Skills Summary
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Front Page
Microsoft Access
Report Preparation
Written Correspondence
General Office Skills
Staff orientations Computer Savvy
Scheduling
Marketing
Statistical Analysis Programs (SPSS)
IRI, MRI, AC Neilson, PACE
Efficient in PC and MAC Platforms ADP PC Payroll
ADP Pay Xpert
Report Smith
Human Resources
SAP
Medical Insurance enrollment
Tracking Trends
Customer profiling
Benchmarking
Employment History
Gilbane Building Company October 2011-Present
Human Resources Benefits Coordinator Providence, RI
• Handle all contact and claims with insurance vendors
• Handled benefits for over 1900 employees nationwide
• Completed life insurance EOI’s, conversions, and claims
• Lead Total Rewards Statement project
• Handled STD, LTD, and furlough
• Researched new benefits and ways to make existing benefits better
• Handled benefits for new company acquisitions
• Handled all written communication to staff regarding benefits and wellness
• Assisted with company’s wellness program
Children’s Friend August 2009-Present
Human Resource/Payroll Associate Level II Providence, RI
• Conducted all new hire orientations for over 50 new employees
• Controlled the entering of confidential information into payroll systems
• Controlled all enrollment into insurance coverage for over 360 employees
• Implemented new systems for organization of employee files and information
• Completed payroll for over 360 employees bi-weekly
• Developed and maintained an affirmative action database
• Represented company in various job fairs
Executive Assistant to the President Nov. 2007 – Oct. 2008
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI
• Point person for ongoing communications with 10 interdependent RISD departments consisting of over 75 team members coordinating various activities.
• Fielded incoming telephone calls from trustees, benefactors, and major university stakeholders to advance specific goals of the organization
• Recorded and distributed minutes at all university executive meetings
• Planned and organized meetings, seminars and speaking events for the president and trustees
• Assisted the president with composition and content of correspondence letters
• Executed daily projects within Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Assistant Marketing Supervisor (Consultant) June 2007 – Nov. 2007 Syqwest Inc. Warwick, RI
• Created seven product promotion and advertising campaigns that generated revenues of $3M.
• Led team of four in marketing products through e-commerce initiatives that resulted in a 40% overall improvement in customer satisfaction.
• Managed and tracked $15,000 monthly expense budget for sales and marketing teams.
• Effectively fielded calls and emails from current, past, and prospective customers on a wide variety of sales and marketing issues, including product performance, pricing and availability.
Marketing Coordinator, Fine Fragrance/Consumer Insights May 2006-June 2007 Symrise Inc. Teterboro, NJ/New York, NY
• Researched, created and presented new product concepts for launch meetings generating over $15M in new sales revenue.
• Identified international and domestic marketing trends in fragrance, personal care, and household goods to create new product focus and generate future sales.
• Tracked new market product introductions internationally in order to capitalize on next generation fragrance trends.
• Assembly of Microsoft PowerPoint trend research presentations
• Analysis of data using a statistical analysis program (SPSS) from consumer studies surveys
• Organization of group meetings, events, travel, and presentations for sales teams
• Review and modification of Information Resources Inc. (IRI) data files for various consumer products categories (Fine Fragrance. Personal Care, Air Care, Laundry and Household Products)
• Daily maintenance of over 30 periodicals, 5 databases and 1000 consumer products repositories
Education
Master of Business Administration – Global Business
(Concentration: Global Marketing) May 2009
Johnson and Wales University – GPA 3.8 (Magna Cum Laude)
Bachelor of Arts
(Concentration: Mass Communications / Minor: Law) May 2006
Quinnipiac University – GPA 3.0 (Cum Laude)
CBP – Certified Benefits Professional Certificate (In Progress)