Melissa Edmonson
**** * *** **. *** *** Los Angeles CA 90036
310-***-**** ****************@*****.***
STRENGTHS AND SKILLS:
Experience in administrative duties, calendar management, answering phones, client management, business development
Event planning, trend research, styling, and promotional work, bartending, cocktail waitressing.
Outstanding ability to interact and adapt to new groups of people and situation
Excellent organization skills.
Skilled in Microsoft office, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop
EDUCATION:
Fashion Institute of Design Merchandising – Los Angeles, California
Associates of Arts Degree, 2008
Major: Product Development
Evergreen High School – Evergreen, Colorado
High School Diploma, 2006
Diversity Club Member
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Senior Account Executive - May 2013
Cees Smit INC Los Angeles CA
Duties- Sole employee in the US for Cees Smit INC, managed office, managed budget and expenses, managed client files, organized accounts, scheduled and conducted sales meetings, cold calling, managing projects, manage social media outlets,
assist in design concept for anual tradeshow, plan and managed schedule during businss trips, admin work, researching new business, in house pr duties, trade shows, accounts payable and receivable,
Brand Ambassador – Present
Brand Ambassador for Anheuser Busch
Los Angeles, CA
Duties-Knowledge of all brand elements (history, mission statement, technical facts, etc), educate customers about brand, pouring and serving drinks, taking pictures with customers, entertaining guests, promo modeling, represent brand at all times during event
PR/Events Account Manager-December 2009 - 2011
THV PR, Los Angeles, CA
Duties-Assist with photo shoots, assist with party planning, sent out press kits, researched and contacted new accounts, planned and produced a pop up store at New York Fashion Week 2011, assisted with production for LA fashion week 2011 for THV (found venue, casted models, invites, list, step and repeat, etc), created and managed list for all events,
marketed and promoted events, managed post press for events, blog on all social media outlets, fact checking articles and advertisements for magazine, distribution, answering phones, manage
calendar, managed stylist, editors, and celebrities, multitasking, networking
PR and Social Media Intern- January 2007
944 Magazine Los Angeles
Duties- Fact checking, send out press kits, assist with event planning, blog on all social media outlets, article research, managed schedules for editor and assistant editor