OBJECTIVE:      An administrative position in a friendly and productive atmosphere where I can best utilize my organizational skills.

PROFILE:           I type 95wpm, have excellent phone skills, can transcribe directly onto computer from phone or dictating machine, and have extensive experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), WordPerfect and Internet usage. In addition, I have familiarity with MS Access, QuickBooks, Quark and various Adobe programs (Photoshop, Acrobat and GoLive!). I am also a duly sworn and commissioned Notary Public.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Administrative Assistant to CEO of worksite benefits administrator.  Responsible for coordinating CEO's business and personal schedules; other duties have included but are not limited to:
· Typing, copying and distributing correspondence, faxes and e-mails, travel expense statements
· Answering phones (office does not have a receptionist)
· Maintaining contact databases for CEO and executives
· Property management of 3-story building (CEO is also landlord of building)
· Coordinating travel arrangements, conference calls and meetings for CEO and executives
· Monthly billing and weekly check processing for COO
· Data entry of claim files as requested by COO
· Maintaining up-to-date insurance licenses for employed agents, including coordinating fees, maintaining filing system and tracking via Access databases
· Coordinating information gathering for new brokers with affiliated insurance companies
· Processing new case paperwork with insurance carriers, brokers and employer groups
· Ordering and maintenance of office supplies
· Heavy personal assistant work for CEO and family

Sales Service Secretary, responsible for assisting sales office of book component printer consisting of two managers and 12 salespeople; duties included but were not limited to:
· Typing, copying and distributing weekly sales reports, correspondence, faxes, etc.
· Transcription/distribution of staff meeting minutes
· Copying and distribution of weekly and monthly travel/expense statements
· Relief reception
· Bill processing; tracking monthly office operational budget
· Coordinating intra city pickups/deliveries, lunch and dinner reservations
· Maintaining staff calendars, updated account lists, customer database, filing system
· Performing customer service duties (trafficking, estimates, etc.)
· Facilities maintenance for 200+ year old historical landmark building
· Ordering supplies, maintaining office machinery
· Coordinating 600+ entries and ticket sales for New York Book Show for six years

My duties at this appellate printer included heavy typing (pre-computer era!) and phone work related to preparing briefs and other papers for service and filing in court.

I held two long-term jobs during my period as a temporary office staffer, processing mortgages at the Elizabeth Savings Bank and doing secretarial work in the QA department of Purolator.

WRITING and EDITING EXPERIENCE:

· Weekly columnist and news contributor for ComicMix entertainment website featuring free original comics content by industry luminaries
· Maintain weblog ("blog"), updated daily
· Have written or co-written four comic book stories, all published
· Self-published weekly online comic book reviews for 4+ years in the 1990s
· Edited/self-published Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal, a newsletter for fans of The Firesign Theatre (6-8 pages, 3x/year) from 1983-1989, 1993-1996
· Edited/self-published creativity zine INSIDE JOKE (32 pages, 8x/year) from 1981-1990
· Extensive experience writing for amateur press associations
· Published in large-circulation national magazines (Utne Reader, Comics Buyers Guide)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

· Board member emeritus of Friends of Lulu (national non-profit feminist comics organization); served as NY chapter secretary for three years, maintained several pages on the national website

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University (1975-1979)

B.A. with majors in English and Linguistics, minor in Women's Studies; 3.6 GPA