Chinasa Cooper Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Oversaw office portfolio’s rent roll of $13M+, processing over 100 monthly rent and expense invoices and conducting rent and expense audits including annual OpEx/RE Tax reconciliations
• Successfully led the conversion of the 60+ leases in our financial system (Workday) to the new lease accounting standard (ASC 842), managing the 5-month project, troubleshooting challenges and meeting the completion.
• Co-led the creation of a new racial equity program for 50+ staff members on cross-functional financial and operations teams, meeting on a weekly basis to plan and using survey techniques as well as equity best.
• Facilitated annual budget planning work streams and quarterly forecasting activities for team & office portfolio, creating and delivering occupancy, capital and income budgets accurately and on-time
• Achieved a 97% compliance rate for supplier invoices over the past three fiscal years by ensuring team adhered to approval processes in accordance with compliance policies
• Co-managed stakeholder communication related to occupancy, capital and depreciation budgets, acting as main liaison with Finance and Planning & Analysis

• Oversaw processing the monthly rent roll for 70+ office site locations
• Assisted in all logistics during Admin team’s annual Capex Office Planning conversations with regions, including drafting email communications to go out to EDs, note-taking and synthesizing of conversations, project.
• Partnered in the setup and maintenance of accurate lease and rent expense files and records in electronic, hard copy and web based storage systems, which includes reconciling security deposits, tracking of critical.
• Co-created a weekly to-do list for the Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate team

• Oversaw processing the monthly rent roll for 70+ office site locations
• Assisted in all logistics during Admin team’s annual Capex Office Planning conversations with regions, including drafting email communications to go out to EDs, note-taking and synthesizing of conversations, project.
• Partnered in the setup and maintenance of accurate lease and rent expense files and records in electronic, hard copy and web based storage systems, which includes reconciling security deposits, tracking of critical.
• Co-created a weekly to-do list for the Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate team

Greater New York City Area

• Re-organized folders in Box, creating a more uniform system of organization
• Curated the agenda and planned the presentation for the Real Estate step back meeting
• Scheduled the weekly RE/WSD meetings
• Prepped emails to be sent out to Executive Directors of TFA regional offices

Greater New York City Area

• Photographs the interiors of homes to be featured on the Apartment Therapy website
• Edits images as needed using Lightroom and Photoshop
• Writes accompanying text for the House Tour feature

Brooklyn, NY

• Captured realistic images of home décor, interior design and vintage furniture
• Took behind-the-scenes photos of the new AphroChic campaign commercial
• Photographed a children’s bedroom for a collaboration with IKEA
• Shot a home makeover for a collaboration with Lowe’s
• Photographed the launch of the new AphroChic campaign, “She’s So AphroChic”
• Edited images as needed using Adobe Lightroom

Greater New York City Area

• Made calls to find available photographer assistant(s) and production assistant(s) for photo shoots located outside of New York City
• Reviewed billing book to make sure that all invoices were included
• Updated logs using Microsoft Excel to reflect all new purchases
• Purchased snacks to be made available at photo production shoots

Paris Area, France

• Registered approximately 200 incoming New York University students into the Paris university system
• Reviewed and processed applications of Paris university students for exchange to New York University
• Compiled Paris university courses into a brochure to be given to NYU Paris students

Greater New York City Area

• Fact-checked articles by contacting publicists and by conducting online research
• Organized research into digital folders for each corresponding article
• Served as a reference for verifying the spelling and meaning of French words

Greater New York City Area

• Booked air travel, hotel and car reservations for talent via email and by phone
• Set up travel authorization forms for flights booked for talent
• Tracked travel information in Excel spreadsheets
• Submitted entries to television award competitions
• Wrote scene summaries for several television shows

Greater New York City Area

• Promoted from intern to full-time position in January 2013
• Served as primary contact in Production Office, liaising between director/producer and outside vendors and crew
• Assisted in archival and other research for political documentary in development
• Worked with editor and director in creation of trailer
• Gathered relevant content, such as text and images, for the creation of an E-book
• Assisted in grant application writing and submission

Greater New York City Area

• Managed the sale of DVDs by packaging and mailing DVDs, processing invoices and documenting payments
• Logged archival footage and images into image database using FileMaker Pro and then imported material into Avid Media Composer
• Organized loose research material belonging to various project headings and filed into already existing binders

Greater New York City Area

• Developed a tutorial on how to implement Twitter as a promotional tool for a non-profit organization
• Filmed and edited content for a video for the L.I.F.T website that recounted the volunteer experience at L.I.F.T
• Compiled information on the experience of military families in Family Court in a Word document
• Gathered contact information for various non-profit organizations into Excel spreadsheets

Greater New York City Area

• Dubbed tapes from VHS onto DVDs and then labeled, filed and sorted the tapes and DVDs
• Created cue sheets in Microsoft excel documenting the music featured in a selected episode
• Delivered mail amongst the three major offices of the Food Network and multiple destinations throughout New York City

Greater New York City Area

• Scanned, sorted and filed microfiche and maintained a log of the number of microfiche scanned each day
• Reorganized the microfiche filing system

Education record

• Participated in IES Abroad Nantes Program, which offered the opportunity to integrate fully into local culture and to function.

Master'S Degree, French Language And Civilization

Education record

A highly selective leadership development program that incorporates a rigorous 14-month academic component to prepare students for.

High School Diploma

French

Activities and Societies: Yale Obscura Magazine - an undergraduate photography magazine, Yale Television, Yale Mock Trial