Brenda Leahy
Gloucester, MA 01930
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Experience:
Yankee Holidays/Amtrak Vacations
Beverly, MA
Vacation Specialist
February 2013 to Present
. Provide reservation sales services for incoming and existing
inquiries for rail vacations
. Maintain a thorough knowledge of the products we offer and
destinations we offer
. Train and support team members on software funtionalities
. Proactively qualify guest requirements
. Rotate support within department functions
On Brand 24
Beverly, MA
Assistant Supervisor
August 2012 to February 2013
. Provide customer support in a dedicated environment
. Guide customers through the website creating independence for future
transactions
. Reconcile accounts
. Train new representatives
. Support escalated calls
Unilever
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Brand Information Specialist
June 2007 to August 2012
. Communicates all brand information on products: Lipton, Knorr,
Wishbone, St. Ives, Noxzema, Pond's, and Degree Deodorant
. Updating, adding, and discontinuing product line for Knowledgebase
used by Consumer Service representatives for consumer communication
reference
. Creating and updating e-mail responses FAQ, IVR, and Brand Development
. Project management of Product launches, promotion fulfillment, and
mass mailing
. Executes creative solutions- consumer communications, literature, etc.
. Collaborates with Research & Development, IT, Legal, Marketing, Brand
Building, and Brand Development
. Monitor consumer trends i.e. Social Media
. Team morale building
Consumer Service Representative June 2007 to October 2008
. Answered phone calls for, Lipton, Best Foods, Bertolli, Wishbone and
Knorr regarding product inquiry, history, recipes, consumer
promotions, etc.
. Survey all adverse health related issues
. Entered each call and response in database.
. Attend training courses for extensive knowledge on product
. Make recommendations on other relevant Unilever products
M. Freund
Cliffside Park NJ
Home Health Care Aid
April 06 to July 07
. Took care of 98 year old woman, health, hygiene and home
. Administered all medications
. Attended all Dr. Appointments
. Ensured home was safe and well maintained
. Communicated with family member as to the patients progress and needs
Brenda Leahy (continued)
ADVA Mahwah, NJ
Web Coordinator
Nov 05 to April 06
. Responsible for the update of content and function of internal and
external website
. Created and distributed secure password to sales teams
. Conformed website to new standard
. Updated global Human Resources site
. Kept stats of advertising hits on other websites
. Translated website from English to German
Hackensack University Med. Ctr.
Hackensack, NJ
Web Specialist/Public Relations Associate
June 02 to Nov 05
. Ensure the timely updating and editing of site content on all
departmental websites
. Integrating new online technology into websites
. Manage and coordinate departmental websites with freelance writers,
webmaster, and graphic artists
. Work with freelance writers, and departmental chairpersons in
development of content
. Development of websites for departments, conferences, gift shop (e-
commerce), and events
. Evaluate, test, and implement web tools, search engine, health
encyclopedia etc.
. Assist Public relations Department by writing press releases,
providing assistance with events
. Proof reading and editing websites, annual reports, advertisements
press releases, and brochures
. Assisting media inquires
Education:
Computer Processing Institute - Paramus, NJ Studied Business Programming
Bergen Community College - Paramus, NJ Studied Microsoft Certified Web
Development
Technical Support:
Full Microsoft Office Support, SABRE, HTML, FrontPage, Photoshop