Sara DeMelo-Zare
Montréal, Quebec
H1N 2X8
Home: 514-***-****, Cell.: 514-***-****
Education
Masters of Information Studies September 2018-Present
Focus in Archival Studies
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec
Bachelor’s Degree in History & Political Science August 2014-June 2018
Concordia University
Montréal, Quebec
DEC in Social Science, World Studies August 2011-May 2014
Champlain Saint-Lambert College
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Graduated with honors; averaged >80% overall
Work Experience:
Avocats Goldwater Dubé December 2019-Present
Administrative Assistant/Archivist
Westmount, Quebec
Work Responsibilities:
Digitize, organize and file all client documents.
Take phone calls and schedule appointments.
Send and receive legal documents, physically and electronically.
Catalogue legal archives in digital system.
Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s July 2019-Present
Assistant Archivist
Westmount, Quebec
Work Responsibilities:
Digitize archival materials (i.e. photographs, textual documents, etc.)
Physically manipulate archives and prepare documents for digitization.
Input archival metadata into Omeka S.
Integrate school archives into curriculum.
Sports de Combats March 2016-Present
Receptionist/Administration Officer
Plateau Mont-Royal, Quebec
Work Responsibilities:
Answer phone calls from potential guests; informed them of
services, prices, etc.
Communicate with potential clients to book corporate bookings and facilitate mutual business dealings.
Organize a daily schedule and looked after large groups (i.e. 12 participants and up).
Conducted cold calls to major companies to secure potential service trade offs and regular business.
Carry out promotional work, both online and in person, with schools, corporations, etc.
Timbercreek Asset Management June 2013-April 2015
Administration Officer and Leasing Agent
Longueuil, Quebec
Work Responsibilities:
Tended to building’s residents.
Updated company’s financial system.
Showed properties to potential renters.
Used Excel, Word to manage and organize company data.
Answered business phone calls.
Acted as keyholder, opening and closing the office.
Processed rent transactions.
Prepared leasing contracts.
These held positions have undoubtedly developed my professional skill set. They have allowed me to maintain a strong sense of cooperation and team-work, individual efficiency and organization, and attention to customer experience. Consistently working in a fast-paced environment has additionally prepared me to resourcefully perform under pressure.
Skills:
Fluent in spoken and written English and French, basic knowledge of Portuguese.
Excellent working knowledge of Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Photoshop, Omeka S and Adobe Acrobat.
WpM: 85-90.
References Available Upon Request