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Vanessa Owens

Gilbert,AZ

Summary

I'm a hardworking and reliable Executive Assistant with strong, proven skills in people management. Offering you excellent communication and buying back your time. Highly organized, goal-oriented, and punctual, with a team-building mentality.

Work History

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Relentless Media Agency
  • Maintained CEO's complex and ever-changing calendar; Remain mindful of his current priorities and long-term goals; Conserve CEO’s time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence.
  • Arrange and coordinate complex travel including but not limited to transportation, hotels, and restaurant reservations, with addresses and direction detail included in the calendar.
  • Planned and successfully executed small and large events for the staff or up to several hundred guests, and multiple speakers.
  • Planned twice weekly meetings for clients in the mastermind, and ensured speakers were available and topics submitted for notifications to the clients.
  • Acted as informed representative for the CEO and others when dealing with clients and others whose goodwill and respect are of critical importance.
  • Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to compose general correspondence, maintain records and prepare accurate reports using Google and Microsoft Office.
  • Performed other personal/family matters as required with discretion.
  • Handled the lease agreements and negotiations with landlords to acquire new office space.
  • Managed all aspects of the facility including office installations and repairs/maintenance, up to and including managing the janitorial staff.
  • Helped create and maintain a company culture consistent with the core values.
  • Resourceful, out-of-the-box thinking, and networking with other great, established EAs to find the best practices for my employer, saving both time and money for him and the business.

Operations Manager / Assistant to the CEO

The Mascot Organization
  • Implemented policies and created standard operating procedures.
  • Successfully lowered accounts receivable from over $200k to just under $10k upon my exit.
  • Managed quality, customer service, and logistics of events.
  • Executed multiple, successful large events which included the White House and the Columbus and D. C. Auto Shows.
  • Successfully assisted and managed a CEO with challenging interpersonal skills.
  • Assisted with securing talent contracts with movie production companies such as Sony, Dreamworks, and Paramount.
  • Played a key role in restructuring the billing and contracts to be most profitable while fairly paying the talent that we employed.
  • Managed a complex calendar and travel for the CEO, which included his work with a local minor league baseball team.

Administrative Assistant

City Property Management
  • Provided secretarial and office management support to five community managers with large portfolios while building cooperative working relationships between homeowners and board members.
  • Accurately maintained calendars and scheduling for over 60 different communities simultaneously.
  • Responded timely and effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.
  • Composed correspondence, reports, and meeting notes.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Paramedicine

Maricopa Community Colleges

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Organization
  • Self-Motivated
  • Detail Oriented
  • Time Management
  • Proactive
  • Unflappable
  • Team Leader
  • Problem-Solving
  • Accountable
  • Unwavering Honor & Integrity
  • Creative Thinker

Timeline

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Relentless Media Agency

Operations Manager / Assistant to the CEO

The Mascot Organization

Administrative Assistant

City Property Management

Associate of Applied Science - Paramedicine

Maricopa Community Colleges
Vanessa Owens