Alissa Dirato Email & Phone Number

- Currently owns and operates a family entertainment business, and offer multiple services to clients that includes Living Statue, face painting, henna tattoos, and tarot readings. - Specializes in both corporate and private events.- Previous clients have included Google, Jet.com, The Food Network, Carnival Cruise Line, Verizon, and Columbia University.Available for:* Corporate Functions* Trade Shows* Birthday Parties* Weddings* Bar/Bat Mitzvahs* Anniversaries* Clubs* Festivals* Grand Openings* ANYTHING!

Marmora, Nj

- Responsible for day to day operations: organizing tax returns for clients, filing, answering phones, handling IT requests, coordinating repair and maintenance on all office equipment, maintaining office supplies and stock.- Handled accounts receivable and sent invoices and billing re-minders to clients.- Maintained database of all existing clients and kept database updated with accurate information. - Responsible for appointment setting for a staff of 14+ over two separate offices.- Operated as the point person for all marketing for the firm, including graphic design work for both print and digital ads, as well as distributing the company newsletter in print, and creating a digital copy to be emailed.- Created a new company website to be responsive, user friendly, and more modern.- Created and maintained company Facebook and LinkedIn pages.

- Responsible for day to day operations: filling out tax forms, writing appeals, creating tax court petitions, making deposits, hand-delivering documents and payments to the office of the Internal Revenue Service, dealing with attorney’s offices, mortgage representatives, and auditors, general maintenance of all office equipment, handling all client calls and requests.- Responsible for appointment setting and initiating reminder calls for over 500 clients.- Coordinated lunches or events pertaining to the owner and business, and arranged meetings between clients and third parties.- Responsible for accounts payable and receivable. Tracked all client payments to government agencies and followed up monthly to ensure compliance.- Maintained all office supplies and stock.- Personally responsible for creating a comprehensive filing system.

- Responsible for generating and distributing invoices to clients and contracts to the independent artists. - Maintained a database for two separate entities of the company and updated it daily.- Responsible for all accounting for both entities, including tracking and acquiring missing payments from the buyer, making and recording bank deposits, and maintaining an accounting database.- Responsible for making weekly and monthly tax payments on for both companies.- Generated payroll for 30 – 100+ employees and independent contractors weekly.- Created and maintained an income/expense report on specific areas of the business.- Generated and distributed weekly email newsletters, highlighting specific areas of the business.

- Responsible for taking weekly inventory, ordering store stock, and generating shrinkage reports.- Created and enforced weekly employee schedules. Responsible for acquisition, training, and/or dismissal of employees.- Arranged monthly store meetings to discuss store and sales improvements, as well as quarterly employee performance re-views. Set sales goals for employees based on individual selling strengths and weaknesses. Recommended sales incentives, commissions, and bonuses to the owner to instigate company growth and employee loyalty.- Lead monthly performance meetings with employees and ad-dressed employee concerns.- Responsible for all store signage to highlight promotions and store events.- General retail store responsibilities including making sales, assisting customers with purchases, keeping the work environment clean and safe, handling all customer and employee com-plaints and concerns, and handling all communication between casino mall management and the store owner.

Tropicana Casino & Resort, Atlantic City, Nj

- Responsible for stocking inventory and maintaining cleanliness and appearance of storefront and employee areas.- Assisted customers with all store products and inquiries.- Handled the cash register and purchases.- Key holder.- Basic retail sales responsibilities

- Responsible for assisting the manager with all day to day operations- Assisting in the acquisition and dismissal of employees- Responsible for taking weekly inventory and suggesting stock for reordering based on current sales trends- Handling all employee and customer complaints in the absence of the manager- General retail store responsibilities including cash handling, closing and opening tills, assisting customers with purchases, keeping the work environment clean and safe , and encouraging employees to reach sales goals

- Responsible for creating nightly seating charts for three separate timed seatings- Aided wait staff with running food and beverage- Assisted in turning over the room to be ready for the next seating- Ensured the smooth transition from one seating to the next in two separate rooms- Answered phones and took reservations

- Responsible for maintaining a database of all property listings- Made appointments for all showings- Responsible for distribution and recovery of 500+ keys daily- Acted as liaison between client and office- General office duties including filing, faxing, answering phones, transferring messages, and distributing mail