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Elizabeth Hill cell 510.417.0146 email eehill@gmail.com

Objective

Creative, educated and responsible Administrative Assistant with skills and “can-do” attitude, and experience in many disciplines, ardently pursuing a position with room for growth that utilizes my technical skills and diverse background.

Highlights of Qualifications

Extensive experience in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Steady sales associate, customer service experience and customer focus since 2009

Highly developed critical and analytical skills

Track record of assisting in the proofreading and editing of documents

Landscape Design and Horticulture Degree achieved with a 4.0 average on the Dean's list

Experience in landscape planning and design

Project Management expertise in an Urban Design studio setting

Excellent organizational and managerial skills

Strong business aptitude and proficiency that is transferable across a number of vertical markets.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Architecture - University of California, Berkeley

Associate of Sciences - Landscape Design and Horticulture - Merritt College, Oakland

Affiliations

Member: UC Botanical Garden

Member: Livable Berkeley Organization

Member: Association of Professional Landscape Designers, California Chapter

Member: Urban Land Institute

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Recent Highlights Temporary Employment

Receptionist, Legal and Administrative Assistant Positions 2013-2016

▫ Randstad Professionals ▫ PC Placements ▫ Office Team

▫ Robert Half Legal

San Rafael and Berkeley, CA San Francisco, CA

Oakland, Walnut Creek, and Santa Rosa, CA

San Francisco, CA

Receptionist/Administrative Assist. Randstad Professionals San Francisco, CA

Autodesk Headquarters 1 month*, repeated once San Rafael, CA ▫ Scanned 3 years' Provisional Tax documents in Tax/Treasury Dept.

▫ Uploaded to SharePoint ▫ Proactively developed a documentation system to assist in recovery of scanned tax documents in

Share Point

▫ Completed project ahead of time and had contract extended one month ▫ Assembled and filled 88 Banker boxes of tax document binders for storage

As an Administrative Assistant in the Tax/Treasury department at Autodesk I was assigned

the task of scanning all the binders of Provisional Tax from 2013, 2014 and 2015. Each Fiscal Year is scanned by binder which is divided into tabbed sections, or “Chapters”, i.e. GAAP Checklist chapter, Flux Analysis chapter, etc. I decided each chapter should have its name be part of it to

make it retrievable on SharePoint, and because of the length of some of these names, I concluded to limit the name to six letters and numbers max, so the “APB 23 Reinvest” chapter would be

APB23. Flux Analysis is “FLUX” and so on. The file name for this could be “07_FLUX_FY15Q1a_20160913.pdf”, being the 7th chapter in the binder. I also compiled a Table of Contents for each year with the shortcuts highlighted, also on SharePoint.

As the assistant to the Office Manager for a structural engineering firm, proofread and edited proposals and RFIs for Project Managers, distributed contracts to clients with NewForma, processed timesheets and expense reports for projects in Vision. Updated text and improved

graphics of company Style Guide. Compiled, printed and bound books of completed projects .

Project Assistant duties in an Electrical Company and at a Construction Company included opening and closing the office, making daily contact with the forepersons on all sites, producing

daily roll-call reports, compiling Subconsultants' documents into project submittals and providing them to the Government client. Related tasks involved updating the submittal log, identifying any missing required documents and contacting the Subcontractor to provide them. From the submittal

log, also found subcontracts not yet awarded.

Helped the Chief Operations Officer of a well-known non-profit with standardization and

completion of floor plans for 24 Bay Area retail locations using PowerPoint software. The resultant product was a graphic which was clear and readable while being editable by associates. Updated and reconfigured a PowerPoint Organization Chart for the company's local office.

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Retail Experience

PRICE CHANGE AUDITOR, NURSERY ASSOCIATE, GARDEN ASSOCIATE

Orchard Supply Hardware Moraga, CA 2015-2016

Performed multiple roles in a hardware store environment, including authorization and display of recent shifts in sales prices. As a Nursery and Garden specialist, answered customers' plant care

and requirement questions; provided professional maintenance of planted nursery material; restocked floor merchandise from delivery trucks; operated cash register; greeted and directed customers to their desired product.

Professional Experience

RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT AND GARDEN COACH

Elizhill Landscape Design Albany, CA 2009-2013

Helped local home-owners and renters learn and understand the techniques of pruning and

sustainable landscape maintenance for their home environment. Designed small residential landscape plans for clients in neighboring communities. Assisted the clients with plant identification, showing them what was beneficial to their garden and what could be repurposed .

Compiled plant information for client review with data and graphics. Provided planting plans, grading and drainage plans, installation and maintenance notes for client installer or landscape contractor.

ASSOCIATE URBAN DESIGNER Design, Community & Environment Berkeley, CA 2008

Responsibilities included project management, design, research, report writing, proposal writing and graphic production in urban design, neighborhood planning, streetscape design and downtown revitalization projects. Project Manager for the Fremont General Plan Update for the City of

Fremont, providing as-needed services for all components of the General Plan. As part of this effort, completed the Fremont General Plan Community Character Update Background Report and assisted with project kick-off and organization activities. Managed work on the BART to Livermore

project for BART, including public outreach coordination.

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER/ PROJECT MANAGER KenKay Associates San Francisco, CA 2004 - 2008

Designed planning and landscape improvements for large -scale industrial brownfield sites and retail developments. Managed construction document coordination with clients, subconsultants,

staff, and governing agencies. Supervised construction of streetscapes and commercial landscape installations. Facilitated and provided graphic presentations for community workshops. Developed small-scale sustainable garden prototypes for neighborhood residential communities.