Associate Director of Operations

Posted on: 2006-02-01

MICHELLE PEYTON 2046 E. Washington Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91104 (626) 806-6524 WORK EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS PBB Global Logistics Montebello, CA 7/01-Present • Maintain effective customer service implementation with current and prospective customers • Assisting with all management relations, setting up vendor contracts, • General office duties/ answering heavy phones, faxing, filing, typing correspondence, scheduling appointments, maintain expense reports, calculate rate requests • Dispatch carriers for local and international shipments by railroad • Planning and performing proactive procedures to alleviate problems EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN / ASSISTANT TO HEAD OF ACQUISTIONS/ASSISTANT TO VICE PRESIDENT/ ASSISTANT TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company Los Angeles, CA 9/99-07/01 • Coordinate meetings and scheduled appointments • Logged in submission materials and general office duties, maintained reports of submissions • Utilized creativity to assist organizing company special events • Read scripts and proposed synopsis, researching and identifying new children’s properties • Assembled marketing/publicity/ promotional materials for presentations and meetings. ASSISTANT TO CEO/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Nolan La Monte Films I.T.G. Santa Monica, CA 4/98-9/98 • Controlled all financial functions of a commercial production office • Prepared financial statements of pre and post production budgeting and processed payroll for talent • Created invoices and purchase orders • Edit commercial spots and production projects onto videotapes for client viewing RECEPTIONIST/ SCHEDULER Encore Santa Monica, CA 7/96-4/98 • Scheduled Telecine, On-line editing, and Graphic sessions • Created work orders and booking worksheets • Knowledge of videotape specifications and formats • General office duties: provided client services, answering heavy phones and faxing for an office of over 60 employees PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Extra News Burbank, CA 9/95-1/96 • Assisted assignment editors with story coordinating • Developed fact checking skills for story research • Bookkeeping and logging of audio and video elements PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Chanticleer Hollywood, CA 12/94 • Performed production commands • Worked directly with talent to prepare scenes • Assisted Script Supervisor and 2nd Assistant Director to coordinate shot selections EDUCATION Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Arts • Major: Communication-Arts COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in MSWord, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Filemaker, QuickBooks