Manager Office
Resume:
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Lashon Wooldridge
Professional Summary
Personable and experienced Office Manager with strength in managing multiple projects simultaneously and fostering cohesive staff. Outstanding knowledge of office management with proven improvement of office functionality through streamlining organization. Committed to detail-oriented organization and effective communication. Work History
Caspian Agency - Event Specialist
Marina Del Rey, CA
09/2018 - 05/2019
WOOLDRIDGE TISSUE SERVICE - Office Administrator
Gardena, CA
01/2012 - 09/2018
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5655 Bowcroft St, Los Angeles, CA
90016-5014
Skills
Developed planning strategies while creating and maintaining best practices for budgets, project plans, event timelines and presentations.
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● Led vendor negotiations to obtain cost-effective services and products. Negotiated and worked with venues and vendors to carry out event objectives.
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● Coordinated schedules and timelines for all events. Fulfilled contractual obligations, including communications, vendor coordination, schedule creation, budget administration and rehearsal and day of event coordination.
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Managed event logistics and operations, including support staff, vendor services and volunteers.
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Designing, planning and executing large event productions such as conferences and meetings.
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● Selected and ordered décor and event materials.
Provided historical reference by defining procedures for retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records.
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Developed organizational procedures and systems for office personnel, including filing, billing, accounts payable, payroll.
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Scheduling and maintained office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, layouts, and equipment procurement
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Responsible for recruiting staff for the office and providing orientation and training to new employees Responsible for ensuring office
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● Datafaction
● Account Parables\Receivables
● Bank reconciliation
● Billing
● Bookkeeping
● Cash flow projections
● Financial statements
● HR
● Access
● Outlook
● PowerPoint
● Word
● Google Doc's
● Hootsuite
● Payroll
● Personnel Policies and Procedures
● Recruiting
● Tax preparation
● Logistics management
● Venue selection
● Business development
● Volunteer management
● Vendor and contract negotiations
● Meeting planning
● Business administration
● Budgeting
● Special events planning
● Social media engagement
● Constant Contact
● Mail chimp
● Invoicing
● Schedule management
● Event planning
INSPIRED DREAM EVENTS - Senior Event Manager
Los Angeles, CA
01/2008 - 11/2011
LONDON & CO - Account Manager
01/2006 - 01/2007
Education
Cal State Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Liberal Arts And General Studies
financial objectives are met by preparing annual budget for the office. Reviewing and implementing the health and safety policy planning the expenditures, analyzing variances and carrying out necessary corrections that may arise.
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Plan and execute all of company events and corporate gifts Prepare lab specimens for embedding Prepare operational reports and schedule to ensure efficiency.
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Interacted with customers professionally by phone, email or in-person to provide information and direct to desired staff members.
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Facilitated office productivity, coordinating personnel schedules, quality assurance and procedural improvements.
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● Coordination and hosting of company events and clients gifts. Kept detailed records of supplies and equipment use to effectively budget and make orders for new supplies.
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Coordinated communications, financial processing, registration, record keeping and other administrative functions.
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Booked flights, car rentals and hotel accommodations for business travel.
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Supervised onsite team of including caterers, audio-visual technicians, and facility management team.
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Ensured smooth training execution by coordinating seminar functions, including site selection, scheduling, marketing, reservations, materials, event management and follow-up.
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Recommended workflow and budget improvements, resulting in 30% savings per event.
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Supported CEO by developing status reports on activities related to planning, scheduling, cancellation, inquiries, resourcing, risk mitigation and proposal development for various events.
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Interviewed clients to understand event scopes of work, establish budgets and determine timelines for venue selection, guest list finalization, and rehearsal, ceremonies, and receptions.
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Fulfilled contractual obligations, including communications, vendor coordination, schedule creation, budget administration and rehearsal and day of event coordination.
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Developed team and client communications and information for timelines .
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Create and revised room layouts for each event and propose new ideas to improve the event planning and implementation process
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Processed payables, receivables and bank reconciliation for a large number of high net worth clients on a daily basis using both Datafaction imaging system and QuickBooks.
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● Booked and tracked brokerage statements and reviewed and LORING WARD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Sr. Account Executive 01/2005 - 01/2006
RIGNEY/FRIEDMAN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Account
Manager/Bookkeeper
01/1999 - 01/2004
maintained corporate and individual financial statements and ledgers Music tour accounting and creating budgets to actual for music tours, cash flow management and projections Implemented and wrote HR Policies for several clients and negotiated purchases assets.Payroll and maintained pension plan and created cash flow projections and budgets.
Supervised payables, receivables and bank reconciliation for a large number of high net worth clients on a daily basis Booked and tracked brokerage statements, created budgets and job projections Maintained corporate and individual financial statements and ledgers Music tour accounting and creating budgets to actual for music tours, cash flow management and projections Implemented and wrote HR Policies for several clients and negotiated purchases assets.Payroll and maintained pension plan and created cash flow projections and budgets.
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● Provided quality training as it relates to business bookkeeping. Processed payables and receivables and compiled reports using the job costing function of datafaction.
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Processed payables and receivables for a large number of clients Worked on assigned projects related to high net worth clients as it relates to tax preparation, outstanding invoices and payments.
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Payroll and HR management for large clients with several entities Performed bank reconciliation, journal entries, tracking of royalties and booking of account adjustments.
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