Freelancer

Christine Turpin

**** ********* ***

Melbourne, FL 32935

321-***-****/259-2255

*********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE:

Obtain telecommute employment pertaining to skills and/or experience.

SKILLS:

Proficiency in ASCIS group, EROES, MS Office, internet: email and search engines.

Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Illustrator and PageMaker.

Data entry, customer service, sales, editing, writing, proofreading, fact finding, investigative research, source material interviewing, telephone surveys, media research, multi-line phone system user, inventory control, cash handling/register, filing, basic knowledge of medical terminology, medical records, insurance verification, billing issues, mail sorting and distribution, microfiche and microfilm processing, radio dispatch, appointment scheduling, hospitality and restaurant hosting, beverage tending.

EXPERIENCE:

PIERCE-EISLEN, INC.

Scottsdale, Arizona (Headquarters)

Melbourne, FL (Home office, current location)

Contract Market Surveyor-Home Agent

Part-time/Flexible schedule

January 2011-Current

*Contact rental apartment communities nation-wide to update rental listings,

obtain any details on applicable discounts and Management information.

*Verify and correct all discrepancies with current database listings.

*Involves subject interviewing on routine basis: pleasant telephone etiquette required.

ENVIRONMENT TOBAGO (ET)

Tobago, West Indies/Melbourne, FL

ET Member

August 2009-Current (Melbourne, FL)

April 2003-May 2003/ February 2009-July 2009 (Tobago, West Indies)

*Assist ET president with allocated research tasks, virtual.

*Participated in youth/adult education workshops that promoted environmental awareness.

*Patrolled beaches and forests for signs of turtle poaching and other wildlife destruction.

*Engaged in cleanup and restoration projects within endangered wetland habitat.

APRIA HEALTHCARE

Melbourne, FL

Customer Service Representative

September 2006-October 2008

*Responded to fax, telephone and internet transmitted orders from referral sources.

*Provided quotes, verified insurance details and routed billing issues to proper heads.

*Researched and transferred clinical paperwork to appropriate requesting contacts.

*Assisted walk-in customers with orders related to Apria services and supplies. *Performed tasks to include creation of clinical charts, filing, faxing, and photocopying.

* Scheduled call-in and follow-up appointments for the Respiratory Therapy department.

AVON COSMETICS

Melbourne, FL (home office)

Independent Sales Representative

September 2005-August 2008

*Sold beauty products and offered other merchandise via online and booklet distribution.

*Coordinated consulting services for skin and beauty aid to local area customers.

*Solicited prospective clients through mass campaign advertising via door-to-door, online marketing and various other media outlets.

*Hosted information sessions in-home or at office establishments to promote product viability and showcase market line upgrades and beauty wear trend changes.

PRIME COMMUNICATIONS

(Formerly Wireless Express)

Palm Bay, FL

Cellular Sales and Service Representative

October 2005-July 2006

*Responsible for sales, equipment upgrades, cash handling, ordering/stocking inventory. *Assessed cellular service plans to appropriately fit customer requirements.

*Created advertising material for local store offices in lieu of market campaigns.

MATERNITY LEAVE (OUT OF COUNTRY)

December 2004-August 2005

DAVE HARDY BIOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS

Catonsville, Maryland/Washington DC

Dept. of Fisheries, Smithsonian Museum

Research Assistant

August 2003-August 2004

*Edited database material for online journal project.

*Researched library chronicles and microfiches/microfilms for data development

of scientific manuscript.

*Assisted professor in blueprint planning of online database system via document collection, general research activities and meeting attendance with project web-master.

ENVIRONMENT TOBAGO (SEE ABOVE)

POLARIS PROJECT

Washington DC (virtual)

August 2002-December 2002

Online Researcher-Volunteer

*Researched demographic-specific data on assigned Caribbean country unit (Haiti) for USA-based human anti-trafficking group.

*Compiled historical and current-day statistics on the restavik movement (Haiti child slavery) as information for online website, www.polarisproject.org.

CHARLOTTEVILLE ESTATE LTD.

Tobago, WEST INDIES

Administrative Assistant

May 2002-May 2003

*Collected rental payments due to Estate per land lease agreements.

*Generated billing invoices for current and past due accounts.

*Performed general clerical office duties: photocopying, multi-line system phone reception, MS Office document preparation.

FLORIDA MEDIA, INC.

Orlando, FL

Assistant Editor

October 2001-March 2002

*Edited magazine draft copy, wrote event briefs and other in-house articles. *Responded to reader and commercial queries concerning magazine content. *Coordinated editorial content and layout with relevant office departments.

*Performed interview question sessions with story sources to complete timely material.

CINGULAR WIRELESS

Jacksonville, FL

Cellular Sales Kiosk Associate

July 2000-July 2001

*Received award for 130% sales quota attainment for 4th quarter 2000.

*Handled cash, ran nightly audit and performed daily inventory count.

*In-house customer rep for billing issues and other cellular service assistance, to include equipment sales, upgrades and low level technical support.

EDUCATION:

University of Florida: B.S. Degree in Journalism. Minor -Sociology. December 1999

Florida Community College at Jacksonville: A.A. Degree. May 1997

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