KAREN R. LAYNE
*** ****** **** ***** | ALLEN, TX 75002
Tel 214-***-**** Email aijba9@r.postjobfree.com
SKILLS
* Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
* Answer telephones, screen and direct calls.
* Maintain calendars and conference room schedules.
* Schedule and organize meetings, conference calls and training.
* Coordinate travel arrangements (air, hotel, rental car, etc.)
* Process expense reports.
* Place orders for office supplies, catering, flowers, etc.
* Maintain organizational charts.
* Uphold and reinforce policies and procedures.
* Maintain filing system and process files for long term storage.
* Prepare letters, memos, spreadsheets, charts, graphs and presentations.
EXPERIENCE
Estimate Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
Tracy Locke / N-GEN Studios
January 2008–December 2011
- Process estimates and billing requiring verification of all work done and extensive coordination with managers and staff.
- Maintain detailed, reconciled records for all billing.
- Provide administrative support to one director, three managers and a staff of up to thirty production artists and support personnel.
Administrative Assistant
Tracy Locke / N-GEN Studios
August 2006–December 2007
- Provide coverage of front desk to assist visitors and telephone callers.
- Support Customer Service Representatives with estimating and billing.
- Provide administrative support to one director, three managers and a staff of up to thirty production artists and support personnel.
* Note: August 2006 – August 2009 supported off-site General Manager as required both when he was on-site and when his regular administrative assistant was unavailable for extended periods of time.
Administrative Assistant
Tracy Locke / Studio Services
January 2004–July 2006
- Provide extensive support to director/partner including calendar management, telephone support, event planning, expense report management and special projects heavily involving the use of Excel and PowerPoint.
- Assist customer service with data entry of estimates and billing when available.
- Provide administrative support to one director/partner, four managers and a staff of up to twenty five production artists and support personnel.
Administrative Assistant
Tracy Locke / Project Management
February 2002 – December 2003
- Maintained multiple, extensive spreadsheets for job tracking to include compiling data, submitting for review and submission of report to clients.
- Provide support to director including calendar management, telephone support, event planning, and expense report submission.
- Provide administrative support to one director, three project management supervisors and a staff of up to fifteen project managers.
Administrative Assistant
Panda Energy
July 2001-January 2002
- Heavy travel management for the Power Sales department to include coordinating air travel, rental vehicles, hotel accommodations and associated expense reporting.
- Established a filing system for Power Sales department.
- Provide administrative support to two directors and nine managers in the Power Sales, Transmission and Market Analysis sections.
Supply Administration
U.S. Marine Corps
August 1981 – June 2001
- As a U.S. veteran I performed various jobs throughout the Marine Corps in the Supply Administration field that dealt mainly with administrative and financial management support.
EDUCATION
Sunnyside High School – Sunnyside, WA | High School Diploma, 1981
Copper Mountain College – Joshua Tree, CA | 1998 - 2000