Deirdre D. Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States

Bloomington, Minnesota

First point of contact for clients and the central point for information within the office. Handled day-to-day running of the office with a professional and positive disposition, unflappable under pressure, has good decision-making skills, and a passion for serving clients and enhancing the client experience.• CEO & SVP Support – Executive assistant, calendar and email support, and meeting preparation.• Copy editing and content creation for proposals, marketing materials, workshop materials, newsletters, and white papers.• Organizational skills – tracking, reporting, following up on a wide range of projects.• Problem-solves and understands when to escalate and de-escalate issues that arise, able to make decisions within the scope of authority without asking for guidance. Responds to candidate and staff requests for assistance with next steps and solutions.• Candidate outreach and scheduling, candidate communications. • Resume preparation and assessment administration with strict confidentiality.• Virtual and in-person event planning and event facilitation for up to 100 attendees including logistics, catering, décor, and technical support.• Website management and social media marketing of company brand.• Assisted with the conversion to remote work, including new process creation and streamlining, and technology set-up.

Alexandria, Minnesota

Worked in role as the fresh foods assistant manager, overnight assistant manager, and front end assistant manager at 100 million dollar/year supercenter. Oversaw and scheduled a team of 11 customer service managers and 70 sales and maintenance associates on the front end. • Decided, delegated, and followed up on completion of area priorities for 50+ associates daily. • Monitored area metrics, created, and executed plans to achieve targets. Led a YoY waste reduction of 31% in fresh foods areas.• Stayed current on new processes and effectively communicated them to team members through teaching and training. Successfully led execution of 6 month total inventory system restructure pilot program in fresh foods area.• Headed the store accounting office and store financial processes, including troubleshooting and problem-solving anomalies, and ensuring process related and record keeping compliance.• Managed sales and facilities maintenance vendor relationships.

Stockholm, Sweden

Cared for 4 year old twins and a 10 year old child. Lived on site to be able to provide extreme flexibility in working hours. Took care of the physical and emotional needs of the children. Overall function was to ensure that the household and lives of the family ran smoothly. Highly variable job in a foreign environment.

Clermont-Ferrand Area, France

Au pair for 3 children, aged 2 through 6. Assisted the children with daily routines, and provided emotional support and stability as the parents travelled for work. Aided in whatever unforeseen tasks were required to facilitate a high quality of life for the family. Problem-solved and worked alone in a foreign, non English speaking environment.

Studio Art & Linguistics

Certificate, Swedish Language And Literature

Intensive Swedish Course. Finished the course with a certificate for the Swedish Language - A1 level.

Diplôme D'Etudes En Langue Française - Delf B2