Virginia Weiss
***** ***** *** – Unit # R***
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: 310-***-****
Email: **********@*******.***
Work Experience:
Reconnect
Pacific Palisades, CA
Trauma informed Yoga Therapist
September 2014-Present
Yogaworks
Montana/Southbay CA
March 2008-2018
Front Desk Greeter/Yoga Advisor/Graduate Teacher
Responsible for checking clients in, handling new and current membership enrollment, student class count, daily cash count, inventory for new retail, basic maintenance of studios, and student advising. Also responsible for teacher substitution calendar when teacher require substitute. Assist in in-studio workshops with senior teachers. Added responsibility for Grassroots marketing for Westwood and Palisades studios.
Graduate Teacher/Substitute Yoga Teacher
Placed on official schedule January 2009 postgraduate studies. Class schedule meets each Friday afternoon. Substitute teacher on an as needed basis for: Vinyasa Flow 2/3, Yogaworks 1/2, Level I and Level II classes
Bryan Kest Power Yoga
Santa Monica, CA
June 2008
Yoga Instructor
Substitute teacher for Level 2/3 Vinyasa Flow class while teacher was vacationing in France. Responsible for instruction to approximately 10-35 students of various levels. Responsible for studio maintenance, daily donation box, as well as opening and closing studio.
ABI Attorney Services
Redlands, CA
From 10/2004 to 1/2008
Account Manager
Responsible for trainings of over 125 clients throughout Southern CA/Los Angeles territory. Responsible for all trainings held in conjunction with Lexis/Nexis and Discovery/Subpoena work. Responsible for all aspects of management for the LA territory, as well as client service and IT technical issues that arise. Directly responsible for training.
Ernst & Young, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
From 9/2003 9/2004
Event Coordinator
Responsible for projects for Risk Management Services Group. Responsible for all full life cycle projects within department planning and business development, including trainings for approximately 25-50 consultants. Leading liaison between vendors and consultant group for event trainings. Responsible for all planning aspects for Risk Service launch and marketing collateral for each training. Approximately five (5) events planned through this launching period for Risk Services and their clients.
Synergy Summits
Chicago, Illinois
From 4/2001 to 1/2003
Synergy Producer
Responsible for launching three (3) summit events, netVisions 2001, Human Capital Summit, and Enterprise Supply Chain Summit. Responsible for all aspects of summit conference event hosting, including all aspects of marketing production (brochures, direct mail pieces), seeking and building relationships for media, PR and association contacts working with direct contact for PR decisions. Responsible for full event agenda and topics of interest for each event, invitations to keynote speakers dependent on market research including full cycle research and development
divine, Inc. (aka) RazorFish/SBC
Chicago, Illinois
From 3/2001 to 5/1999
Office Manager\Event Coordinator
Lead support to Events marketing department and CRM department for Internet and event research, budgeting, and location planning. Lead office administrator to new location moves, including office\cube layout, furniture ordering, and relocations, voicemail\network hook-up, dealing with new vendors for setting up supply, messenger and Fed-Ex services. Responsible for office supplies, vendor relations and daily mail room activity and inventory. Responsible for all incoming resumes in support to HR Department. Direct liaison Human Resource Manager for coordinating interviews and greeting and interviewing candidates. Responsible for overseeing, training and supervising of receptionist and mailroom support
Art Bookbinders of America
Chicago, Illinois
From 5/1995 to 3/2001
Account Executive
Responsible for all project development of book order requests from initial client orders to complete fulfillment of book orders. Working directly with in-house production team on cover and spine layout, pantone color scheme and first round of proofs to client. Responsible for daily calendar of production list and due dates. Handled all client conflict issues and worked directly with Marketing Manager for outside sales efforts. Was direct liaison between client and production departments. Responsible for handling over 200 law firm accounts, and all full life cycle management of client orders. Was leading account representative for all West Coast account affiliations. Directly supervising 2 additional representatives within one year.
Hanzel Galleries
Chicago Illinois
From 4/1994 to 5/1995
Project Assistant/Researcher
Working directly with President of auction house to inventory incoming items for auction. Responsible for inventory listings to all estate sale inventories, working directly with Trust attorney and marketing staff for each auction. Responsible for assisting art and marketing department for collateral projects for each weekly auction. Auctions were run on a weekly basis and would aid in all aspects for customer service and marketing projects. During auctions would aid sales department in helping customers check inventory out.
Education
Yogaworks 300-Hour Teacher Training
Santa Monica, CA
July 2008 to December 2008
Yoga Alliance Certified 500 Hour Teacher
Yogaworks 200-Hour Teacher Training
Santa Monica, CA
January 2008 –March 2008
Yoga Alliance Certified
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8/1988 to 5/1993
BS Liberal Arts/Political Science/Minor in English
American Institute for Paralegal Studies-River Forest, IL
5/1994 - Paralegal Certification