Administrative or Executive Assistant
Resume:
TURNITTA J. DAVIS
Maitland, FL *2751
********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Seasoned, articulate professional with outstanding verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Passionate volunteer within the Deaf Community.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HANSEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INSTITUTE – New York, NY April 2012 – Present
Administrative Assistant at Fordham University Law School
• Support for Assistant Director of the Intellectual Property Institute in all administrative duties within this non-profit division of Fordham University Law School.
• As of May 2013, began telecommuting handling ad hoc projects while traveling in Australia for more than 6 months.
SIGNTALK (Contractor) – New York, NY September 2014 – Present
American Sign Language Interpreter
• English-to-ASL/ASL-to-English interpretation for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing students in K-12 education in Central Florida public schools.
• Interpretation for staff meetings as well as trainings and workshops for Deaf educators or staff members
MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES/MHE – New York, NY May 2009 – October 2011
Administrative Assistant
• Support for Global Strategy Department, including Senior Vice President and 7 team members
• Moved with manager to new position at McGraw-Hill Education in the International Education Services department
• Supported new Vice President and CFO of McGraw-Hill Education as interim Executive Assistant
• Calendar management and facilitation of meetings both domestic and international
• Heavy international travel arrangement using online tools as well as direct interaction with travel agency
• Created new process for accounts payable management and tracking within the department
• Coordinated expense reporting within a department that spans 4 countries
• Circulated and maintained a travel calendar for international colleagues from the United Kingdom to China
JER INVESTORS TRUST – New York, NY March 2006 – January 2009
Administrative Assistant
• Secondary support for the President of the investment trust arm of a well-respected real estate investment firm. Primary administrative support for the Head of Mezzanine Lending, a Vice President/Attorney for the REIT and two Associates
• Heavy calendar management and coordination of domestic and international travel
• Scheduled several meetings and events each year, including annual shareholders’ meeting and committee meetings. This required coordinating the schedules of senior level participants and independent directors on the Board
• Proofread, edited and blacklined legal documents
• Created and managed investor and internal presentations using PowerPoint
• Created expense reports and tracked reimbursements
• Maintained inventory of all office supplies and pantry
• Ad hoc special projects which included the creation of a recruitment package to facilitate hiring of new analysts for the REIT
DRAFT WORLDWIDE – New York, NY November 2005 – March 2006
Associate Program Supervisor - Freelance
• Project management and account executive responsibilities in the creation and execution of direct marketing campaigns for a widely-respected advertising firm’s Fortune 500 clients.
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD – Orlando, FL October 2002 – July 2005
Administrative Assistant
• Supported two Senior Directors, one Director, one Associate and the Operations Manager
• Coordinated travel, tracked expenses, managed petty cash, handled filing, updated databases, produced full-color flyers and proposals, created mail-merge functions for bulk mailings, answered multi-line phones and designed marketing materials
• Streamlined ordering procedures by creating specific processes to ensure efficient approval and receipt
• Led the implementation and trained employees on the use of the American Express Corporate Purchasing Card
• Managed submission of listings to LoopNet online real estate database
• Initiated an innovative process for clients and prospects to view current listings by enabling each broker to embed e-mails with links to listings and marketing materials
Various temporary or contract desktop publishing and administrative assistant assignments 1997-2002
EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING
NOBLE DESKTOP – New York, NY 2008
Adobe Illustrator training
FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY – Orlando, Florida 1997
Associate of Science Degree in Commercial Art; Cum Laude
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Access, SalesLogix, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Notes, ACT!, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, InDesign, PageMaker, AutoCAD
LANGUAGES
American Sign Language
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