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Guisselle Castro

South San Francisco,USA

Summary

Organized, bilingual administrative professional with 10+ years of experience supporting dynamic teams in biotech, health, and tech environments. Proven track record in managing front desk operations, handling high-volume communications, and creating a welcoming environment for guests and staff. Known for professionalism, multitasking, and a calm demeanor under pressure. Fluent in Spanish and skilled in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and workplace systems.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Family Caregiver

Private Household
South San Francisco, CA
05.2025 - Current
  • Coordinated medical appointments, treatment schedules, and communication with healthcare providers for a terminally ill family member.
  • Managed daily responsibilities with strong organization, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.

Front Desk Administrator

Figure AI
San Jose, CA
09.2024 - 05.2025
  • - Greeted and directed visitors, ensuring a warm and professional welcome.
  • - Managed front desk operations, including handling phone and email communications.
  • - Coordinated meeting room bookings and prepared spaces for guests and staff meetings.
  • - Maintained a clean, organized, and welcoming reception area.
  • - Performed light administrative duties to support Office Operations.
  • - Assisted with various office management tasks as needed.
  • - Handled shipping and receiving operations, including scanning and logging all incoming deliveries (FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, USPS, UPS, DHL, etc.) into spreadsheets.
  • - Supported investor relations by welcoming and guiding investors during their office visits.
  • - Provided calendar scheduling support to the administrative and executive team.

Administrative Assistant / Receptionist

Encoded Therapeutics
South San Francisco, CA
12.2021 - 08.2024

• Supported the office staff by supporting administrative functions, maintaining a calendar of appointments, meetings, and events. • Managed all scheduling/coordinating travel arrangements, and car services as needed. • Managed and maintained files, preparing and sorting mail. As well as performing routine word processing assignments, proofreading, and preparing routine reports. • Processed/managed invoices for appropriate signatures and prepared expense reports. • Answered general office inquiries • Issued door badges to visitors as needed only to Employees • Managed all incoming/outgoing mail • Coordinated FedEx deliveries • Maintained reception area, kitchen & conference rooms tidiness

• Restocked items in the kitchen every morning • Assisted and supported management of with Conference rooms • Managed all inventory, ordering office supplies as well as food through Forkable or other vendors • Organized events as needed

Front Desk Coordinator

Ascendis Pharma
Redwood City, CA
07.2020 - 11.2021

• Supported the office staff by supporting administrative functions, maintaining a calendar of appointments, meetings, and events. • Managed all scheduling/coordinating travel arrangements, and car services as needed. • Managed and maintained files, preparing and sorting mail. As well as performing routine word processing assignments, proofreading, and preparing routine reports. • Processed/managed invoices for appropriate signatures and prepared expense reports. • Assisted facility management with coordinating repair services & supporting contractors • Responsible for updating the employee internal directory & external directory • Responsible for entering, removing and updating employee or contractor profiles with extensions and departments on the company-wide intranet & systems • Organized & maintained all the digital folders & content on the company system • Entered & submitted facility work requests as needed for lobby repairs, bulb replacements and general cleaning to the lobby, exterior or buildings vicinity • Answered general office inquiries and directs individual to the appropriate department • Managed all inventory, ordering office supplies as well as food through Forkable or other vendors

Receptionist II / Administrative Support

Gilead Sciences
Foster City, CA
02.2001 - 06.2020

• Supported the company's Frontdesk when the company was just a few buildings then over time grew to a massive multi-building campus of over several thousand employees • Answered the headquarters main phone line, directing and transferring hundreds of calls daily, corporate concierge treatment to all guests and employees, high-level scheduling and coordination of corporate taxi transfers of guests and employees, inventory management on a large scale, team scheduling and general front desk office duties. • Greeted visitors with a friendly, courteous and professional manner while delivering quality customer service to ensure a pleasant experience and positive message to all guests • Supported the office staff providing administrative functions, maintaining calendar, scheduling/coordinating appointments, meetings, and events. • Assisted in scheduling/coordinating travel arrangements such as car services. • Managed and maintained files, prepared and sorted mail. • Highly attentive and proactive with visitors and employee's questions and general requests • Cross-trained, onboarded & mentored future receptionists or contractors on all duties via a training checklist • Staff the front desk, register visitors through badging system and book conference rooms as needed • Troubleshooted employee badge issues with the utmost urgency and care with Gilead Security personnel • Executed High-volume daily coordination of urgent messenger services/deliveries and taxi rides for visitors/employees • Constantly updated the ARC/Switchboard with executives and executive admin coordinators • Responsible for updating the employee internal directory & external directory • Responsible for entering, removing and updating employee or contractor profiles with extensions and departments on the company-wide intranet & systems • Organized & maintained all the digital folders & content on the company system

• Enter & submitted facility work requests as needed for lobby repairs, bulb replacements and general cleaning to the lobby, exterior or buildings vicinity • Enforced, followed and exercised daily security protocols to maintain campus-wide security at the highest level • Answered general office inquiries and directs individual to the appropriate department • Received high volume of telephone calls and assists with placement of calls • Actively check, listen, transfer & triage all general company voicemail messages • Activated temporary security cards through security office • Documented all transportation requests and vouchers • Provided Front Desk metrics/report to management on the 1st business day of the month for the preceding month; Also reported monthly desk report for lobby numbers

Education

Customer Service Coursework - undefined

Skyline College
San Bruno

High School Diploma - undefined

Capuchino High
South San Francisco
05.1988

Skills

  • Employee Training
  • Calendar Management
  • Office Management
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Project Coordination
  • Customer Service
  • Reception Operations
  • Data Entry
  • Correspondence
  • Workflow Planning
  • Bilingual (Spanish)
  • Travel & Visitor Support
  • Mail & Package Handling

Languages

Spanish – Native

Timeline

Family Caregiver

Private Household
05.2025 - Current

Front Desk Administrator

Figure AI
09.2024 - 05.2025

Administrative Assistant / Receptionist

Encoded Therapeutics
12.2021 - 08.2024

Front Desk Coordinator

Ascendis Pharma
07.2020 - 11.2021

Receptionist II / Administrative Support

Gilead Sciences
02.2001 - 06.2020

Customer Service Coursework - undefined

Skyline College

High School Diploma - undefined

Capuchino High
Guisselle Castro