Susan Zolkowski
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Tom Kerschner
I have know Susan at the professional level for many years. She has always put in 100% for her company, watched out for the interests of her friends and business partners, and displayed great integrity and loyalty. Adding her to your team would lend a mature, calm, and professional aspect to your office.
Jim Burgraff
I have the pleasure of working with Susan att School Specialty. Susan is a strong, energetic, and highly capable professional. Susan continues to drive excellence in our tradeshow performance through both a deep understanding of the logistical dynamics and a relentless effort to maximize customer facing opportunities. Susan is aways ready to lend a hand with whatever task arises and does so with a smile. I really enjoy working with Susan.
Tom Kerschner
I have know Susan at the professional level for many years. She has always put in 100% for her company, watched out for the interests of her friends and business partners, and displayed great integrity and loyalty. Adding her to your team would lend a mature, calm, and professional aspect to your office.
Jim Burgraff
I have the pleasure of working with Susan att School Specialty. Susan is a strong, energetic, and highly capable professional. Susan continues to drive excellence in our tradeshow performance through both a deep understanding of the logistical dynamics and a relentless effort to maximize customer facing opportunities. Susan is aways ready to lend a hand with whatever task arises and does so with a smile. I really enjoy working with Susan.
Tom Kerschner
I have know Susan at the professional level for many years. She has always put in 100% for her company, watched out for the interests of her friends and business partners, and displayed great integrity and loyalty. Adding her to your team would lend a mature, calm, and professional aspect to your office.
Jim Burgraff
I have the pleasure of working with Susan att School Specialty. Susan is a strong, energetic, and highly capable professional. Susan continues to drive excellence in our tradeshow performance through both a deep understanding of the logistical dynamics and a relentless effort to maximize customer facing opportunities. Susan is aways ready to lend a hand with whatever task arises and does so with a smile. I really enjoy working with Susan.
Tom Kerschner
I have know Susan at the professional level for many years. She has always put in 100% for her company, watched out for the interests of her friends and business partners, and displayed great integrity and loyalty. Adding her to your team would lend a mature, calm, and professional aspect to your office.
Jim Burgraff
I have the pleasure of working with Susan att School Specialty. Susan is a strong, energetic, and highly capable professional. Susan continues to drive excellence in our tradeshow performance through both a deep understanding of the logistical dynamics and a relentless effort to maximize customer facing opportunities. Susan is aways ready to lend a hand with whatever task arises and does so with a smile. I really enjoy working with Susan.
Experience
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CESA 6
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Program Assistant
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Oct 2020 - Present
Instructional Services Program Assistant · Develop strong connections to district personnel and readily identify appropriate district contacts for individuals seeking CESA 6 services; · Use technology to support assigned projects efficiently (including Google Drive, Excel, Mail merging, etc.); · Work as a team and collaborate effectively with other Agency staff to meet the needs of the departments; · Schedule and set up a variety of professional development opportunities and meetings; · Manage event planning for workshops, presentations and meetings (including the logistics of site, ordering food, technology access and room set-ups); · Establish strong relationships and interact professionally with internal and external clients; · Conduct research, collect and analyze data to prepare reports and documents; · Design and maintain databases; · Review operating practices and recommend improvements where necessary; · Forecast project demands; · Monitor, screen, respond to and distribute, communications; · Prepare and proof content and materials, communications, presentations, and other documents for workshops/meetings and promotional materials; · File and retrieve documents and reference materials. Show less
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Keller Williams Green Bay
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United States
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Leasing Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Assistant/Office Manager for Platinum Realty
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Oct 2019 - May 2020
Managed the entire contract-to-close process efficiently and effectively to ensure all transactions close on time, with little or no hassle to clients and third parties while providing exceptional customer service throughout the entire closing process. Communicated regularly with the client to send them reminders, check-in, and let them know what to expect in each step of the closing process. o Created and implemented systems, processes, checklists while managing the office. o Maintained all invoices to insure they were paid on time. o Managed the teams database. Show less
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Heartland Business Systems
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Service Coordinator
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
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Keller Williams Fox Cities
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Appleton, WI
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Executive Assistant/Office Manager for Lighthouse Realty
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Nov 2016 - May 2019
Executive Assistant/ Office Manager for the Lighthouse Realty team of Keller Williams Fox Cities. I run the office, finances, tracking and manage all the real estate transactions from inception to close. Executive Assistant/ Office Manager for the Lighthouse Realty team of Keller Williams Fox Cities. I run the office, finances, tracking and manage all the real estate transactions from inception to close.
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Realtor®
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Jan 2015 - Nov 2016
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School Specialty
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Trade Show Manager
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Mar 2007 - Nov 2014
Summary of essential job functions• Responsible for managing extended vendor teams: creative agencies, AV, labor, freight, meeting facilities, etc.• Design, produce and manage all core trade show displays and imagery; structure, table covers, banners, etc.• Manage show budgets set elsewhere.• Collaborate with key stakeholders; Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, Marketing Communications, Merchandising and Creative to ensure that critical deadlines, budget and revenue goals are met. • Establish and maintain partnerships with educational organizations• Provide at show leadership to ensure everything runs smoothly, including booth set up/tear down.• Manage and solve any issues that may arise on the show floor site.• Participate in booth activities, including assisting Sales Consultants in working toward establishing and achieving trade show goals.• Organize on-site activities; workshops, cocktail parties, social functions, etc.• Coordinate combined marketing efforts which include; advertising, VIP Events, Focus groups, in-booth surveys, giveaways, etc.• Develop post-event reports and analysis to determine effectiveness of each event as well as recommendations for improved activity.Knowledge/Skills required • Strong working knowledge of trade shows rules and regulations.• Exceptional project management, planning and organizational skills. • Strong people management skills without having any direct reports.• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong PC skills, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. • Strong influencing skills• High energy, strong multi-tasking and independent decision making skills with exhibit high stress tolerance and working well under pressure to ensure smooth and efficient event execution.• 25-50% travel required, U.S. Show less
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Various positions held to date...
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May 2000 - Mar 2007
Administrative Assistant to the Sales Team 2005 - 2007Supporting our organization's sales team including travel arrangements, maintaining the clients database, creating sales documents and proposals, generating reports related to sales activities and revenue data, as well as prioritizing customer requests while the sales team is out of the office.Senior Report Specialist for the Director of the Call Center 2005 - 2005 Sort and trend various internal reports and recap in a monthly report. Customer Service Order Entry and Support Supervisor 2000 - 2005 Supervision to quality-monitor representatives' for order accuracy and efficiency while adherence to work schedules. Show less
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Education
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Oshkosh West High School