* Supported a marketing team of 4 senior managers, with 20+ subordinates* Calendar management/meeting arrangement* Travel arrangement (managing holiday and travel schedules)* Reimbursement expense claims (Concur)* Various administration tasks

* Admin duties – data entry (company database kept clear, concise and updated with CVs and relevant information), filing and scanning* Reception duties – handled phone calls; greeted candidates and guests with a smile and directed to a clean and tidy conference room; managed booking of conference rooms* Worked closely with researchers – edited and formatted CVs, produced weekly reports on updates and new business, and assisted in writing and putting together documents on background checks* Ad-hoc administration

* Prepared presentations and presentation material (PPT and InDesign)* Kept the computer filing system in an organised manner* Upkeep of company and directors’ expenses

* Assistant to Sales Manager of Southern Europe* Received sales orders, entered details into office system* Sent invoices, managed stock-take for French customers* Liaised with colleagues in London and HK* Arranged international travel + hotel

Placement at Goldman Sachs (LLC) Asia* Process top-notch selling memorandum, presentations, presentation materials, books for pitches and slideshows* Provide untold amounts of data entry-ing and number crunching for creating large tables, pie charts and never-ending graphs* All in-house templates created using MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel – strict adherence in following and maintaining styles and colours for a “global” look

* Sit at front desk of the Presentation Centre, receiving instructions from clients for processing presentations, slideshows, selling memorandum and all word processing documents* Smooth workflow was achieved by receiving and understanding instructions from clients, negotiating deadlines and prioritising workload; relay instructions to Presentation Assistants* The Presentation Centre was open 24/7/365; in addition, shift work was required, which also included weekends, public holidays, extra shifts and overtime

* Placement at Goldman Sachs International

* Coordinator and Presentation Assistant duties as of above with Goldman Sachs International* The Hong Kong office covered the Asia Pacific region. Travelling abroad was required, working on and offsite with bankers and clients. Business trips have included China, Thailand, India and Australia; this also included working in GS offices in Bangkok, Sydney and Singapore

* Placement at Goldman Sachs (LLC) Asia

Presentation Assistant for Goldman Sachs & Co. OHG (Frankfurt, Germany)

* Placement in Goldman Sachs International

* WP operator for two days at The Marketing Triangle* Secretary for four months at the Charities Aid Foundation

* WP Operator: word processing documents, agreements, letters, mailshots and specifications* DTP Operator: design and create flowcharts, diagrams, newsletters and documents using Pagemaker, Dreams, IBM Hollywood, Storyboard and Coreldraw* Uniplex Administrator: manage office automation package (Uniplex), organise user permissions, control email and diary facilities, offer word processing support and oversee general use of Uniplex* Relief reception

General typing of letters and documents and doing relief reception at head office. Moved to the sales office a year later, which included extra duties of stationery stock control, distribution of mail, and preparation of weekly calculation reports for the sales teams

Employed as receptionist, offered post of secretary six months later. Duties included all general reception and secretarial responsibilities. Includes experience of a Telex machine!

Admin and clerical duties

Duties included use of special equipment for embossing, encoding and engraving photos on to plastic membership cards and tipping over embossed letters