Adam Zeren
Sharon,MA
Summary
An energetic, friendly, and team oriented employee who for 20 years has been a natural, organized, self-starter. Knows how to make sure tasks are completed. Enjoys being a friendly face that loves listening and assisting others. Extremely proficient with all current Microsoft Office, Adobe and Google Drive products. Confidently can manage websites that use Wordpress. Dedicated administrative professional with successful experience in fast-paced office settings. Hardworking team player with expertise in completing various clerical tasks and offering staff support. Responsible, punctual and productive professional when working with little to no supervision.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Assistant
Temple Aliyah
09.2022 - Current
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Delivered excellent customer service through prompt responses to congregant inquiries, addressing concerns effectively, and building strong relationships.
- Provided ongoing maintenance and support for Temple Aliyah website, performing updates as needed and addressing any technical issues promptly. Utilized various WordPress plugins effectively to enhance website features and improve overall user experience.
- Ensured accurate record-keeping with diligent data entry and database management for vital temple information.
- Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipient.
- Coordinated office supply inventory management, proactively ordering necessary items before depletion to avoid workflow disruptions.
- Created and maintained databases to track and record congregant data.
- Optimized calendar management for executives by scheduling appointments strategically while considering priorities and minimizing conflicts.
- Assisted development and implementation of new administrative procedures.
- Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
- Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail.
- Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
- Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
Stay at Home Father
Adam, Kimberly, and Trey Household
09.2019 - 08.2022
- Prepared and served usually 2 meals daily for family
- Managed appointments and transportation for teenage son
- Oversaw monthly household budget of about $15,000
- Made weekly trips for grocery and pharmacy shopping
- Cleaned house weekly
- Managed son's ice hockey team which included organizing logistics for team when travelling out of town, maintaining attendance lists at practices and games, managing team budget, communicating messages from coaches, communicating schedules and schedule changes, etc...
Program Associate
Authentic Israel
02.2019 - 09.2019
- Spoke directly with 20-30 customers daily via phone and email helping them plan family trips to Israel
- Maintained spreadsheets using Google online products to ensure up to date and correct databases on potential and current clients
- Input documents from families for overseas travel
- Coordinated with team of 3 other Washington DC office staff and 2 Israeli based staff to ensure families' needs were met while on their trip.
Youth Director/B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County
02.2006 - 12.2018
- Setup and maintained database using Google and Microsoft to track 1500 children and their families' addresses, phone numbers, ages, and email addresses
- Created and maintained multiple Excel spreadsheets to track which youth group each child participated in, track event rsvps and money collected from each activity
- Oversaw staff of 4 Youth Department advisors
- Crafted and distributed weekly emails, using Constant Contact to families containing Youth Department information
- Oversaw and balanced $25,000 yearly department budget
- Joined senior staff team meetings to discuss synagogue programming, direction, and to collaborate on activity ideas
- Comfortable speaking in front of of 10 people or as many as 2,000 while discussing future youth activities, or emceeing youth or synagogue events
- Proficient at setting up audio and visual equipment for presentations and/or videos that required knowledge of Microsoft and Google products
- Developed Beth El B'nai Mitzvah coordinator position from scratch to work with families as their child goes through B'nai Mitzvah process
- Led teen discussions during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to enhance religious service experience for shul's high schoolers
- Taught group of ten, 8th graders monthly lesson connecting modern world to Judaism in hopes of instilling in them increased understanding of Jewish values in 21st century.
Education
Other - Radio and Television production and talent
Defense Information School
Fort Benjamin Harris, IN08.1991
Bachelor's - Mass Communications/Journalism
Towson University
Towson, MD05.1990
Skills
Google Drive - 10 years
Microsoft Office - 10 years
Wordpress - 2 years
Website Maintenance - 2 years
Setting up and operating audio/visual equipment - 10 years
Meteorologist - 10 years
Overseeing and directing meetings - 10 years
Timeline
Administrative Assistant
Temple Aliyah
09.2022 - Current
Stay at Home Father
Adam, Kimberly, and Trey Household
09.2019 - 08.2022
Program Associate
Authentic Israel
02.2019 - 09.2019
Youth Director/B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County
02.2006 - 12.2018
Other - Radio and Television production and talent
Defense Information School
Bachelor's - Mass Communications/Journalism
Towson University
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