Hi, I’m
Lauren Hughes
San Francisco,CA
Summary
My academic background is focused in visual design with a emphasis in writing. I adapt well to any professional setting and take motivational pride in mastering new fields. I am a hard worker who not only follows instructions diligently but very passionately. Im a dynamic, creative and self-motivated person whose work is fueled with passion and dedication generating long term revenues and sustainable success for employers.I am confident that the experience, skill sets and I gained will carry over and produce immediate results for your well-respected company.
Overview
28
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Wilson Elser
File Clerk, Scheduling
10.2021 - 09.2033
Job overview
- Track important legal and filing deadlines for designated clients and case
- Manage and review records and enter schedules or deadlines into the calendar
- Maintain the appearance calendar, docket all urgent eServe and Fax documents pertaining to appearances that are within 7 days and reach out to the courts to confirm calendared dates
- Set Up CourtCalls and LA Court Connect
- Profile new case email, conflicts email, and rule sets for case in ProLaw and docket any hearings and last day to answer complaint
- Docket hearings, discovery and all information as it relates to court findings
- Docket CourtCall information and remote call-in information for hearings and depositions
- Correspondence and emails: Read over correspondence to see if there's something to docket (such as a last day for our client to join a defense email tree), respond to accepting expert witnesses, response to settlement demands, meet and confer supplemental discovery responses deadlines, regarding closing of a specific case
- Serve as a docket clerk, generating reports detailing action items and due dates
- We're looking for someone who has; good reading and writing skills, strong grammar and spelling, competent keyboard skills, good communication, an ability to work individually and as part of a team, and the ability to concentrate for long periods of time and attention to detail
Cory Barclay Publishing
Executive Assistant and Marketing
08.2021 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Answered high volume of phone calls and email inquiries.
- Screened calls and emails and initiated actions to respond or direct messages for managers.
- Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group.
- Organized and coordinated conferences and monthly meetings.
Rusty Boardhouse
Director of Marketing and Creative Services
05.2010 - 09.2023
Job overview
- Effectively negotiate the best price in order to maximize sales and profits
- Domestic and international sourcing and procurement of apparel & fashion accessories for retail sale at all resident, touring and Broadway shows, in addition to select 3rd party partners
- Awareness and application of merchandise industry trends and inclusion in assortments where relevant
- Communicates vision for visual display with buying and operations staff
- Awareness of all Cirque brand initiatives and inclusion of concepts in retail items where applicable
- Involvement in the preparation of the budget and periodic financial forecasts
- Financial responsibility for achieving sales and balanced inventory levels
- In store visual merchandising to appeal to customers therefore statistically upgrading daily profit
- Started on breaks from college working at a very famous locally and globally surfboard shaper and his company
- Not only customizing surfboards from requests globally we had 2 stores in San Diego and our clothing line in our stores, our website as well as similar fashion brand stores worldwide
- Got promoted to remotely/hybrid meet with representatives to look at catalogues, products they brought to our store and had the authority to pick what went in store, other similar clothing/lifestyle buyers and online updating
- To this day I work remote with them
The Real Real
Merchandising Copywriter
04.2020 - 12.2022
Job overview
- Authenticate and research luxury brand items
- Price merchandise based on retail value, condition and style
- Inspect consigned luxury product for condition issues (Quality Control)
- Data Entry (Provide pertinent garment information such as measurements and fabrications)
- Photographer for merchandise on website/warehouse team member
- Eventually promoted with Real Real
The RealReal
Warehouse Team Member/Photographer
01.2020 - 12.2021
Job overview
- Company Overview: A luxury consignment online shop
- Worked in the warehouse to switch in and out merchandise that was or handy yet been photographed for the online web page
- Started then as a photographer with a quota of 168 items (dressing both male/female mannequins, each requiring 3 diff photo angles still quota being 1 for that item)
- Ended up getting a knack and made the quota to leave early (261 items)
- To make more income daily I'd with my free time offer to take racks of ready for site merchandise and spend about 2-3 extra hours in the warehouse placing and organizing them correctly so shipments were good to go as well as when finished with that walk down the each aisle collecting misplaced or not finished for site and get racks to the right side of the warehouse for next day
