Administrative Assistant - Microsoft Office

Jana M. Thorson

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Career Overview

Committed, focused, and motivated business professional with legal background seeks administrative assistant, legal assistant, legal secretary, paralegal, or human resources position with a company that values an organized self-starter. Candidate possesses strong management and supervisory skills, excellent interpersonal communications, writing, editing, graphic design, and research skills as well as strong working knowledge of a variety of computer applications and platforms.

Skill Highlights

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration

• Certificated Paralegal

• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher)

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 including SharePoint and Outlook

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Adobe In-Design and Photoshop, Quicken for Business, Legal Solutions Plus and CEB SmartJCForms

• 20-plus years' management experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• 20-years’ experience in writing, editing, photography, and graphic design

• Outgoing, driven, and organized self-starter with superior attention to detail and deadlines Professional Experience

Work Experience

Owner, JMT*Enterprises

December 2010 to Present

JMT*Enterprises

Los Angeles County registered and bonded Legal Document Assistant and Process Server specializing in the managing client cases in the preparation of legal documents for pro-per consumers in family law, civil law, small claims, guardianships, conservatorships, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and contract federal EEOC, MSPB, and U.S. Department of Workers’ Compensation cases. Provide contract legal document preparation and civil process serving for California State Bar Licensed attorney, Dominick F. Mills, Esq. from 2010 to 2016.

Newspaper Editor

September 1996 to March 2009

Antelope Valley Newspapers, Inc. – Palmdale, CA

Editor with 14-years’ newsroom management experience acting in a variety of capacities including newsroom/city editor, special sections editor, opinion editor, religion editor, and chief copy desk editor.

Responsible for coordinating, planning, managing and executed a variety of daily and monthly news and feature content. Supervising a 20-plus member newsroom staff of reporters, photographers, copy editors, and graphic designers. Responsible for the development of news and feature stories that resulted in dozens of state and national awards.

General Assignment Reporter/Photographer

March 1989 to September 1996

Pueblo Publishers, Inc. – Glendale, AZ

General assignment newspaper reporter responsible for community coverage of news, feature, and sports stories including education, local, county, and state politics and government; and community environmental issues.

Education

Post University, March 2013-August 2014

Waterbury, CT, United States

Legal Studies/Paralegal Certificate Program

University of Phoenix, March 2011 to July 2012

Lancaster, CA, United States

Bachelor of Science-Business Administration

Glendale Community College, 1996

Glendale, AZ, United States

Associates Degree with emphasis in journalism and mass communications.

Thomas B. Doherty High School, 1983

Colorado Springs, CO, United States

General Studies/College Preparation-Diploma

Community Service

Kids Charities of Antelope Valley, Board of Directors, Secretary, Volunteer, 1998 to 2015. Volunteer work included assisting in the planning and execution of annual Thunder on the Lot charity event and numerous other community fundraisers to provide financial support to more than 25 selected community charities dedicated to battling child abuse and improving the lives of children. http://www.kids-charities.org/about-us.html, http://www.thunderonthelot.com/charities.php

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