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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

Property Management: Independently manage day-to-day operations of multiple properties for a high-net-worth family, including a multi-unit downtown residence, two vacation homes and five lighthouses. Direct and collaborate with household staff, vendors, and consultants. Execute and continuously update punch lists. Purchase furniture, fixtures, furnishing, equipment and supplies. Organize, create inventories and develop formal guides and reference manuals. Project Management: Attentively provide Owner’s representation for major and minor construction projects, including a $5M vacation home, over $1M in residential renovations, over $2M in ongoing restoration work for two historical lighthouses, and installation of a gallery exhibit inside the owner’s residence. Direct and collaborate with consultants and contractors. Review invoices, track budgets and coordinate schedules. Office Management: Effectively streamline operations of the office of 5-6 employees. Provide support for IT and Audio-Visual needs. Order supplies and coordinate shipping and receiving. Maintain foundation inventories. Train new employees.Event Coordination: Enthusiastically plan and execute more than 10 events each year. Events range from cocktail parties for organizations such as YPO, Harvard and CEO, to catered dinner parties, business luncheons, family holidays and birthdays, an intimate pop-up wedding, a book launch party and sports championship parade celebrations. Executive Assistance: Assertively facilitate EA, as needed. Coordinate travel, process email communications, manage schedule and calendars, take meeting notes and dictations, and provide concierge services for Head of Household.Family Personal Assistance: Pleasantly provide assistance to the family, as needed. Coordinate travel, assist with correspondence, provide IT support, personal shopping and run miscellaneous errands for family. Provide daily check-ins and calendar management for elderly grandmother.

Boston, Ma

Coordinate Street Team Members, Promote Local Concert Events, Handbill Distribution and Social Media Marketing

Greater Boston Area

Social Media Marketing, Poster, Flyer & Handbill Distribution

Greater Boston Area

Social Media Marketing for various music festivals, City and College Poster Distribution, Awareness Campaigns

Boston, Ma

Office Management + Reception: Resourcefully managed local office and provided reception duties for 10 employees. Managed shared calendars and conference rooms, organized supplies, maintained libraries, coordinated office services, worked with landlords and vendors, and created new templates, reference guides and formal procedures. Provided accounting assistance and planned office meetings, events, and holiday parties. Successfully planned and executed move to a new space and spearheaded setup of new office space. Consistently managed and provided support for office IT equipment, printers and computer workstations.Project Administration: Diligently provided support to design and construction project teams, as needed. Edited and finalized contracts, prepared presentations and reports, organized and shared files, processed shop drawings and submittals, scheduled meetings, created meeting minutes and carefully monitored project-related correspondence.Human Resources: Reliably provided human resource administration and support for local office. Facilitated new hire setup and orientation, benefits administration and exit processes. Thoughtfully managed personnel issues and concerns.Executive Assistance: Proactively assisted two C-level Executives with correspondence, coordinated travel, schedules and meetings, prepared reports and presentations, managed renewals, and assisted with contracts.Marketing: Creatively contributed to the marketing team by preparing and assembling proposals, qualifications and presentation materials as well as maintaining the firm's social media presence.

Greater Boston Area

At CRG Partners, a turnaround management and business consulting firm with locations across the country, I was responsible for both reception and administration duties. Reception duties included greeting guests, answering and directing phone calls, maintaining conference room calendars, shipping domestic and international packages and working with various vendors. Administration support included event planning, organization and inventory of drink, snacks, kitchen and office supplies, creation and binding of proposal packages and additional project support.

Greater Boston Area

As a work study at Northeastern's School of Architecture office, I was responsible for reception and administration duties. Reception duties included greeting guests, assisting students with questions or concerns, answering and directing phone calls and opening/closing the office. Administration and project support was given to Architecture faculty and staff as needed.

Greater Boston Area

Through Office Team, I was registered as a temporary Receptionist and Office Administrator for a few companies in the Greater Boston area. I also worked as a Operations Assistant for the American Chemical Society National Conference.

I worked at Northeastern University's EdTech Center as a Web Development Assistant. I performed many of the same duties as I had done during my time as a co-op student, but was primarily focused on developing a website I managed from start to finish.

I worked as a Multimedia Specialist Intern at Northeastern's EdTech Center for my last semester of co-op. I trained faculty on how to edit websites and use various programs such as Blackboard, iLife, and Second Life, edited websites using WordPress and EdTech content management systems, and developed websites through my knowledge of xhtml and css. During this time, I also managed the front desk, workshop registrations, and assisted with EdTech Events.

As an architecture intern in a architecture-engineering firm, I gained a great insight into how many disciplines collaborate. I created, coordinated and edited construction documents, sketches and details. I aided the architecture manager in completing contract administration tasks such as RFIs, submittals, and shop drawings. I organized Lunch & Learns and maintained the firm's materials library. And I occasionally helped to prepare presentation drawings and materials

As an intern in the marketing department of an architecture firm, I gained a great insight into the inner workings of an architecture office. I helped to create proposals, qualifications, and design award submissions. I assembled promotional marketing materials for client and project meetings. (Including powerpoints, qualification packages, and handouts) I creatively designed boards for presentations, events, and exhibitions. I attentively maintained database entry, filing, scanning, and additional administrative or marketing tasks as needed.

Master Of Architecture, Architecture

Bachelor Of Science In Architecture, Architecture

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Architecture Students, AIAS Northeast Quad Conference Chair, Architecture Student.