Eloise Brown
Email: ******.**@*****.***
Summary
Polished, professional executive assistant, researcher, project manager and administrator.
• Experience garnered in fast-paced marketing, public relations, healthcare and non-profit sectors
• Excellent communication, client relations and interpersonal skills
• Detailed, deadline sensitive, organized and efficient
• Talented writer and proofreader; skilled researcher
Skills & Expertise
Event Planning - Salesforce.com - Sales Nexus
Office Administration - Eventbrite - GoldMine
MS Office 2010 - MailChimp - ACT! - Wordpress
Research - DropBox - Windows 7
Project Planning - DreamWeaver - Media Monitoring
Travel Itineraries - Adobe Creative Suite - Trade Shows
Bookkeeping - Hoovers - Master Scheduling
Recent Work History
Program Administrator, West Coast LEAD
Women Unlimited, Inc.
January 2013 – Present, Part-Time
Administrative support for the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program, a 12 month
leadership skills development course which includes mentoring, education and networking for high-potential female managers and executives from top-tier organizations.
Virtual Executive Assistant, Project Mgr., Writer, Researcher
Independent Contractor, various clients
January 2008 – Present, Part-Time
Project management, event coordination, Web design, online research, writing, calendar and travel
management, transcription, document editing, presentations and other similar duties for clients in
public relations, law, real estate, consulting, executive search and healthcare.
Virtual Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Corporate Ethics International
July 2008 - January 2012
Virtual Assistant to the Executive Director, fiduciary board and staff; project manager on various
projects, including the production of Annual Report to funders; managed all scheduling, correspondence, meeting logistics, travel and research for the Executive Director and staff; conducted online and telephone research; prepared quarterly Board reports; proofread documents and presentations; full-charge office administration, including human resources and vendor communications; full-charge bookkeeping, including A/R & A/P functions, payroll, bank reconciliation and monthly financial reporting.
Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO, CFO & Medical Group President
Sutter Regional Medical Foundation
July 2005 - April 2007
Managed scheduling, correspondence, meetings, travel and other tasks for three C-level executives.
Provided administrative support to the Board of Trustees, medical group Board and various committees; attended Board meetings to recorded, transcribe and distribute minutes; proofread documents and presentations; updated and edited content on company’s Internet site; coordinated administrative workflow of the executive office; managed meeting logistics, i.e.: agendas, invitations, audio/visual presentations and catering; created executive’s PowerPoint presentations and meeting material.
Public Relations Associate, Asst. to the Sr. Director of Public Relations
Blue Shield of California
March 2003 - July 2005
Provided administrative support to the Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and staff. Coordinated media monitoring activities for corporate communications department; researched media contacts to create and update media lists; distributed press releases to newswires, media outlets and internal staff; contributed articles to employee newsletter and posted employee intranet news content; maintained press kit materials; proofread and revised press kit content; managed meeting logistics, invitations, reservations, audio/visual presentations and catering.
Public Relations Specialist
Sybase, Inc.
March 2000 - March 2003
Various PR responsibilities including editing the employee intranet and external press center Web sites, distributing press releases, producing media coverage reports, creating marketing presentations, proofreading documents, coordinating company and analyst relations events.
Education
2005 - 2007
Psychology and Social Sciences Undergraduate Courses
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
1996
CTSM Courses in the Trade Show Management Certification Program
San Francisco State University in conjunction with Exhibitor Magazine
1988-1990
Business Administration & Computer Science Courses
American River College, Sacramento, CA