Dow Chemical Legal Receptionist

Melinda Bradbury

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San Diego, California 92103

Phone: 619-***-****

*/** – 2/20 San Diego Human Dignity Foundation

Receptionist/Admin San DIego, California

Handled all incoming calls, greeted clients and visitors, processed expense reports, accounts payable, and filing. Composed letters and answered e-mails, created Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint slideshows, and attended fundraising galas. Laid off due to Covid-19.

8/08 – 3/09 JCJ Architecture, Inc.

Receptionist/Admin. San Diego, California

Responsibilities included phones, filing, proofreading correspondence, ordering/inventory of office supplies, and backup secretarial work. Laid off in Great Recession of 2009 due to company’s financial condition.

11/98 – 8/02 The Riverside Press-Enterprise/C.P.G.

News Clerk/Columnist Temecula, California

Wrote two weekly columns, entitled “Melinda’s Mailbox” for The Rancho News covering Temecula/Murrieta, and The Sun City News for Sun City/Canyon Lake. Organized and inputted obituaries, created columns from press releases, conducted interviews, pre-edited for other columnists, and processed Fictitious Business Statements and other legal documents. Provided backup secretarial support for satellite offices.

4/93 – 8/98 Law Offices of Merchant, Martinez, and Avila

Legal Receptionist Albuquerque, New Mexico

Receptionist/secretarial duties for three-partner Personal Injury attorney’s office. Duties included answering a high volume of phone calls, directing messages to the proper attorneys, fielding clients and potential clients’ questions; setting appointments, conferences, and meetings utilizing AbacusLaw; opening and sorting the daily mail. Dictation of correspondence using both MS Word and WordPerfect; maintained client database in MS Access; created reports in MS Excel to log all client payments and updates, and heavy filing.

11/90 – 11/92 Household Finance Corporation

Receptionist/Purchasing Pomona, California

Sourcing, price comparisons, inventory control, and ordering of office supplies for eleven departments; approving purchase orders and requisitions within guidelines for position; held quarterly purchasing meetings, negotiated contracts with new and existing vendors. Word processing of reports utilizing Lotus 1-2-3; petty cash responsibilities, as well as the need for strong interpersonal and communications skills. Promoted to Purchasing Assistant from front desk Receptionist within first six months of employment.

5/88 – 10/90 The Dow Chemical Corporation

Executive Secretary City of Industry, California

Executive Secretary for the Public Relations and Field Distribution departments. Responsibilities included the word processing of all correspondence; creating slides, graphs and charts for presentations; making travel, conference and meeting arrangements; handling all phone calls and clients for both divisions, and the processing of expense reports for over 80 sales representatives. Processed accounts payable invoices, daily mailroom duties using Pitney Bowes, and provided administrative support for Agriculture and Plastics departments.

Computer Skills: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook; AbacusLaw, all social media platforms

Education: Associate of Science - Social/Behavioral Sciences - Spring 2002 – M.S.J.C. Menifee

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