Merinda Davis
Garfield Heights,OH
Summary
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
RIK ENTERPRISES
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Prioritizes and manages multiple projects simultaneously and follows through on issues in timely manner
- Proactive and independent in identifying issues in advance and working on solutions
- Recognize priorities and exercise independent judgement
- Compiles information for timely preparation of reports and distributes to appropriate individuals within established timelines
- Arranges travel schedule and reservations for executive management as needed
- Responsible for calendar management, requiring interaction with both internal and external executives and assistants to coordinate variety of complex executive meetings
- Provide team-based, seamless contribution to all administrative aspects that includes performing tasks outside of traditional day-to-day activities
- Professional and complete work accurately and on time
- Excellent customer service skills, in person, through email and on phone
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as keen attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel
- Exercise considerable initiative, independent judgment and discretion in screening calls and visitors, arranging conferences and meetings, coordinating budgets, maintaining appointment schedules and participating in efforts to organize, prioritize and address critical issues
- Give maximum attention while submitting monthly and quarterly expense reports, including travel
- Knowledgeable in Zoom, Teams, WhatsApp and other relevant tools.
ADMINISTRATIVE Coordinator
LAWRENCE SCHOOL
08.2017 - 08.2023
- ffice Administrative Coordinator, providing a high-level of support to high school and middle school teachers, administrators, students, and families
- Currently serving as part of Campus Leadership Council
- Responsible for day-to-day operations of main office, in cooperation with building administration, requiring high degree of precision, accuracy, and confidentiality
- Professionally defuse and problem solve critical solutions
- Responsible for coordinating faculty/staff daily attendance calendar; coordination and reporting for HR attendance and leave records; documenting and report-submissions Head of Upper School, deans and administrators
- Maintain and distribute database for family payments through both online payment system as well as payments submitted in person
- Certified Covid Contact Tracer, effectively following all guidelines to maintain campus safety
- Serve as first point of contact for school, greeting all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in positive, professional, and inviting manner
- Responsible for daily creation of reports, correspondences, work permits, to ensure communication is properly distributed to entire Upper School campus, while continuing to provide first class service.
ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR
HARD ROCK ROCKSINO
12.2013 - 08.2017
- Responsible for managing database for all employees within Entertainment department, ensuring that compensation, attendance, and scheduled time off remained accurate and up-to-date
- Also responsible for processing leave of absence documentation for department employees (medical, FMLA, etc.)
- Loaded and maintained all Talent Entertainment Agreement Contracts, Confirmation/Deal Sheets and correspondence into organization’s database
- Prepared contract markups (prior to sending to legal) for upcoming shows
- Updated entertainment calendar to sync every week with property-wide calendar
- Prepared/submitted all invoices and check requests for contracts as well as for department as whole
- Strategically decreased AP/AR invoice error rate
- Prepared all documentation required for submission of capital expense request
- Created format to itemize and provide complete breakdown of budget (four departments) for monthly financial meeting.
LEAD ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
01.2006 - 12.2012
- Administrative Assistant to Administrative Principal (over four principals)
- Organized travel arrangements
- Professionally and proactively executed Executive Administrative activities for Administrative Principal including correspondence, phones/emails
- Maintained scheduling, including knowledge of meetings and their attendees/purpose
- Provided high level of administrative support by coordinating various office support services
- Served as liaison with various departments, schools, and Board of Education in resolution of day-to-day administrative and operational problems
- Worked with internal and external parties to organize various components needed to initiate, run and concluded major projects
- Demonstrated and modeled high level of professionalism and maintained extreme confidentiality.
Education
Top 5 Graduate -
Max S. Hayes High School
Cleveland, OHBusiness Management
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Independence, OHSkills
- Customer Service
- Attention to Detail
- Recordkeeping and File Management
- Office Administration
Additional Information
Commission Expires June 16, 2024, https://www.linkedin.com/in/merinda-davis-9a203384
Timeline
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
RIK ENTERPRISES
09.2023 - 04.2024
ADMINISTRATIVE Coordinator
LAWRENCE SCHOOL
08.2017 - 08.2023
ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR
HARD ROCK ROCKSINO
12.2013 - 08.2017
LEAD ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
01.2006 - 12.2012
Top 5 Graduate -
Max S. Hayes High School
Business Management
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
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