LISA COHEN
Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663
201-***-**** (cell)
**********@*****.***
Objective To obtain an Executive Assistant position that will utilize my
strong experience, organizational and computer skills
Work Experience
Meadowlands Consumer Center, Secaucus, NJ
2007 - Present
Market Research Company, employing focus groups and coordinating data for
corporate clients, with offices in NJ and in Manhattan
Executive Assistant
- Provide right hand assistance to the President/ CEO and the Executive
VP, keeping them organized daily
- Schedule and maintain management and client calendars utilizing
Outlook Calendaring
- Screen calls, answer and direct inquiries
- Edit and proofread all correspondence
- Coordinate all travel arrangements for executives including heavy
domestic flights, travel itineraries, securing car/taxi service,
researching restaurants and getting executives to and from hotels and
airports
- Process expense reports, reimbursements and bid proposals in Excel
- Oversee all advertising, including schedule and budget, acting as a
liaison with outside vendors
- Create and implement promotional campaigns including coordinating a
yearly, 300 person database of clients to receive Valentine's Day
promotions
- Plan, coordinate and attend trade shows
- Write/create content for and place all press releases in MS Word
- Review resumes of potential employees, make recommendations, interview
candidates
- Extensive client contact in person, by telephone and by email
- Responsible for coordinating office IT and phone issues, working one
on one with technical vendors to solve IT problems
- Assisted with front office refurbishment, acting as a liaison with
architects, contractors and furniture dealers
SoyToy, LLC, Oradell, NJ
1997 - 2007
Small Appliance Manufacturer/Distributor
Office Administrator
- Assisted in development, introduction, marketing and distribution of
new kitchen appliance
- Handled all day-to-day aspects of business to include getting Owner
scheduled for domestic flights and speaking engagements, setting his
itinerary and getting him to and from hotels and destinations
- Responsible for sales, marketing, advertising, accounts receivable &
payable and payroll using Excel and QuickBooks
- Planned, coordinated and attended all trade shows
- Significant customer contact, both by telephone and in person
- Liaison with publisher for book Owner wrote and sold
Mokrynski & Associates Inc, Hackensack, NJ.
1995 -
1997
Account Executive
- Managed and marketed list names for a variety of major catalog files
- Increased rental billings over projections for women's apparel list,
home d cor list and midscale gifts list
- Heavy telephone communication with list owners, brokers and mailers
- Negotiated price incentives, net name arrangements and exchange
transactions
A.C. Nielsen Co., Hackensack, NJ
1992 - 1995
Senior Corporate Account Manager - M&M/Mars
- Handled all marketing questions and issues as they related to sales
movement, household usage and media efficiencies
- Maintained large, complex consumer package goods' databases
- Completely restructured candy database to reflect changes in the
marketplace
- Extensive client contact with frequent presentations to senior
management
Best Foods. Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
1981 - 1987
Marketing Research Manager
- Designed and implemented consumer research for major Best Foods brands
- Coordinated product testing, focus groups, copy testing, diary panels,
attitude/usage studies and package/label research
- Made frequent presentations to management
Education
1 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
BA: English, 3.54 GPA, Honors: Dean's List, member Phi Omega Epsilon Honor
Society, graduated cum laude
Computer Skills MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Outlook
Calendaring, QuickBooks, In-House Databases
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2 References
Available upon request
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