ALICIA WILLS
SUMMARY
OF EXPERIENCE
Creative
Organizational Abilities have been applied in:
Small Business and Non-profit Administration
Office Management and Bookkeeping
Personal Budget Consulting and Organizing
Television/Video/Theater/Event Production and Administration
Office and Administrative Skills:
Budgeting, Billing, and Bookkeeping
Data Organization (both paper and database)
Word Processing and Transcription
Research, Writing, and Editing
Travel Coordination and Itineraries
Desktop Publishing, Layout, and Design
Organization and Coordination of Projects and Events
Computer Skills include:
Proficiency with both Windows and Mac
Microsoft Word, Excel, Quicken, Quickbooks Pro,
Filemaker Pro, Pagemaker, Internet & more
Personal Office Equipment:
Celeron PC and MiniMac
Microsoft Office, Filemaker Pro, Quicken, Quickbooks Pro,
Pagemaker
Canon Inkjet Printer; Fax; Scanner; High-speed internet.
EDUCATION
Primary Grades - Mississippi and Texas
Jr. High School - Tokyo, Japan
Sr. High School - Palo Alto, California
WORK HISTORY
October 2002 - present
Many Hats Administrative Services, Bellingham,
WA
Providing a wide variety of administrative services to self-employed
professionals and small businesses. Services include bookkeeping,
office management, database design & upkeep, and office
systems consulting.
1997 - October 2002
Administrative Director of the Institute
for Deep Ecology, Occidental,
CA (PT)
Operated one-person office covering all aspects of 501C3
administration.
Bookkeeping, registration, event logistics, volunteer coordination,
database maintenance.
Freelance Office Manager, Sonoma County,
CA
Businesses served ranged from Natural Foods and Educational
Seminars to Construction-related companies, as well as personal
finances and sole proprietorships. Bookkeeping, website email
response, database design & upkeep, shipping, research,
travel arrangements, desktop publishing, writing, editing,
computer configuring & more.
1996 - 1997
Office Manager/Bookkeeper, Healdsburg, CA
Pratum Book Company
Customer service, database design and management, bookkeeping,
cataloguing, desk-top publishing of catalogues. Designed
and implemented office systems.
1994 - 1996
Bookkeeper, Sebastopol / Oakland, CA
Johnson Construction / Gleason and Tankard Contracting Services
Accounts payable, general ledger, payroll, payroll taxes,
project tracking, projections.
1995 - 1996
Associate Producer, Emeryville, CA
Making Peace, Moira Productions
Organized and coordinated production and post-production
for "Facing Racism", program four of a four-part
documentary series produced for PBS
1993 - 1995
Office Manager/Billing, Oakland, CA
Law Office of Mark Goldowitz, Environmental Attorney
Staff supervision, client intake, payroll, billing, bookkeeping,
and general management.
1985 - 1991
Line Producer / Production
Manager / Coordinator, Victoria/Vancouver,
B.C.
Freelance Video and Television Production
Client liaison, proposals and estimates, script research
and supervision, contracts and budgets, production planning,
shooting schedule, bookkeeping, budget tracking, financial
reports, production logistics, staff and crew supervision,
locations, permits, costumes, props, continuity, and casting
of talent and extras.
1983 - 1987
Stage Manager / General Manager
/ Project Manager, Victoria,
B.C.
Intrepid Theatre Company, Stage II
Productions Society, Non-profit Theater Grant
writing and management, staff supervision, bookkeeping,
financial reports, and organization/coordination of festivals.
1981
- 1985
Owner/Operator - "Miss Mop", Nanaimo
/ Victoria, B.C.
Commercial, fire, and residential cleaning
~ References available on request ~
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