Carol A. Lewis

1304 E. 154th Terrace,

Olathe, KS  66062

913-440-9304 (home)     

cam2lewis@yahoo.com

I bring to the table extensive secretarial/administrative/coordination experience from departmental secretary to personal secretary for top executives to office management, with expertise in meeting, seminar and travel arrangements. I thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment with strengths in multi-tasking and meeting multiple deadlines on time. I am self-motivated, maintain a positive attitude and am able to work independently. I am dependable, organized, flexible, enjoy people, and work well with others.  Software knowledge includes most Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Publisher, Front Page), array of copiers, printers and other office equipment.  I always enjoy expanding my knowledge base.

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 1999 - Present:    SalesTrax, LLC, Overland Park, KS

Office Manager/ Event Coordinator.  SalesTrax’s main function is to conduct sales specific job fairs; currently in approx. 60 cities across the United States; totaling around 200 events per year.  As the first employee of the company, my duties have varied tremendously and have grown over the 10 years.  In addition to keeping basic needs of the office functioning plus handling all travel arrangements, as Office Manager, my role is to support the President of the company in whatever he needs, keep the physical office running, supplies and printed materials in stock.  As Event Coordinator, it is my responsibility to locate and negotiate contracts for the venues for all our job fairs.  At the time of each job fair, I am responsible for emailing materials to the participating companies in a timely and deadline driven timeframe, to work with the hotels and the exhibitor services to ensure all functions onsite are finalized including design/layout of floor diagrams for booth set up, and to have printed materials delivered on time and shipped as required.  Other duties involved development of website pages based on a template html format and client advertising for internet job posting sites in Microsoft Front Page or Dreamweaver and basic html codes.

December 1995 - January 1999:  On Your Mark, Lenexa, KS (moved to Austin, TX)

Office Manager.  On Your Mark is a marketing firm.  Duties involved facility, telephone and equipment issues and maintenance, and keeping necessary supplies on hand.  Responsible for data input and report generation in regard to time, billings, receivables, and generation of monthly expenditure report to accurately invoice clients.  Peruse trade and consumer magazines for client print hits providing a clipping report to each client at month’s end.  Also developed an online reference source of other articles pertinent to company’s stated market niche.

November 1990 - March 1995:  Peavey Corporation (Motivation Services division), Lenexa, KS

Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Sales.  Peavey Corporation/Motivation Services division provided incentive programs and fulfillment of awards to participating companies.  My duties included administrative assistance to both inside sales staff and outside sales organization, as well as other divisions of the company in preparing materials for and coordinating delivery for trade shows.  I provided desktop design/layout of sales materials, corporate and client newsletters.  I also managed production of printed materials with outside vendors including one, two and four-color processes.

EDUCATION

Have taken various computer classes at Johnson County Community College to enhance skills.

Obtained Certified Professional Secretary rating Nov 1989 Participated in Keyes _Management Skills for Secretaries Seminar Jan 1988 (CEUs) Greeley (KS) High School; (B+ average)

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