Tara Smith: Freelance Graphic Designer in Long Beach, CA
Tara Smith
Freelance Graphic Designer
Long Beach | United States
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Interests
Hiking
White water rafting
And fashion
Biking to the beach
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Work experience
BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP
Sales Auditor | 11/2014 - Current
In Auditworks:
• Run daily reports: NSF Fees, Mail Check Requests, Closing or Duplicates, and Employee Sales.
• Audit Employee Sales: Verify Employee number, merchandise purchased and discount are applied properly.
• Audit Gift Cards and Store Credits for the US and Canada: Verify gift cards and store credits are being redeemed for the proper
amount and balances re-issued for the proper amount. Research discrepancies, contact store with inquires, and search history by
customer last name.
• Audit daily direct to customer sales for the US and Canada: Verify deposit amounts, drawer funds and end of day sale
discrepancies.
• Issue and reconcile corporate gift certificates. • Assist Loss Prevention in investigations.
• Use Microsoft Excel to input the closing or duplicate transactions and the employee sales reports. • Assist with reconciling cash with the use of Chesapeake and Trecs
Self
Freelance Graphic Designer | 01/2013 - Current
• Obtain vendor graphics and prepare for silk screen printing by utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Brandy Melville USA
Account Manager | 02/2013 - 10/2014
• Manage full-cycle accounting/bookkeeping for various store locations.
• Knowledge and use of QuickBooks, LightSpeed, and LogMeIn.
• Run monthly reports, input daily sales, gift card usage, and sales tax; reconcile monthly bank accounts and PayPal account; quarter
closing; input and pay bills (invoices); record inventory asset, depreciation, and prepaid accounts.
• Fill out and file all tax forms related to operating a small business in California and Connecticut; pay sales tax; process refunds via
merchant system; and communicate with store manager. Provide customer service.
Everything But Water
Key Holder | 12/2012 - 05/2013
• Open/Close store, assist with sales, customer service, assist customers in fitting room, cash wrap, product knowledge, product
placement, visuals, running the floor, and assisting the Fit Specialist
Steve Madden
Sales Associate | 04/2012 - 01/2013
• Assist with open/closing procedures, sales, customer service, cash wrap, product knowledge, product placement, visuals, and
inventory
California Western School of Law
Accounts Payable Clerk | 06/2009 - 03/2011
• Collected approvals, prepared check requests for vendor payment, and entered invoices into accounting system
• Issued check payments, mailed checks, and wrote journal entries
• Reconciled American Express, FedEx, UPS, and ReadyTalk accounts
• Set up new vendors, requested/filed W9 tax documents, answering phones, handling student checks, receiving payments
Pite Duncan, LLP
Accounting Assistant | 09/2008 - 01/2009
• Preformed accounts receivable and administrative duties: invoiced clients via iClear, assisted with deposits, billing, and collections
reports
WLC Architects
Accounts Payable | 02/2007 - 09/2008
• Generated A/R deposits matching to outstanding invoices
• Receiving paid invoices, coding, entering A/P vouchers into the Vision system
• Processing payments, cutting checks, collection inquires, filing, auditing of expense reports • Assisted with yearend reports and year end closing.
Education history
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM
Bachelors of Science | 2012 - 2014
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM
Associate of Arts | 2011 - 2012
Riverside Community College
Associate of Science | 2002 - 2008
Riverside Community College
Associate of Arts | 2002 - 2008
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