- Acted as administrative and personal assistant to the CEO; also held the role of office manager.- Supported management and sales teams of four staffing companies and one retail company. - Supported the back office team by assisting with accounting, HR, sales, and marketing tasks. - Scheduled meetings, planned travel, answered emails and phone calls, paid invoices, sorted and responded to mail, collected and deposited payments into multiple accounts, onboarded employees, and planned company events, parties, and meetings with clients. - Maintained constant communication with vendors, clients, and building management. - Assisted with special projects.- Acted as onsite IT support.

- Primarily supported the Executive Director and members of the Client Development & Sales team (in Houston/Chicago/New York/Calgary) by managing expenses for 10 employees, scheduling meetings, assisting with travel arrangements, editing call reports and weekly submissions for internal publications, and communicating with clients. - Managed Houston office by maintaining communication with building management and vendors, ordering supplies, and supporting additional (onsite) CME employees across multiple sectors of the company. - Coordinated with various departments in the Chicago office and other locations to facilitate daily tasks, as well as long-term projects including technology updates, onsite IT issues, and other maintenance. - Assisted with planning and execution of marketing events for clients. - Acted as an Employee Networking Group representative and part of the Incident Response Team for the Houston office.

- Assisted clients with the preparation and submission of regulatory documents and reports required for domestic oil and gas production and drilling operations. - Communicated with government personnel and acted as a liaison to ensure clients operated within the regulatory guidelines set forth by local, state, and federal agencies. - Conducted research to maintain awareness of any new or pending regulations which might affect clients’ business operations.

- Acted as personal and administrative assistant to the owner and president of the company. - Managed office and completed daily tasks including answering phones, receiving guests and vendors, ordering supplies, sorting and delivering mail, making travel arrangements, communicating with clients and subcontractors, and supporting onsite employees. - Assisted with new employee onboarding by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and overseeing orientation. - Completed project work for consulting clients by performing research, analysis, editing and technical writing support for environmental and social assessment and planning projects for oil and gas development programs in the US and worldwide. - Edited and proofread proposals and major project deliverables for quality assurance. - Managed the company’s website redesign in 2012 and subsequent re-fresh in 2014; regularly updated content for the website. - Planned and coordinated for marketing presence at industry trade shows and managed creation and production of marketing materials. - Organized internal company events (annual meetings, holiday parties, group outings). - Managed office relocation in 2012.

- Acted as personal and administrative assistant to the owner and president of the company.- Performed various duties as receptionist and office manager, including making travel arrangements, coordinating with clients and vendors, and supporting all company departments.- Oversaw all incoming and outgoing data for seismic projects. - Edited and proofread company website, marketing materials, correspondence, and client bids.

Operated and maintained Ticker/Squeeze program; built daily lists for all Ticker/Squeeze events; checked daily logs and clearances; coordinated with Master Control operators to execute Tickers and Squeezebacks during live and pre-taped programming.

Originated the position of Web Producer with News 24 Houston, helping to establish a presence on the Web for the new station; managed up to 35 news and features stories a day for publication on the Web site, adding pictures, video, captions and headlines; worked on deadline for breaking news stories; remained with the station from launch until the closing of its doors.

Published articles include:Local middle school student to sing on 'Jenny Jones Show' (Houston section); Cy-Fair teacher walks in path of mentors (This Week section); Gardening program sprouts confidence in fourth-graders (This Week section)

Supported Claims Representatives in their daily activities, including handling and directing phone inquiries, assigning claims, setting up claims in the system, and providing information to policyholders and corporate clients regarding their claim status; responsible for all administrative support including filing, faxing, copying, operating a switchboard, and mail coordination and distribution.

Spent five months living and working in Galway, Ireland.

Assisted Senior Arts & Entertainment and Lifestyles Editors with all aspects of the editorial process, including writing, editing, research, and fact-checking; managed monthly calendar of local events.

Responsible for the assignment of stories to student writers; edited all submitted stories for content and grammar; generated story ideas and wrote original stories for Entertainment and Features sections; created layout and wrote editorial material as needed.