Office Assistant

Andrew Stutt

* ********* ****, **** *, Ottawa, ON K2H 9M8

Cell: 613-***-**** Enhanced Security Clearance

************@*****.** Language: English (PPP)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

* *****' experience providing administrative support services

Excellent multi-tasking, planning and time management skills

Excellent creative and critical thinking, decision- and problem-solving skills

Experience performing administrative and general office duties including filing,

tracking and routing documents, answering phones, and managing incoming and

outgoing correspondence

Experience and expertise operating general office and computer equipment

Excellent communication, writing, editing, proofreading and word processing

skills

Experience and expertise conducting research and compiling data

Reliable team player who works well independently

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS/TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Keyboarding: 60 wpm

Proficient use of the Internet and Internet Browsing/Research

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access; Quark XPress, Corel Draw 9

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Windows Movie Maker

EDUCATION

Office Administration – Executive Diploma, Algonquin College, Ottawa 2012

Journalism-Print Diploma, Algonquin College, Ottawa 2007

General Arts and Sciences, Pre-Animation Certificate, Algonquin College, Ottawa 2005

Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Merivale High School, Ottawa 2004

EMPLOYMENT

Computer Image Annotator/Research Assistant 2014

Carleton University, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Ottawa

Used touch-enabled laptop computer to process crowd scene images, identifying

all persons in each image

Ensured accuracy of each annotation, which will be used to train machine vision

software to automatically identify humans in security images

Proofreader 2010

Rideau Township Historical Society, Ottawa

Prepared the index and proofread versions of Coral Lindsay’s “Kars on the

Rideau”, 2nd edition 2010

Intern/Material Picker 2008

Patrick Gordon Framing, Ottawa

Selected and organized materials for framers

Learned how to take accurate measurements, create photo layouts and assemble

picture frames

General Assignment Reporter 2007

Barrhaven Independent, Ottawa

Interviewed, wrote and reported on news stories

Completed story and photo layouts, using desktop publishing software

Performed general administrative duties such as filing and handling phone

inquiries

General Assignment Reporter 2006

Algonquin Times, Ottawa

Conducted initial interviews, wrote and reported news stories

Edited and formatted stories prior to submission

Desktop publishing using QuarkXPress

Studio Apprentice 2003–2004

Amberwood Productions, Ottawa

Performed general office duties; photocopied old design layouts, and organized

and filed pencil-test drawings.

Assistant 2002

Digital Paradise, Ottawa

Performed general office duties; took customer orders for prints, photographs,

etc.

Assistant 2002

Boomstone Entertainment, Ottawa

Performed general office duties

Applied digital colouring techniques using Adobe Illustrator

VOLUNTEER WORK AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Daily Office Assistant, Ottawa International Animation Festival

Junior Counselor, Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa

Junior Counselor, Children at Risk

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS & CONSIDERATIONS

Willing to work overtime as required

Willing to travel within the National Capital Region to locations accessed by bus

transportation

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

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