and Media Studies, Minor: History

Cumulative GPA: 3.0; Graduation Date: May 2005

Work Experience:

Goldman Sachs, Century City, CA

10/07-2/08

Presentation Specialist

- Designed Pitch Books using the Microsoft Suite to garner deals from

Fortune 500 companies.

- Composed presentations alongside investment bankers, at all times of

the day, in any country, to aid with their deal making.

Coordinated workflow with offices around the globe, while serving as

sole on-site representative.

Credit Suisse, NY, NY 1/07-

10/07

Presentation Specialist

- Designed Pitch Books using the Microsoft Suite to garner deals from

Fortune 500 companies.

- Composed presentations alongside investment bankers, at all times of

the day, in any country, to aid with their deal making.

- Quality Assurance Programming: Tested new programs, computer macros,

and templates to ensure their proper functionality upon release.

BFG/Camel, NY/CA 12/05-

12/07

Field Agent

- Screened smokers in nighttime venues and conducted surveys.

- Performed inventory at Camel sponsored vendors.

- Promoted Camel sponsored events.

Bank of America: Market Data Administration, NY, NY

Administrative Assistant/Data Researcher

4/06-8/06

- Answered phones, sorted through e-mails, and processed customer

billing.

- Compiled information on services that BoA subscribed to.

- Entered research into spreadsheets, then made overall reports on total

findings.

Vincent Cirrincione Associates, NY, NY

7/04-5/05

Executive Assistant

- Familiarized myself with the talent database in order to promptly

select the perfect client for particular roles, daily. Then

mailed, photo packets of clients for viewing by casting directors.

- Screened and pre-selected prospective clientele by attending talent

showcases outside of business hours.

- Thoroughly reviewed script submissions, and then labeled the ones

of high enough caliber, for the consideration of the top clients.

- Managed the entire NY office when the Vice-President went on

business trips; including: ordering supplies and managing petty

cash.

- Managed the monthly/weekly business itineraries of clients; as well

as prepared travel arrangements to Europe, Japan, and LA for

clients according to their itineraries

Soap Haven, Iselin, NJ 5/01-

2/05

Creative Director

- Maintained the quality of a new brand through product testing, and

co-creation.

- Established a connection between media outlets and Soap Haven, the

product, through press releases, cold callings, and sample

distribution.

- Developed strategies and processes, meeting performance,

reliability, and cost objectives, which were key to business

fruition.

Heakin Research, Woodbridge, NJ

6/98-9/01

Market Research Interviewer

- Randomly screened masses of busy mall shoppers, by conducting

onsite interviews to see if patrons qualified for a research study.

- Conducted in depth experiments on unwilling and anxious

participants, pertaining to: taste-tests, upcoming films, new

products/technologies, travel destinations, and brand awareness.

- Prepared reports of experiment results and sent copies to the

company's headquarters as well as the research study's investor.

Volunteerism: JFK Hartwyck at Oaktree Nursing Home.

Proficient in: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Portfolio Link, CFAS, Final Cut,

iMovie.

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