Samantha Stewart
Sastewart99@gmail.com
Objective:
A career opportunity where my journalistic skills, media, finance and communication background can be used and broadened to add value to the organization and to my professional growth.
Employment:
Lead Content Coordinator, Zappos.com 03/12-present
- Foster and embrace Core Values
- Contribute to department process and act as training mentor
- Conduct one-on-one meetings
- Make consistent contributions in department meetings and lead a discussion on relevant issues
- Host and compile an agenda for department meetings
- Compile agenda and document lead meeting topics/actions in the Action and Info Log
- Serve as advisor for day-to-day issues within their category
- Provide feedback and deliver performance reviews
- Assist Content Manager with interviews
- Assist in managing sizes and sizing standards in SCRIP(T)
- Assist in additional projects as needed
- Assist in updating Content progression
- Review and approve timesheets
- Assuming managerial duties in manager's absence
- Attend monthly All Leadership meeting and disseminate message to direct reports
Senior Content Coordinator 3, Zappos.com 08/09 – 03/12
· Write product descriptions and boutique "about text" using SEO best practices methods
· Correct UPC, LPN, pricing, vendor errors and accounting underbills.
- HS Code product for international sales.
- Maintain product information for current year and maintain category notes on spreadsheets.
- Provide support for Merchandising and respond to reports as detailed by Lead or Manager.
- Contact vendors for product information including UPCs and catalogs.
- Facilitate EDI testing and maintain EDI relationship.
- Look out for any potential legal issues regarding products.
- Attend trade shows and vendor meetings while maintaining excellent vendor relations.
Member Concierge, Weststar Credit Union 09/08-08/09
- Provide valuable customer service and help maintain client relationships with the credit union.
- Open new accounts using Chexsystems, Axciom and Bridger Insight.
- Update account information, signature cards and order checks.
- Input loan applications.
- Open and service IRA accounts.
- File disputes and issue debit and ATM cards.
- Notarize jurat and acknowledgement documents.
Staff writer, Exhibit City News, Las Vegas, NV 02/08-09/08
- Conducted various interviews, edited press releases and wrote news articles and features that pertained to the trade show industry.
- Wrote headlines, photo captions and took photos.
- Helped distribute and ship circulation.
- For entertainment publication Tradeshow Lifestyles, I covered everything from food and show reviews to feature stories, Q&A’s, obituaries and collected facts.
Post Production Assistant
Bunim/Murray Productions, Van Nuys, Ca 08/07- 01/08
Summarized hours of unedited footage to assist in developing the story line for the show ‘The Real World.’ Assisted editors by searching for various quotes and scenes to create an episode.
Credit Card Specialist
Weststar Credit Union, Las Vegas, NV 07/05-05/07
- Responsible for the credit card department and also provided maintenance and support to customers and staff.
- Responsible for keeping inventory, auditing and supplying visa stock to the entire credit union.
- Processed credit card payments and balanced all of the ATM machines for the credit union and corrected any miss posted transactions.
Skills: Proficient with all Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel and Power point. Some experience with InDesign. Conversational Spanish.
Memberships: Society of Professional Journalists, UNLV Alumni Association, Nevada Association of Black Journalists.
