Receptionist, Office Assistant, Customer Service, Clerical & Sales

Karen Waters

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Professional Objective To acquire challenging employment which offers upward mobility, diversity, flexibility, growth and responsibility in a professional team oriented

environment.

Work Experiences

Sept 2011 - Jan 2013 Saint Peter’s University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Position: Guest Services & Cashier

Front desk concierge/greeter. Welcomes and directs visitors to visiting areas. Assisted families, staff, sick & handicapped persons with personal requests & transportation needs.

Collected, recorded and submitted daily parking proceeds. When assigned during emergency situations, assisted in securing Mother/Baby or Emergency Room

Feb 2006 - August 2009 Horiba Jobin Yvon, Inc.

Edison, New Jersey

Position: Receptionist/Administrative Asst.

Dependable & personable front desk greeter. Assisted Human Resources and Forensics team with various projects & daily needs. Coordinated & maintained confidential personnel records. Created literature for special events & internal projects. Able to multi-task,

prioritize & self manage all front desk responsibilities. Floral designer and heavy phones. Ability to resolve pending issues.

March 1998 - July 2005 Coyne Communications

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Clients - Rolls Royce, BMW, Land Rover, Range Rover, Mobil 1,Jaguar, Sony, XM Satellite Radio & ExxonMobil.

Positions: Administrative Assistant for Fortune 500 Advertising Co.

Front desk greeter, reception responsibilities. Team player with high degree of trustworthiness. Privy to confidential, sensitive internal documents. Assisted HR with daily operations. Maintained correspondence & documentation of departmental shared files for President, CEO & executive staff. Submitted annual advertising award entries. Special events planner & visiting client relations liaison. Contact person for administrative & creative staff hiring. Handled office suppliers, vendor & building management issues.

Reliable & creative with ability to multi -task, coordinate, decorate, prioritize & self manage. An experienced professional asset to any company.

Travel Coordinator - Scheduled domestic & international airline travel for daily and

annual travel. Managed CEO & executive staff travel calendar.

Accounts Payable & Data Entry (Clients & Profits)

Data entry of all overhead expenses. Checks generated weekly & forwarded to vendors & suppliers. Executive & creative studio staff expenses processed. Productivity, freelancers & internal expense reports maintained.

1987 - 1997 Macy’s Northeast

Livingston, New Jersey

Position: Sales Consultant (Petite Dept.) Personal Shopper Fashion Show Coordinator and Petite model.

1977 - 1987 The Star-Ledger

Newark, New Jersey

Positions: Retail Advertising Secretary, Inside Sales and Production

To effectively provide secretarial services to 4 appointed Account Executives and provide back up assistance for the remaining 22 representatives. Calculated & paid monthly

commissions due to staff of 26 executives. Reserved weekly advertising space. Educated potential clients of advertising options. Accommodated walk in clients with display advertising sales, customer service inquiries, contract particulars, circulation & media

information. Coordinated retail special section advertising.

Production - Consisted basically of tracking crucial missing advertisements from client going to press due by predetermined deadlines. Assisted graphics department with daily page layout,copy changes and proofreading. Designed graphic layouts.

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