Administrative Assistant

Posted on: 2016-10-17

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR (CAO), CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, CA Administrative Trainee, April 2016 - Present • Assist the CAO Transparency Officer and Executive Staff with daily assignments such as but not limited to preparing reports, proposals, talking points, briefing memo’s, executive summaries and analysis for the CAO and if requested, for distribution to the City Council and to the Mayor’s Office. • Prepare press releases, talking points and respond to media inquiries and relay information to the CAO and Executive staff; • Create strategic marketing materials via Microsoft Publisher, analyze and review department requests, coordinate department events and fundraising campaigns. • Perform administrative general office duties such as answering calls, scheduling, filing, inventory and stock office supplies in the Executive wing. FOREVER 21 CORPORATE OFFICE, Los Angeles, CA Mailroom Clerk/Sample Room Assistant, October 2012 – April 2016 • Collected, sorted, distributed and/or prepared mail, messages, or courier deliveries for 20 departments of over a thousand staff members; • Performed front-desk reception duties in a high paced environment, managed incoming and outgoing inquiries from vendors and buyers; • Assisted in the management of samples by organizing inventory, pulling samples for vendors and buyers, maintaining samples order, and overseeing international samples. HERBS OF MEXICO, HEALTH AND WELLNESS RETAIL, (Not a dispensary), Los Angeles, CA Sales Representative, February 2012 - February 2014 • Maintained knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges; Provided customer service in English and in Spanish; • Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits; • Acquired extensive knowledge of over 100 types of culinary and holistic remedies found in herbs, spices and supplements; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, CA Community Administrative Support Worker, July 2010 - February 2012 • Assigned to programs affiliated with the City’s Hire L.A. effort such as the Hire L.A. News Team, the Boyle Heights Family Resource Center and to the Boyle Heights Technology Center; • Prepared field reports, news articles, conducted interviews and published marketing reports; provided constituent services such as casework, event planning, resource development in person or by phone and referred individuals and families to city serves; helped staff youth programs of over fifty high school students over the course of two months. EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, San Diego, CA, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History, June 2010 • UCSD Extension Program: Studied English literature, Paris, France and History of Culture and Linguistics, Cadiz, Spain