- A luxury consignment online shop
Vince
Client Relations Representative
09.2016 - 03.2018
Job overview
- Maintains detailed administrative files for VIP clients and creates a personalized look-book tailored to each client's needs and preferences that results in client development and retention
- Facilitates social media correspondence and ensures client experience is aligned with the house's highest standards
- Liaison between clientele and third party partners to maintain accurate timelines, corresponds with all pending client issues in a timely manner, and ensures client satisfaction through resolution within company policy
- Delivers excellent, premium customer service to clients by being the brand's ambassador, offers in-depth product knowledge ranging from merchandise specifics to broad company policies
My Sisters Closet
Merchandise Associate
11.2013 - 09.2016
Job overview
- Design floor layout and window displays that incorporate research on current trends and previous sales
- Perform weekly inventory and place orders, taking note of best sellers and unpopular items
- Train Sales Associates on restocking and creating displays
The Hughes Law Firm
Law Firm Receptionist/File Clerk
05.2008 - 10.2012
Job overview
- Maintained the multi line telephone system and received all inbound calls
- Greeted all lawyers and clients coming to the firm in a professional manner
- Monitored the calendar of activities for the firm and booked the conference rooms according to the same
- Prepared the necessary documents and made entries to the data management systems accordingly
- Maintained an inventory of the office supplies and made purchase orders for the same
- Administered all the faxes, mails and emails to the office
- Worked during holiday breaks while in college
The Village Grille
Hostess/Server
11.2005 - 06.2007
Job overview
- Hired as a hostess and was promoted to a waitress position within 3 months
- Customer experience
- Handling many tasks at same time especially in an overpacked, rushed shift knowing how to multitask but also prioritize tables and guests
- Learning the best outcome in situations where customers become impatient, often rude, order was placed wrong etc, adapting skills to provide them the service their paying for, showing respect and letting them know you hear them and understand
- Finding solution that works for all parties to leave satisfied
Education
UC Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA
Bachelor's degree from Double Major in Literature/compositional Writing and creative writing
06.2017
University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Studio Art
06.2016
Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, CA
City College in Art/literature/writing
05.2013
Torrey Pines High SchoolDel Mar, CA
High school diploma from Studio Art
06.2008
La Jolla High SchoolLa Jolla, CA
High school from Printmaking
01.2006
Skills
- Branding
- Illustration
- HTML5
- Writing Skills
- Customer Service
- Sales
- Marketing
- Copywriting
- Visual Design
- Blogging
- Creative Writing
- Sourcing
- Visual crew
- Copy editing
- Content marketing
- Content creation
- Photography
- Art direction
- Visual marketing
- Interior merchandise/ design
- Sales representative
- Proofreading
- Digital Marketing
- Video Production
- Adobe Illustrator
- WordPress
- Administrative experience
- Office experience
- Data entry
- Communication skills
- Typing
- Clerical experience
- Word processing
- Content Writing
- Strategic Planning and Editing
- Blog Writing
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong demonstrated visual merchandising skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Strong written communication skills
- Strong listening communication skills
- Strong visual merchandising skills
- Excellent eye for detail
- Excellent customer service skills
- Creative skills
- Impressive visual merchandising skills
- Strong communication skills
- Strong computer skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Remarkable photography skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to present visual displays
- Skilled in promoting and marketing brands
Certification
Driver's License
Timeline
File Clerk, Scheduling
Wilson Elser
10.2021 - 09.2033
Executive Assistant and Marketing
Cory Barclay Publishing
08.2021 - 12.2024
Merchandising Copywriter
The Real Real
04.2020 - 12.2022
Warehouse Team Member/Photographer
The RealReal
01.2020 - 12.2021
Client Relations Representative
Vince
09.2016 - 03.2018
Merchandise Associate
My Sisters Closet
11.2013 - 09.2016
Director of Marketing and Creative Services
Rusty Boardhouse
05.2010 - 09.2023
Law Firm Receptionist/File Clerk
The Hughes Law Firm
05.2008 - 10.2012
Hostess/Server
The Village Grille
11.2005 - 06.2007
UC Santa Barbara
Bachelor's degree from Double Major in Literature/compositional Writing and creative writing
University of California
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Studio Art
Torrey Pines High School
High school diploma from Studio Art
La Jolla High School
High school from Printmaking
Driver's License
Santa Barbara City College
City College in Art/literature/writing
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