CYNTHIA SCHAFER

**** ********* ***** • Dallas Texas 75229 • 970-***-**** • ad2dbb@r.postjobfree.com Detail oriented and reliable personal assistant. Maintains exceptional standards of service. Successful in managing high-end households, overseeing staff, calendars, and planning and managing events. Skilled in implementing new systems of procedure, and efficiently managing multiple projects.

Core Knowledge & Skill Areas

• Resourceful Problem Solving • Organization •

• Special Projects • Event Planning • Invitation Design •

• Task Prioritization • Calendar Management •

• Office Administration • Meeting Coordination • Client Correspondence •

• Team Leader • Account Management •

First Aid and Infant/Child/Adult CPR certified

Professional Experience

January - October 2023

HNW Private Family

Household Manager / Personal Assistant / Family Assistant

• Manages four person household

• Oversees and manages household staff including babysitters and housekeepers

• Maintains and cleans kitchen and living areas as needed

• Keeps household stocked with products: household, cleaning, children’s, personal

• Takes initiative to complete various projects at house

• Corresponds with maintenance and landlord with various needs, scheduling repairs as necessary

• Coordinates daily care of two children (2 and 3.5 years old) ensuring needs are met and engaging in educational and creative age appropriate activities

• Grocery shops and maintains refrigerator and pantry, and meal preps as needed

• Drives children to school or appointments in family vehicle

• Maintains family and personal calendars

• Schedules appointments and communicates reminders of upcoming appointments

• Plans birthday parties and special events, working with vendors to book venues, caterers, decorations, special music, entertainment, etc

• Creates invitations or corresponds with vendor in designing artwork and invitations

• Maintains family vehicles, service, inspections, insurance cards, car wash etc

• Runs various errands as needed

• Maintains fresh flowers, and decorates the house seasonally October 2022 - December 2022

HNW Private Family

Household Manager / Nanny:

• Coordinates daily care of three children (5, 9, and 10 years old) ensuring needs are met

• Enforces family rules and expectations

• Picks up children from school and drives to and from activities in provided vehicle

• Coordinates meal planning and grocery shopping with family on weekly basis

• Preps healthy meals and snacks, and school lunches

• Creates and maintains an electronic family calendar

• Coordinates children’s activities and keeps calendar current

• Purchases items for upcoming trips, special events, performances, projects

• Ensures families’ household supplies remain stocked and works with other staff to create a list of supplies to be maintained (cleaning supplies, bath and personal supplies)

• Feeds dog and maintains adequate supply of dog food and other essentials

• Keeps family vehicles serviced and clean

• Keeps family closets organized and up to date

• Keeps pantry and art closet organized

• Runs personal and family errands

• Gift shops for various occasions and gift wraps items

• Assists employer with various tasks and personal assistant services as requested May 2022 - December 2022

Contract Work

May 2021 - April 2022

HNW Private Family

Nanny:

• Responsible for 6 year old girl during assigned daytime hours and overnights at family residence

• Maintains a secure environment, and safeguard for child

• Transports child to and from school, after school activities, appointments, and other events with clean driving record in provided nanny car

• Coordinates indoor and outdoor projects to encourage education and development of skills

• Creates an inspiring and artistically accessible environment that encourages imaginative play and fun

• Prepares crafts and activities to aid in development of kindergarten age skills

• Supervises child while parent works from home and is away from home

• Observes child and uses appropriate disciplinary techniques when necessary

• Prepares and serves healthy meals and snacks to child

• Administers medications/other necessities while child sick and nurses back to health

• Travels (domestic and internationally) with family to provide childcare and help with vacation activities

• Organizes summer activities and outings during school breaks

• Helps maintain correspondence with child’s friends near and far through sending cards in the mail

• Communicates with supervisor about child, her needs, and any behavioral issues

• Assists employer with various household chores, tasks, and errands providing personal assistant services as requested

March 2015 - August 2016

Mesa County School District 51 – Tope Elementary

Instructional Assistant:

• Provides clerical and instructional support to teacher

• Manages schedules/appointments of children with special needs

• Prepares materials, copies, assignments, homework, bulletins and visual instructions

• Documents student behavior and observations of student learning

• Implements student behavior and safety plans

• Supports students emotional, mental, physical well being

• Provides one on one support as needed

• Participates in meetings and trainings

• Social Committee Member

• Builds comradery and promotes healthy and dynamic work culture November 2014-Present

Cynthia Schafer

Artist:

• Watercolor collections inspired by the simple beauty of seasons, nature, travels, and words

• Commissions

• Greeting Cards

• Giclee Prints

November 2012 to September 2014

April 2017 to July 2019

EILEEN FISHER, INC

Sales Associate:

• Assists wide range of clientele with tracking and choosing items and completing purchases. Seeks to create memorable experiences. Styles outfits and uses knowledge of products and materials to best serve clients. Organizes inventory, interacts with a variety of people on a daily basis, handles cash, handles customer accounts, coordinates visual displays, makes customer follow-up phone calls, sends customer emails, files back stock, writes and sends thank-you notes to customers.

Highlight: Successfully built and maintained relationships with particular clientele based on giving exceptional customer service.

April 2008 to December 2013 • Special Projects

September 2017 to February 2018 • Administrative Assistant The Write Invite

Administrative Assistant:

• Supports business owner

• Corresponds with clients and vendors

• Creates estimates and invoices

• Proof reads copy and design for print

• Oversees projects from start to completion

• Makes phone orders, deliveries, and pick-ups as needed

• Schedules appointments and manages calendar

• Handles arrival and sending of shipments

• Completes a variety of custom projects

• Performs daily administrative tasks

• Sells merchandise

• Photographs projects

• Manages and orders merchandise

• Manages stock and office supplies

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

CYNTHIA SCHAFER PHOTOGRAPHY, Dallas, Texas, 2005-2021 Photography business

Owner

Offers photography services and packages to a range of clientele for a variety of occasions. Schedules appointments with clients and assists in assessing overall needs for event coordination. Directs clients for particular settings. Shoots, sorts, edits, and proofs photos. Assembles and delivers photography packages. Writes web copy for blog and website. Designed logos.

EDUCATION

Christ for the Nations Institute. Dallas, Texas. Associate Degree in Practical Theology/Music. Graduated May 2009. Integrative Health Practitioner Institute, Health Coaching Certification, May 2022. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Active church member encouraging and serving the needs of the community, and planning events.

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