RENEE M. MILLER
Campbell
Summary
A dedicated professional with over eleven years of office administrative experience, a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing, a proven ability to support at the academic equivalent of executive level, including three Directors, as well as experience supporting executives in the business sector. Organized and detail-oriented team player with an upbeat and professional demeanor, flexible with shifting priorities and tackling the unexpected. Creative, resourceful problem solver who takes initiative and exhibits grace under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
Delight Elementary
09.2024 - Current
- Taught Kindergarten, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 5th grade Language Arts and Social Studies classes
SECOND GRADE TEACHER
New Horizons School
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Managed a classroom of seventeen students
- Developed engaging curriculum for differentiated student needs
SCHOOL RECEPTIONIST
Silicon Valley International School
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Managed daily attendance records to ensure accuracy in reporting absences or tardiness of students.
- Assisted in maintaining accurate student records by updating the database system regularly.
- Handled confidential information with discretion.
- Contributed to a welcoming environment with professional demeanor and excellent customer service skills.
- Provided essential clerical support for teachers by preparing materials, photocopying, and distributing documents.
- Strengthened relationships among faculty, staff, parents, and students by fostering open lines of communication and a friendly, approachable demeanor at the reception desk.
- Maintained an organized reception area that facilitated smooth daily operations within the school environment.
- Improved school security by diligently monitoring visitor access and implementing sign-in procedures.
- Supported student enrollment processes by accurately collecting and organizing required documentation.
- Answered central telephone system and directed calls accordingly.
- Organized, maintained and updated information in computer databases.
- Comforted injured and sick students, tended wounds and contacted parents
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS PARTNER
Google X, contract (via Golden Hive)
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Provided complex scheduling support to two General Managers
- Arranged travel
- Booked conference rooms
- Provided event support
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Groundtruth
12.2021 - 03.2022
- Provided administrative support to the full executive team, including the CEO, COO, CFO, CRO and CSO
- Managed complex calendars and corresponded with important external contacts arranging all meetings for senior executives
- Arranged monthly company town halls and quarterly board meetings
- Copyedited internal reports and PowerPoint presentations
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
Dept. of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
05.2015 - 11.2021
- Provided administrative support to four distinguished faculty members, including Directors, the academic equivalent of c-suite executives
- Copyedited and submitted multi-million dollar grant proposals and scientific journal article submissions
- Drafted departmental handbook
- Threw a faculty member’s retirement party with catering, slide show, career scrapbook keepsake and seventy guests
- Created a large website for a faculty member’s lab
- Managed complex calendar scheduling for two faculty members, arranging appointments and corresponding with colleagues, both internal and external
- Organized faculty candidate agendas and seminars
- Processed travel and supply reimbursements
- Staff representative on department’s diversity, equity and inclusion committee
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University
12.2014 - 04.2015
- Managed the complex calendars of two faculty members
- Arranged and facilitated video-conference and in person meetings for several working groups of interdisciplinary cancer research
- Organized visits for guest speakers, making travel and accommodation arrangements and scheduling agenda of meetings and speaking engagements
- Performed wide variety of administrative tasks, including preparing grant proposal documents, creating new faculty profiles, taking meeting minutes and updating the Population Sciences website
SERVICE CENTER ASSOCIATE
Princeton Capital
10.2010 - 10.2014
- Managed office supply purchasing, mail room, facilities, vendors, couriers and inter-office shipping for mortgage company corporate office with80 employees
- Supported loan officers at over85 locations throughout the Bay Area and Southern California
- Acted as primary back up for the high call volume Reception desk
CHILDREN’S DEPT LEAD/BOOKSELLER
Barnes & Nobles Booksellers
05.2008 - 10.2010
- Responsible for appearance & organization of large, dynamic department
- Trained booksellers, assigned tasks and managed project completion for 30 constantly changing display areas
- Hosted writers’ groups, book clubs, children’s activities and story times
Education
Masters of Fine Arts - Creative Writing
Antioch University
Los Angeles, CA06-2007
Bachelor of Arts - English
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA06-2003
Skills
- Complex calendar management
- Arranging travel, accommodations and visitor itineraries
- Taking detailed minutes and facilitating audio-visual equipment use in meetings
- Event planning, promotion and execution
- Processing purchase requisitions, invoices and reimbursements with Oracle Financials
- Professional level copywriting and editing
- Training and supervising coworkers
- Office and facilities management
- Zoom, Google and WebEx Video-Conferencing
- Web-authoring, online research, social media
- MAC/Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Qualtrics
Timeline
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
Delight Elementary
09.2024 - Current
SECOND GRADE TEACHER
New Horizons School
09.2023 - 06.2024
SCHOOL RECEPTIONIST
Silicon Valley International School
10.2022 - 09.2023
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS PARTNER
Google X, contract (via Golden Hive)
06.2022 - 08.2022
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Groundtruth
12.2021 - 03.2022
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
Dept. of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
05.2015 - 11.2021
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University
12.2014 - 04.2015
SERVICE CENTER ASSOCIATE
Princeton Capital
10.2010 - 10.2014
CHILDREN’S DEPT LEAD/BOOKSELLER
Barnes & Nobles Booksellers
05.2008 - 10.2010
Masters of Fine Arts - Creative Writing
Antioch University
Bachelor of Arts - English
Santa Clara University
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