Sarah Armfield Smith
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Personable administrative professional dedicated to cultivating positive client, staff and management connections. Highly-developed communicator with outstanding skills in complex problem-solving and conflict resolution. Expertise in resource allocation and schedule management.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Assistant
Piedmont Risk Management
High Point, NC
08.2009 - Current
- Provided administrative support to the VP of operations, facilitating effective project management.
- Handled accounts payable processes to ensure timely payments and vendor relations.
- Managed clerical tasks part-time in office setting to maintain smooth operations.
Lead sales associate
Luna of Charlotte
05.2013 - 08.2015
- Assisted customers with product selection in retail environment
- Merchandised store weekly to enhance product visibility and sales
- Coordinated monthly fundraisers and sales events to engage community and drive revenue
Personal Assistant
Metro's Other Woman
09.2012 - 06.2013
- Assisted in managing daily schedules and tasks
- Organized and executed successful events for clients
- Organization Project Manager
- Redesigned closet spaces for improved organization
Sales Associate
Monkee's of Biltmore
Asheville, NC
03.2012 - 06.2012
- Assisted in daily management of high-end retail store to ensure smooth operations
- Facilitated trunk shows to enhance customer engagement
- Supported visual merchandising efforts to create appealing displays
Sales Associate
Monkee's of Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
03.2011 - 08.2011
- Managed daily operations in a high-end retail store
- Coordinated trunk shows to enhance visibility of selected merchandise
- Assisted with visual merchandising displays in retail store to enhance customer experience. on a weekly basis
Sales Associate
Beanie + Cecil
Raleigh, NC
08.2008 - 07.2009
- Delivered exceptional customer service in high-end retail environment
- Excelled in daily management activities to ensure store operations ran smoothly
- Applied creative skills to enhance visual merchandising in the store when merchandising the store
Independent Child Care Giver
Atlanta, GA
01.2007 - 05.2007
- Provided full time childcare for two children under the age of 5. Supported physical, emotional, social
- Creative and intellectual development. Maintained cleanliness and neatness of the house at all times.
- Facilitated excellent communication with parents, informing them of each child's development and
- Concerns.
Assistant Manager
Loft of Style
Atlanta, GA
11.2005 - 11.2006
- Assisted owner and manager of a high-end retail clothing boutique in all daily management activities.
- Provided excellent customer service skills to maximize customer satisfaction and repeat business.
- Supported buying of merchandise at the Atlanta Apparel Mart; scheduled/set up trunk shows with new
- Vendors.
- Performed extensive visual merchandising work for boutique; managed scheduling, reports and vendor
- Records.
- Developed monthly sales promotions and newsletters to attract new customers and inform existing
- Customers.
- Facilitated business meetings with local sales representatives.
- Placed orders to restock merchandise and handled receiving of products. Logged new merchandise into
- Inventory software as well as took inventory and examined merchandise to be reordered.
Sales Associate
Almanac
Atlanta, GA
09.2003 - 11.2003
- Operated cash registers and was responsible for daily receipts.
- Coordinated visual merchandising throughout the store and helped plan promotional events.
Fashion Show Volunteer
Saks Fifth Avenue
Atlanta, GA
05.2004
- Fashion coordinator for Carolina Herrera Fashion Show at the Ritz Carlton; model dresser; production
- Assistant.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fashion Marketing
American Intercontinental University
Atlanta, GASkills
- Interpersonal communication
- Organization
- Decision-making
- Client assessment
- Trust building
- MS Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Quick Books POS
- U4fia Textiles
Raw Date Parsing Notes
- All dates were converted to MM/DD/YY. For MM/YY ranges, the year was inferred from the two-digit year in the resume (e.g., '3/12' -> 03/12/12).
- For year-only education dates (e.g., '2005'), month was assumed as 01.
Key Assets
- All dates were converted to MM/DD/YY. For MM/YY ranges, the year was inferred from the two-digit year in the resume (e.g., '3/12' -> 03/12/12).
- For year-only education dates (e.g., '2005'), month was assumed as 01.
Timeline
Lead sales associate
Luna of Charlotte
05.2013 - 08.2015
Personal Assistant
Metro's Other Woman
09.2012 - 06.2013
Sales Associate
Monkee's of Biltmore
03.2012 - 06.2012
Sales Associate
Monkee's of Raleigh
03.2011 - 08.2011
Administrative Assistant
Piedmont Risk Management
08.2009 - Current
Sales Associate
Beanie + Cecil
08.2008 - 07.2009
Independent Child Care Giver
01.2007 - 05.2007
Assistant Manager
Loft of Style
11.2005 - 11.2006
Fashion Show Volunteer
Saks Fifth Avenue
05.2004
Sales Associate
Almanac
09.2003 - 11.2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fashion Marketing
American Intercontinental University