Cynthia Newman

• Correspondence professionally with customers via phone calls, emails, and confidential letters regarding open balances
• Accounts Receivable
• Manage commercial client refunds
• Resolve customer problems
• Audit Accounts
• Maintain high volume of calls and met demands for commercial billing and sales team
• Exceed local, regional and corporate goals for P & L for commercial accounts
• Trained 6061 Controller and 2 Collection Representatives in collection processes

Wedding/Event Planner

• Conducted initial consultation with clients to discuss wedding details, venue options and other logistics to understand vision and budget
• Negotiated prices with suppliers, inspected venues and selected vendors to meet couple expectations.
• Created and designed tailor-made wedding plans to maximize client budget, keep client happy and cultivate referrals.

Graphic Designer

• Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
• Designed website layouts, templates and unique branded looks.
• Put together videos for social media, advertising and informational purposes.
• Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs

• Freelance photography in US for Weddings, Runway, Commercial Merchandise/Advertising
• Responsible for booking and scheduling work load for 5 photographers
• Digital correction on images
• Album and product design for Wiselyn clients
• Responsible for all accounting/bookkeeping

• Completed store opening and closing procedures by counting drawers and managing security.
• Assisted sales team with completing customer transactions and managing issues.
• Coached sales associates in product specifications, sales incentives and selling techniques, significantly increasing membership sales.
• Trained new associates in successful sales and performance strategies.
• Worked diligently to resolve unique and recurring complaints, promoting loyalty and enhancing operations.
• Hired, trained and motivated sales professionals.
• Employee scheduling/payroll for 30 employees
• Coordinate marketing efforts for new hires and membership sales events

Instructor

Introduction to Photography

Wedding Photography

• Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention
• Created and implemented course agendas, lesson plans and activities to successfully meet course objectives.
• Defined and articulated goal learning outcomes, performance metrics and changes to improve student learning.

• Member of design team for transferring from film cameras to digital media.
• Develop process and procedures for photographer interacting with guests and characters
• Set up lighting, prepared sweeps and organized area for photography sessions.
• Reviewed images and selected best frames to present in client portfolio for purchase.
• Training team member on camera operation and location shooting.

• In office, assisted with Trade Show booking/scheduling local employees through temp agencies/booking airfare and hotel accommodations for myself and other company liaisons
• Liaison between multiple vehicles manufactures and sponsors of PGA, LPGA and NASCAR events. Ensure vehicles arrived to event, dispersed to participants, collected vehicles after event and disperse to local dealerships as new demo.

• Liaison between General Motors and New Rollout Car Show events through United States. Was onsite for delivery of vehicles to venue, directed setup & detailing through entire show. Once show was over dispersed vehicles to local dealerships for sale.