Michelle M. Clarke
How to Hire the Best Writer Money Can Buy
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9/1995 - 8/1999 COLDWELL BANKER PREMIER /SHOREWEST REALTORS
Several Positions - see description Office Manager.
Executive Assistant to Regional Sales Manager and Vice President. Supervision. Legal file maintenance for multi-million dollar inventory. Provide reports and support to 50 agents, including scheduling, showings, and reception. Maintain two databases. Coordinate sales reports, handle confidential correspondence, organize meetings, and manage Sales & Recruiting appointments. Assistant to Advertising Director of 7 real estate offices; implemented ad-submission program; directed ad-recognition campaign, assisted with production/copywriting of internal newsletter. Marketing Director for 6 high-volume offices. Organized national mailings for high-end property ads. Media contact and PR. Established supervision and creative control of Total Inventory Marketing publication, (monthly circulation 20,000). Initiated billing procedures for advertisers and franchises.
9/1992 - 12/1995 KOHL'S FOOD EMPORIUM Shorewood, WI
Desk Cashier
Desk Cashier. Supervised 30 employees at high-volume, high traffic store. Managed customer complaints and relations. Organized accounts receivable/payable, Organized sales and cash receipts and prepared deposits, including: accurate balancing of sales/cash totals, tracking discrepancies, balancing multiple sales areas, maintaining front-end security.
4/1992 - 12/1993 GALLEON BRAE EVENTS. Milwaukee, WI
Theme Events Coordinator
Theme Event Coordinator. Organized Contractors, secured props, actors, sites, and needs of special events. Created package prices, managed talent coordination and hiring of independent contracts while maintaining a pre-ordained budget. Implemented on-site management of talent and contractors for events, including timing, scheduling, direction, and crowd control. Sales of pre-packaged events to prospective clients.
Education
6/2005 BERKELEY EXTENSION San Francisco, CA
Journalism Class 4.0
Taught by daily columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Given meritorious award for “Most Interesting Topic”.
5/1999 MATC Milwaukee, WI
Associates Degree – Marketing 4.0
Associates Degree in Marketing - Accelerated/Compressed Learning, National Dean's List 1999, Phi Beta Kappa
1998-99 6/1987 SHOREWOOD HIGH Shorewood, WI
Interests
Skills
Several Positions - see description Office Manager.
Executive Assistant to Regional Sales Manager and Vice President. Supervision. Legal file maintenance for multi-million dollar inventory. Provide reports and support to 50 agents, including scheduling, showings, and reception. Maintain two databases. Coordinate sales reports, handle confidential correspondence, organize meetings, and manage Sales & Recruiting appointments. Assistant to Advertising Director of 7 real estate offices; implemented ad-submission program; directed ad-recognition campaign, assisted with production/copywriting of internal newsletter. Marketing Director for 6 high-volume offices. Organized national mailings for high-end property ads. Media contact and PR. Established supervision and creative control of Total Inventory Marketing publication, (monthly circulation 20,000). Initiated billing procedures for advertisers and franchises.
9/1992 - 12/1995 KOHL'S FOOD EMPORIUM Shorewood, WI
Desk Cashier
Desk Cashier. Supervised 30 employees at high-volume, high traffic store. Managed customer complaints and relations. Organized accounts receivable/payable, Organized sales and cash receipts and prepared deposits, including: accurate balancing of sales/cash totals, tracking discrepancies, balancing multiple sales areas, maintaining front-end security.
4/1992 - 12/1993 GALLEON BRAE EVENTS. Milwaukee, WI
Theme Events Coordinator
Theme Event Coordinator. Organized Contractors, secured props, actors, sites, and needs of special events. Created package prices, managed talent coordination and hiring of independent contracts while maintaining a pre-ordained budget. Implemented on-site management of talent and contractors for events, including timing, scheduling, direction, and crowd control. Sales of pre-packaged events to prospective clients.
Education
6/2005 BERKELEY EXTENSION San Francisco, CA
Journalism Class 4.0
Taught by daily columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Given meritorious award for “Most Interesting Topic”.
5/1999 MATC Milwaukee, WI
Associates Degree – Marketing 4.0
Associates Degree in Marketing - Accelerated/Compressed Learning, National Dean's List 1999, Phi Beta Kappa
1998-99 6/1987 SHOREWOOD HIGH Shorewood, WI
Interests
- Member – National Association of Female Executives
- Volunteer Milwaukee AIDS Project/ARCW
- Corporate Holiday Food Drive - 1996-97, Christmas is for Kids – 1998
- Worked on Video Production for Acting Troupe
- Bristol Renaissance Faire (10 years, National)
- Working on a Novel
- Anglophile
- World Travel
- Creation/Moderation of 1500 Member Web-Forum for International Fan Club
- Petanque
- Screenwriter
- Continuing Education with Writing
- Eddie Izzard Fan
- Some Modeling
- Some Acting
Skills
- 10-key calc
- 16 line phone system
- Adobe PageMaker 6.0
- Adobe Reader and Creator
- Adobe Phootoshop Elements 5.0
- IE 6.0
- Firefox Bowser
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Power Point
- MS Publisher
- MS Streets & Trips
- MS Visio
- MS Word
- Multiple Listing Service (BORIS and MAESTRO)
- Quark 3.3; and Passport 6.1
- SQL 7.0
- Visual Intercept Issue Management
- Win 9x, XP
- WordPerfect 5.1
- Customized Software
- Light IT Troubleshooting
