Administrative support professional well versed in all Microsoft Office applications. Thinks critically about the needs of supervisors, team members, project clients, and event participants. Believes in excellent customer service to internal and external constituents, clients, students, and team members. Over 10 years of experience supporting various levels of higher education and the public, including donors, alumni, external constituents, deans, cabinet-level staff, and presidents. Committed and driven to goals Respectful and understanding of others Engaged to bring creative ideas to the table Dependable and trustworthy – Focused problem solving and ability to keep confidences. Detail Oriented – Thoroughly pays attention to detail and creates sequenced plans to meet goals. Manage Complex Schedules –creates systems for managing reoccurring appointments as well as new appointments. Manages movement of executive through multiple purposes on one trip, and makes adjustments for changes. Resolve scheduling conflicts – based on priorities and commitments of supervisor. Planning Events – involves others by meeting and personal conversations, creates sequenced checklists, based on own ideas as well as gathered from committees. Submits and oversees orders for set up, catering, and purchases specialty items. Creates layouts electronically to be shared with set up crews. Critically thinks about the needs of the audiences and plans accordingly. Creates budgets for events to include orders, food, decorations, audio/visual equipment, promotional items. Assists in creating invitations, distribution, and managing RSVPs. Creates seating assignments and signage. Proofreading – reviews and edits copy for grammatical errors, suggests changes of awkward sentences. Formatting – uses styles, themes, and sections to paginate and link reports. Uses headers and footers, tables of contents, hyperlinks, page numbers, varies page orientation when necessary, endnotes and footnotes. Charts and Graphs – reviews data for trends and creates tables and graphs. Tracking Systems – logs information into spreadsheets and includes columns for receipt and tracking progress until final disposition.