Cathy Barrett Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Managed new hire benefits administration by inputting comprehensive information into UKG, including benefits effective dates, vesting dates, benefit salaries, and enrollment forms.
• Determined enrollment due dates and produced New Hire letters for newly benefits-eligible employees
• Processed benefits terminations by generating termination letters and entering COBRA information into UKG
• Executed the preparation and distribution of 700+ employee benefit packages during the annual open enrollment process
• Initiated large-scale scanning of HR files, including file preparation, to ensure efficient digitization of employee records
• Managed document retention processes by evaluating terminated employee files for off-site storage, and scanning relevant information

Darien, CT

• Verified voter identities by checking names against the voter registration list, ensuring accurate and efficient voter check-in
• Provided information about polling procedures and answered common questions to assist voters effectively
• Directed voters to the appropriate election officials for assistance with specific issues or concerns
• At the close of polls, totaled the number of electors marked as voting in person, contributing to accurate election day reporting.
• Assisted in setting up the polling site and Checker table before polls open, ensuring a well-organized and efficient voting environment

• Front-desk representative for a prominent pharmaceutical company, managing daily reception operations and providing essential administrative support
• Efficiently handled a high-volume phone system, routing calls and accurately documenting messages for various departments to ensure effective communication
• Maintained secure visitor logs and enforced client security protocols, contributing to a safe and compliant office environment
• Coordinated meeting room bookings and logistics

Westport, Connecticut, United States

• Supported attorneys in all aspects of real estate transactions for a high-volume law firm.
• Resolved operational bottlenecks by clearing a significant backlog of over 50+ real estate closing binders
• Ordered and reviewed title searches; prepared title commitments
• Tracked project timelines and deliverables; managed calendar for real estate closings; scheduled pay-off letters and oversaw bill generation and payment
• Screened and responded to incoming correspondence including calls, emails, inquiries, and requests
• Managed confidential information and sensitive correspondence with the utmost discretion

Darien, Connecticut, United States

• Nationally ranked schools with 4500+ students. Managed and executed email marketing campaigns.
• Enhanced stakeholder communication through the creation of targeted email marketing campaigns
• Utilized ConstantContact analytics for data-driven refinement of communication strategies, focusing on open rates, click-through rates, and user engagement
• Performed database maintenance including the bulk loading of 400+ email addresses into database at the start of each school year

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

• Competitive Irish Dance studio serving 200+ students annually.
• Developed and launched social media strategy for annual dance competition growing Facebook and Twitter to a combined 1.4K followers with 154K impressions in under 2 months. Increased engagement levels and significantly.
• Transitioned the annual paper-based ticket sales organization and management to an Excel-based system; Expedited the retrieval of ticket data and also provided real-time revenue tracking
• Simplified 100-page competition program data to a concise 3-page spreadsheet, enabling dance instructors to effectively track and identify student performance locations and times
• Negotiated with a local vendor to reduce recital program printing costs by 38% YoY
• Identified and selected new flower vendor for recital day flower sales to lower wholesale flower costs, boosting flower sale profitability by 133% YoY

Westport, Connecticut, United States

• Privately owned publishing company known for ‘The Skinny On’ series, which has sold > 1M copies worldwide.
• Developed the Sacred Heart University’s first online Student Success Center course using Thinkific, receiving 5/5 star reviews from 100% of the course's 40 pilot testers
• Researched and conducted product analysis of 4 self-publishing course platforms; summarized findings and presented recommendations to leadership
• Created targeted email marketing campaigns for 800+ college administrators focusing on driving improvements in student retention and engagement

• Developed a new Customer Equipment Tracking System (CETS) to facilitate the tracking of Pepsi assets.
• For the Customer Equipment Tracking System (CETS), created an interactive display that featured dynamic real-time updates, providing a live roster of active service technicians and the details of calls assigned to.
• Conducted field-based research to gain firsthand insight into service technician workflow inefficiencies
• Collaborated with technical subject matter experts to establish a seamless connection between the PowerBuilder front-end and SQL back-end, optimizing the application's performance and data flow to facilitate dynamic.