To work in an administrative position that allows me to contribute with my abilities and experience, while learning new skills and building a career.

Sep 2002 – Present      Kastner and Partners Advertising     Santa Monica, CA

 Billing Assistant - CFO

• Prepared invoices for billing
• Entered payments
• Matched reports with invoices
• Filing, copying, faxing, correspondence
• Covered for receptionist

Sep 2002 – Dec 2002     UCLA           Los Angeles, CA

Assistant  (work-study)

• Organized brochures for convention
• Guest reception at convention
• Internet research
• Answered phones
• Copying, filing, faxing

Feb 2002 – Aug 2002      Roth Care    Santa Monica, CA

Receptionist

• Answered phones
• Scheduled patients
• Collect payments
• Faxed, filed, copied, and handled correspondence
• Entered data

Nov 2001 – Feb 2002      Mark Tunney    Los Angeles, CA

Personal Assistant

• Drove to and from appointments
• Run errands
• Looked after children
• Helped organize parties
• Handled correspondence and bills
• Helped with shopping (business and personal)

Oct 2000 – Oct 2001    Chaya Venice   Venice, CA

Hostess/ Maitre d’

Answered multi-line phone.

Made reservations.

Floor planning

Responsible for guest seating

Handled customer complaints

Handled take out orders

Jun 1999– Oct 1999   Murray Hill Center            Santa Monica, CA

Administrative Assistant

Answered multi-line phone

Confirmed clients and respondents’ appointments.

Handled catering and foodservice for focus groups.

Set up recording equipment for respondents’ room.

Handled correspondence, filing, copying and faxing.

Handled shipping and billing.

Apr 1997– May 1999   West L.A. Music               Los Angeles, CA

Receptionist/Cashier

Answered multi-lined phones.

Tendered transactions in cash, credit card, check, layaway and credit/exchange transactions.

Customer service.

Performed small sales.

Assisted salespeople with customer service, orders and exchanges.

Helped train staff on new computer system.

Jan 1995– Mar 1997     Johnnie’s Pizza                  Los Angeles, CA

Cashier/Server

Tendered transactions in cash, credit card and check.

Answered phones, took orders.

Scheduled and dispatched deliveries.

Bar back, waited tables, and customer service.

Jan 2002 – May 2002

Tutor

Tutored 7^th graders (Math)

Nov 2001  - March 2002

Translator

• Translated tapes from Portuguese and Spanish into English
• Helped editing process in studio

Calligrapher

• Wedding invitations, personal and business correspondence.

Languages

Computers skills

2000- 2003      UCLA                       Los Angeles, CA

Latin America Studies      B.A.

G.P.A. 3.3

1998–2000 Santa Monica College          Santa Monica, CA

General Education

1992-1995               FINP                  Belo Horizonte, Brazil

B.A., International Business

1990-1992              CEFET               Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Technician in Sanitation

English, Spanish and Portuguese written, read and spoken.

Microsoft Office 2000 – Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point
and Microsoft Access. Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook.