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California, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversaw the day-to-day operations of a boutique, highly-specialized accounting and tax advisement firm servicing domestic and foreign clients, including real-estate developers, construction companies, private equity funds, and family offices.• Assembled and/or reviewed the assembly of tax returns for over 1,000 unique individual, partnership, corporate, fiduciary, and non-profit clients.• Spearheaded long-term projects designed to maximize office efficiency and increase… Show more • Oversaw the day-to-day operations of a boutique, highly-specialized accounting and tax advisement firm servicing domestic and foreign clients, including real-estate developers, construction companies, private equity funds, and family offices.• Assembled and/or reviewed the assembly of tax returns for over 1,000 unique individual, partnership, corporate, fiduciary, and non-profit clients.• Spearheaded long-term projects designed to maximize office efficiency and increase productivity, including implementation of digital document management and due date tracking systems, development of firm-wide procedures for document filing and retention, and the transition to a paperless office.• Managed shipping and receiving, ensuring that clients received deliverables in a timely and organized fashion.• Worked directly with partners to develop company best practices and office IT infrastructure, and optimize firm workflow.• Drafted, edited, and proofread a variety of interoffice and client facing memoranda.• Trained new staff with regard to firm policy and procedures. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Designed, produced, and edited deliverables and press materials for an array of clients, including Spruce Private Investors, the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, ONE World Sports, and Callari Auto Group.• Fulfilled additional roles as communications liaison, bookkeeper, and client researcher.

Greater New York City Area

• Produced high-priority content for Tri-State and Regional directors.• Interfaced with sales team to uniquely tailor content to client specifications.• Collaborated in the development of internal policies.

Greater New York City Area

• Authored “The Late Shift,” a weekly editorial column dedicated to covering Park Slope, Brooklyn’s bars, pubs, and other notable establishments, primarily through interviews with owners and patrons.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote and edited product guides relating to consumer electronics and equipment, as part of a 5,000 article content push that grew site traffic by 150,000 unique visitors in 5 months.• Maintained the layouts for previously published guides on the ShopWiki website.• Provided guidance to junior ShopWiki writing interns regarding style and SEO techniques.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Directed editorial and writing staffs for weekly newspaper and managed $50,000 yearly budget, allocating expenditures for new photographic and publication endeavors.• Developed new web publishing strategies to broaden circulation and further engage readership, doubling circulation from 1,000 to 2,000 readers over two years.• Oversaw publication and printing relationship with the Brooklyn Paper.

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Seawanhaka Press, Society of Professional Journalists, Honors Program Awards: • Who’s Who Among Students.

Journalism