Geraldine Barnes

ROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Energetic professional Administrative Assistant/Events Coordinator who adapts well in fast paced environments with ten years of experience in a variety of industries, financial, construction, engineering, aviation, sales. Versatile, adept at managing multiple projects, values confidentiality, and provides exceptional customer relations. QUALIFICATIONS Communication Skills Documentation Flow Progress Reporting Project Implementation Inventory Control Customer Relations COMPUTER/ADVANCED TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft PowerPoint InDesign Microsoft Outlook Photoshop

Proposal Development Scheduling Priority Determination

Purchasing

Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel

Internet

EXPERIENCE Family Financial Management Practice, Montclair, NJ Executive Administrative Assistant/Events Coordinator

Sept 2011 to Present

Financial planning and insurance firm, the supporting Administrative and Events Coordinator directly reported to CEO. Word processing support, recordkeeping, organized and maintained Presidents calendars, travel arrangement, meeting and events; tracked and maintained office assets, managed expense reports. Purchased and maintained inventory of office supplies and answered multiple line telephone system. Co-produced five on-site PowerPoint continuing education seminars for sales team Planned, coordinated, and supported multiple large off-site seminars and demonstrations Coordinated more than a dozen product information lunches between vendors and sales team Provided remote clerical and marketing support for 15 member sales team Jan 2011 to Nov 2011

Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Managing Editor

Overhauled major aspects of Community College of Philadelphias student run newspaper, The Student Vanguard. Increased campus awareness of publication, its online presence and implemented a variety of online media; which included a new user friendly website, increased readership by 30 percent and increased advertisement revenue by 45 percent. Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, skillful at writing, proofreading and editing various kinds of articles corporate, business, entertainment, lifestyle making them appealing to a large demographic AECOM, Philadelphia, PA Administrative Assistant/Events Coordinator March 2001 to Sept 2010

Fast paced a large international corporation in the field of aviation, airport construction, design and airport planning. Daily clerical, administrative and coordinator support for 5 senior executives, 21 mid-level engineers, designers, planners and consultants. Project-managed several large and small-scale meetings simultaneously, on-boarded new employees, organized calendars, and made meeting arrangements. Arranged local, international and domestic travel including lodging and car rentals for domestic and international construction project teams creating efficiency and travel revenue savings of more than 20 percent. Acted as regional point-person for company-wide meeting and travel coordinator, managed all logistics, catering, lodging, and presentation needs for more than 250 employees. Oversaw 40 percent of meeting arrangements, domestic and international conference calls and travel arrangements for project teams Handled multiple line phone system inbound and outbound, met and greeted clients and personnel, created interoffice and outbound correspondences, memos, reports, and proposals, and maintained calendar for meetings and conference calls Maintained operation manuals, ISO records and files, purchase and inventory department and regional office supplies Audited department and regional employee expense reports and supervised electronic Oracle timekeeper for department regional personnel time sheet records

EDUCATION Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Associates Degree Honors Liberal Arts/Business Administration

Presently in progress GPA 3.37