Catherine Middlebrooks: Personal Assistant in Costa Mesa, CA

Scheduled and coordinated daily after-school activities for children. Provided transportation. Responsible for the inventory and purchasing household goods and supplies.

Provided front office clerical support to the Director of Vacation Rentals and the Maintenance Manager. Staged rental properties for marketing photography. Arranged daily activities and routing of Inspection Team. Conducted inspections of Vacation and Winter Rentals to assure homes were in rental ready condition. Coordinated dispatch of vendors for varied requests. Responsible for purchasing, inventory and stocking of warehouse goods and supplies.

Served as Acting Store Manager (3 months) in a high volume store. Responsible for day to day store operations; merchandising, store staffing and training, and store sales. Participated in the production of high spirited, in-store events with represented bands and artists.

Planned, mapped and executed seasonal floor sets, store displays and window installations. Managed the daily upkeep of floor and window displays. Maintained store visual standards including replenishment, sizing, and re-merchanidsing according to sell-through. Responsible for the training of sales associates on cash register procedures. Handled the daily opening/closing of cash registers, including; balancing of registers nightly, preparing daily deposits, and change orders. Fulfilled outside orders for merchandise, processing credit/gift card transactions, packaging and shipping merchandise for delivery.

Assisted customers with the selection of merchandise. Provided information regarding the fit and fabric of merchandise. Located out of stock items for customers and assisted with placement of orders. Processed phone orders; locating, packaging and shipping merchandise to customers.