Joyce M. Wilson
Glendale,CA
Summary
Career professional with 20+ years’ experience in the title insurance industry, working within different departments to improve procedures, increase efficiency, data entry, and prepare reports and presentations. Initiative-taking, enthusiastic, energetic, versatile, adaptable, dependable, and collaborative with experience in extremely fast-paced, competitive title-oriented environments and my goal is to help manage and support with maximum effectiveness. Proficient Notary Public with reputation for honesty built over 10 years of related experience. Excellent interpersonal and observational skills, focused approach and analytical nature. Ambitious Photography student committed to academic excellence. Prepared to implement diverse skill sets, technical proficiencies and new perspectives to leadership personnel. Excellent computer skills to troubleshoot technical issues and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Notary Signing Agent
Freelance
Glendale, CA
02.2019 - Current
- Performed notarizations for loan documents, affidavits, and other legal documents.
- Prepared and checked loan packages to ensure accuracy of all required signatures.
- Verified client identity through government-issued identification cards.
- Ensured that all necessary forms were signed in the presence of a Notary Public.
- Maintained accurate records of all notarial acts performed including date, time, location, type of document and parties involved.
- Traveled to various locations throughout the state as needed for mobile signings.
- Reviewed loan documents for completeness prior to signing.
- Educated customers on the importance of proper signing procedures and protocol.
- Maintained confidentiality regarding sensitive information related to each transaction.
- Scanned and emailed documents promptly after completion of signings.
- Responded quickly and professionally to customer inquiries via phone or email.
- Attended continuing education classes related to Notary Signing Agent duties.
- Delivered completed loan packages within specified deadlines set by employers or lenders.
- Conducted detailed quality control checks on every document before returning them back to employers or lenders.
- Documented transactions in notary journal to maintained permanent records.
- Contracted with various agencies to complete personal loan packages.
- Reviewed loan documents for completeness and compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Affixed stamp or seal on documents as proof of witnessing event or deal.
- Checked for signs of coercion in either party or fraud and refused to notarize suspect transaction.
Photographer
Freelance
Glendale, CA
12.2020 - Current
- Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments
- Review albums of photographs to select the best work
- Engage in research to develop new photographic procedures and materials
- Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location
- Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission
- Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors
- Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
Relief Title Officer
Chicago Title Company
Glendale, CA
11.1996 - 10.2022
- Retrieve and examine real estate closing files for accuracy and to ensure that information included recorded and executed according to regulations
- Enter into record-keeping systems proper data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones
- Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems
- Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices
- Read search requests to find types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties
- Prepare lists of all legal instruments applying to a specific piece of land and the buildings on it
- Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, prepare rejection notices when documents are not acceptable
- Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, which affect property titles
- Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances met during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles
- Data Entry, Processed information efficiently and accurately
- Examine individual titles to decide if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use
- Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.
Title Assistant
Old Republic Title Company
Glendale, CA
02.1991 - 11.1996
- Prepared Supplemental Reports
- Read search requests to learn types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties
- Examine individual titles to find if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use
- Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances met during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles
- Data Entry, Processed information efficiently and accurately
- Enter into record-keeping systems data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones
- Retrieve and examine real estate closing files for accuracy and to ensure that information included recorded and executed according to regulations
- Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, which affect property titles.
Title Secretary
Gateway Title Company
Burbank, CA
06.1986 - 07.1990
- Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions
- Examine individual titles to decide if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use
- Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, which affect property titles
- Data Entry, Processed information efficiently and accurately
- Read search requests to find types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.
Jr. Loan Processor
United Interstate Financial Services
West Los Angeles, CA
03.1984 - 05.1986
- Data Entry, Processed information efficiently and accurately
- Prepare and type loan applications, closing documents, legal documents, letters, forms, government notices, and checks, using computers
- File and keep loan records
- Contact credit bureaus, employers, and other sources to check applicants' credit and personal references
- Contact customers by mail, telephone, or in person concerning acceptance or rejection of applications
- Record applications for loan and credit, loan information, and disbursements of funds, using computers
- Assemble and compile documents for loan closings, such as title abstracts, insurance forms, loan forms, and tax receipts.
Office Clerk
Home Budget Loan Services
West Los Angeles, CA
08.1983 - 02.1984
- Deliver messages and run errands
- Inventory and order materials, supplies, and services
- Type, format, proofread, and edit correspondence and other documents, from notes or dictating machines, using computers or typewriters
- Data Entry, Processed information efficiently and accurately
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports
- Open, sort, and route incoming mail, answer correspondence, and prepare outgoing mail
- Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities
- Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer
- Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, give, or explain information, take orders, and address complaints
- Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages
- Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers.
Education
Associate - Photography
Pasadena City College
06-2026
Citrus Community College
02.2005
Glendale Community College
06.2004
Skills
- Data Entry
- Loan Documentation
- Abstract Of Title
- Administrative Support
- Title Insurance
- Invoicing
- Notary Services
- Industry Regulation Awareness
- Legal Terminology Understanding
- Mobile notary services
- Digital Document Handling
- Proper Notarization Procedures
- Document Preparation
- Loan document knowledge
- Title Insurance Knowledge
- Identity Verification
- Real Estate Transactions
- Document Review
- Deed Execution
- Loan Document Signing
- Notarial Acts
- Trust Documents
- Mail handling
Certification
State of California Notary Public, Sept 1, 2013 - Present
Timeline
Photographer
Freelance
12.2020 - Current
Notary Signing Agent
Freelance
02.2019 - Current
Relief Title Officer
Chicago Title Company
11.1996 - 10.2022
Title Assistant
Old Republic Title Company
02.1991 - 11.1996
Title Secretary
Gateway Title Company
06.1986 - 07.1990
Jr. Loan Processor
United Interstate Financial Services
03.1984 - 05.1986
Office Clerk
Home Budget Loan Services
08.1983 - 02.1984
Associate - Photography
Pasadena City College
Citrus Community College
Glendale Community College