Seeking Creative Position

Education

Chabot Community College Aug. 2011 – Present
Associate of Science in Business, completed 24hrs of Business units Hayward, California

California State University, San Francisco Aug. 2006 – May 2009
Bachelor of Arts San Francisco, CA
• Study abroad program at California State University of Florence, Italy and Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy
o Aug. 2007 – June 2008

Chabot Community College Aug. 2003 – May 2006
Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies Hayward, California

Employment
United States Coast Guard October 2011 – Present
Office Automation Assistant Alameda, CA
• Project Lead, utilized Share Point to create and manage PAC-83 office Share Point site and the 2012 San Francisco Fleet Week site.
• Personal Property Administrator (PPA), designated by the Accountable Property Officer (APO) to act as a liaison between the APO and the Property Custodian. The Personal Property Administrator manages the assets in the data system and updates the system when the Property Custodians provide documentation of changes within their areas of responsibility.
• Presented status reports for senior leadership and staff. Reports pulled from Financial Management System and Financial Procurement Desktop (FPD), ORACLE, and Budget Metrics Tool (BMTS). Prepared correspondence, regularly coordinate with the senior leadership in special projects which entail retrieving accounting reports, creating Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, researching price quotes and office products, books, and making inquires on behalf of supervisor. Initiate Purchase Requests (PR) for office supplies.
• Extensive experience in event planning, meeting coordination, high volume emails and phone calls. Edited and reviewed written material for fellow employees. Provide instructions to fellow employees with various questions and problems associated with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point software.
• Liaison for high profile event, the Stratton Commissioning 2012, in which the First Lady Michelle Obama attended.
• Project lead on SPARs display used for multiple receptions for the Cutter STRATTON Commissioning, 2012. Project lead to interview Coast Guard Historian, visit USS Hornet Museum and Sacramento Military Museum, and research information via the Internet.
• Researched and collected historic photos and memorabilia for displays at the receptions and commissioning.
• Responsible for market research and price quotes for the purchase of specialized DVD labels dedicated to the SPARs and SPAR banner.
• Excellent time management skills, effective prioritization, superior research, writing and verbal communication skills, strong work ethic, adaptable to changing situations, flexible, reliable, work well under pressure, superb multi-tasking ability, quick learner; motivated self-starter, and a team player.

United States Coast Guard June 2004 – October 2012
Administrative Assistant Alameda, CA
• Personal Property Administrator (PPA), designated by the Accountable Property Officer (APO) to act as a liaison between the APO and the Property Custodian. The Personal Property Administrator manages the assets in the data system and updates the system when the Property Custodians provide documentation of changes within their areas of responsibility.
• Edited and reviewed written material for fellow employees. Provide instructions to fellow employees with various questions and problems associated with Excel, word, and power point software.
• Project Manager in planning and coordinating the PACAREA Reconstitution Morale Event. Created and designed T-shirt distributed to each member of the PACAREA.
• Responsible for market research and price quotes for the purchase of T-shirts for distribution of the PACAREA.
• Created PACAREA organizational charts with the use of Visio, for supervisor’s use.
• Managed “point of contact” list for FY11 ATU 21 PACAREA/FORCECOM AFC 30 Points of Contact. This list helps staff members to quickly identify the person responsible for their AOR.
• Worked with the Activity Based Costing (ABC) Project Manager in various phases of data gathering from field office organizational and functional activities throughout the West Coast.
• Utilized the accounting systems FPD to assist in reprogramming operating funds via the vehicle of Funds Transfer Authorization (FTA). This included one-year expiring funds such as Operating Expense Funds, No Year Appropriation: Environmental, Compliance and Restoration (EC&R), and Multiple Year Appropriation: Acquisition, Construction and Improvement (AC& I).

• Word – 15yrs
• Excel -8yrs
• PowerPoint – 8yrs
• Photoshop – 5yrs
• Outlook – 8yrs
• Proficient on Macintosh Operating Systems. -6yrs
• Proficient on Microsoft Operating Systems. – 15yrs
• Visio – 3yrs
• Sharepoint -2yrs
• Painting -8yrs
• Oil -8yrs
• Acrylic -8yrs
• Watercolor -8yrs
• Drawing -10yrs
• Ceramics -6yrs
• Photography -6yrs
• Knitting -3yrs

Acrylic Painting, data base, Event Planning, Liasion, Oil Painting, Organized, Photoshop, Project Lead, Project Manager, Time Management, Watercolor