About This Service

Hello,

I reside in the Hollywood district but am willing to work throughout Los Angeles. I possess my own vehicle and a valid California driver\'s license. My availability includes weekdays, evenings, and weekends, with rates open for discussion. To contact me, please call 310-200-7593. I kindly request phone calls only; please refrain from text messages or emails.

I have recently concluded a demanding three-year, full-time position as an Estate Manager for a high-profile couple, which involved ten-hour days and a complex daily routine.

Additionally, I possess significant professional expertise in hand sewing, including intricate costume embellishment, and am open to considering various projects. Photographic examples of my work are available upon request.

My work has involved extensive travel, both domestically and internationally, and I remain willing to travel for assignments.

Again, I can be reached at 310-200-7593. I prefer phone call inquiries only.

PERSONAL/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, OFFICE MANAGER, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

As a Personal Assistant, I am responsible for a wide array of administrative, executive, and personal duties. I am adept at managing diverse personal tasks, working autonomously with minimal oversight, and maintaining exceptional organization. My skills include prioritization, maintaining composure under pressure, focused attention on multiple projects, flexibility, proactive communication, multitasking, and upholding strict confidentiality and privacy.

As an Office Manager, my role involves organizing and coordinating office operations to ensure optimal organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

• Coordinate travel arrangements
• Plan and coordinate personal and corporate events
• Maintain personal and professional calendars
• Handle clerical organization
• Demonstrate computer proficiency with MAC systems, Word, Excel, scanning, and related software
• Perform internet-based tasks
• Provide household assistance
• Perform house cleaning
• Assist with home improvement and landscaping projects
• Undertake sewing projects, with expertise in hand stitching
• Manage phone coverage
• Update contact lists
• Greet and direct clients and visitors appropriately
• Receive and distribute mail and deliveries
• Process incoming and outgoing mail, including FedEx and UPS packages
• Handle computer and internet tasks such as scanning, faxing, and photocopying (MAC proficient)
• Create and maintain client and contact lists
• Complete clerical projects and data entry
• Research and purchase office equipment
• Maintain, order, and pick up supplies for common areas including reception, conference rooms, and kitchens
• Monitor petty cash and credit card usage for general office requirements
• Run general errands

ORGANIZING, DOWNSIZING AND MOVING ASSISTANCE

I have over a decade of experience assisting individuals with organizing, downsizing, and moving. I have facilitated moves for more than one hundred households, ranging from small apartments and mid-sized condos to very large estates occupied by families for over fifty years. I assist in sorting belongings during downsizing, categorizing items for garage sales, donation to organizations like Goodwill, or giving away. I organize items you choose to keep and handle packing for all rooms when you are relocating.

• Organize various spaces: storage units, garages, offices, homes, condos, apartments, etc.
• Collaborate on sorting items for keeping, donating, giving away, or selling
• Prepare for estate sales or garage sales
• Create packing inventory lists
• Pack belongings from homes, condos, apartments, garages, and storage units
• Provide clean-up during and after the move
• Offer assistance on moving day
• Handle unpacking and complete setup of the new household
• Run errands and purchase supplies

ESTATE MANAGER

• Manage all aspects of estate, household, and personal assistance
• Hire and train housekeeping staff
• Create task lists for housekeepers, including grocery lists and cleaning chore schedules
• Maintain personal calendars
• Oversee household maintenance
• Perform MAC computer projects: research, spreadsheets, letter writing, scanning, etc.
• Plan and coordinate events
• Prepare meals: plan menus, shop for groceries, prep ingredients, cook, and clean up
• Run errands

ELDERLY CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE

I have extensive experience in elderly care. My father was seriously ill for many years before passing away at age 95. I provided around-the-clock care for him largely on my own during his final year. He had multiple health issues, including heart failure, kidney disease, COPD, arthritis, and dementia. I managed doctor appointments, medication, food preparation, and household and estate care primarily by myself, with only occasional hourly caregiver relief for errands. This experience has given me a deep understanding of the challenges in finding reliable caregiver support.

I also worked full-time as a Writer\'s Assistant, Personal Assistant, and Caregiver for a renowned pop culture writer whose work appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Beverly Hills Courier, Vanity Fair, and Town & Country. He resided in an assisted living facility in Santa Monica. During the Covid lockdown, the facility director expedited my credentials to allow me to work on-site. I initially met him when hired by his estate director to assist with downsizing and moving from his five-thousand-square-foot Brentwood home, which involved auctions, donations, multiple movers, and storage facilities. He recently passed away at St. John\'s Hospital in Santa Monica at the age of 93.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE INFORMATION

The following provides further background on my professional experience. I work on a freelance basis in production, post-production, and visual effects, and also take on personal assistant and organizer roles. Below are some of my responsibilities in production and post-production.

POST PRODUCTION AND VISUAL EFFECTS

Producer Responsibilities:

• Project planning and scheduling: create shot breakdown spreadsheets with team assignments, and develop comprehensive project schedules and calendars with client input.
• Plan and schedule in-house resources and production teams. Research and negotiate rates with external vendors and for out-of-house sessions.
• Supervise 2D and 3D CG production: monitor artist progress, ensure work aligns with schedules, adjust priorities as needed, and anticipate/resolve issues. Act as primary client contact for non-creative matters during production, tracking and reporting status via daily communication strategies including conference calls, detailed emails, and work-in-progress postings. Manage budgets and negotiate costs for additional work (change orders).
• Schedule and track tasks in the production system. Maintain the production tracking system and showboard with revisions, omits, and shot length changes, notifying crew as necessary.
• Ensure all facility departments are informed of production requirements.
• Facilitate weekly review meetings with principals and executive producers.
• Oversee all in-house and external sessions: editorial, telecine, 2D/3D compositing, and audio production (including sound design, voice-over recording, and finishing).
• Track awarded budgets daily, handle cost estimates and negotiations for change orders, manage key delivery dates, supervise versioning and deliverables, and review all deliverables for quality control.
• Perform detailed actualization of all internal and external costs and wrap projects.

Post Production Producer and Visual Effects Producer Projects:

Television Commercial Projects: Target, Lamisil, Lubriderm Lotion, Post-it Notes and Flags \"Squirrels\", Fruit Roll-Ups, Advantage, Norwegian Cruise Line, Meow Mix, Budweiser, McDonalds, Intel, JC Penney, Universal logo, Cool-Aid, Bubble Yum, Miller Lite, Cheerios, La-Z-Boy, Dannon Yogurt, Parkay, Nesquick Cereal, