Darice M. Lang
Fort Lauderdale, FL *****
C: 954-***-****
E-mail: ******@****.***
PROFILE:
· Seasoned Executive/Personal Assistant and Estate Manager
· Superb organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
· Expertise operating in high-energy, unconventional environments
· Exceptionally strong sense of aesthetics and attention to detail
· Dedicated professional with outstanding confidentiality, decorum and discretion Proficiency not limited to the following areas:
· Supervise household staff
· Manage and maintain in-home business office
· Maintain household inventory
· Calendar and appointment schedule maintenance:
household, personal and business
· Correspondence, personal errands
· Travel arrangements and all logistics; travel with employer as required
· Meeting and conference coordination
· Event and social planning
· Manage and administrate operations of multiple properties
· Manage household budgets, bank accounts
· Oversee all interior and exterior renovations
· Vendor and contract negotiation and management
· Oversee art and antique collections
· Security and protocol management
· Specialized project management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
September 2012 – September 2019 Director of Operations & Executive/Personal Assistant
1 Global Capital, LLC
Duties and responsibilities not limited to: comprehensive email and calendar management on behalf of the Chairman of the Board (business and personal), maintain extensive electronic and hard-copy files, commissioning work on the Chairman’s behalf, liaising with management, staff, clients and vendors, organizing business and family travel, preparing complex itineraries, meetings attendance, all personal bill-paying duties including household payroll; onboarding staff and employee exit management. Project management to include the supervision of an 8,000 sq. ft. office buildout and renovation.
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April 2010 – August, 2012 Personal Assistant and Estate Manager November 1995 – April 2006
High-profile family, Fort Lauderdale. Employed with same family since 1995 with the exception of a four-year hiatus when the family relocated to New York City; and relocation was not possible for me at that time. Manage 16,000 sq. ft. home, supervise a household staff of six, oversee extensive interior and exterior renovations, perform all personal assistance duties as required; including family scheduling, household, business and personal calendar maintenance, travel and logistics, shopping and correspondence, event planning, financial tasks including all household budgeting, bill-paying and payroll functions, as well as oversee and maintain extensive art collection.
April 2007 – April 2010 Personal Assistant and Estate Manager Prominent couple, Fort Lauderdale. Manage 10,000 sq. ft. home, supervise household staff of four, all personal assistance duties, maintain household and business bank accounts in coordination with business manager, oversee extensive installation of audio/video and security system. Establish an art inventory and oversee comprehensive appraisal of more than 300-piece art and antiquities collection.
April 2006 – April 2007 All Services & Best Solutions, Inc.
“Full Service Lifestyle Managers”
Personal Assistant/Estate Manager/Project Manager
Self-employed, providing a vast array of lifestyle management services including personal assistance, project management, house management, and estate caretaking services to an elite clientele.
January 1979 – November 1995 Comcast Communications – Fort Lauderdale, FL Video Services Operations Manager
Headed up the video production department of this cable television company during sixteen years and three company take-overs. Responsible for the production and post production of all community programming as well as commercial production serving outside clients, including supporting the video production needs of the Advertising Sales Department. Production facilities included two studios, control rooms, off-line and on- line editing suites. Managed all production and engineering staff of thirty. Responsible for annual budgeting and capital expenditures. Coordinated and managed the technical installation and design of a thirty-two foot remote production unit serving broadcast sports clients such as ABC, NBC, ESPN. Darice M. Lang Page Three
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Quick Books, Tax Preparation Reports for CPA Specialized Event Planner producing high-end events working with A-list celebrities such as Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Ben Vereen, Aaron Neville and Frankie Valli. EDUCATION:
Associates in Science Degree – Miami Dade College
References available upon request.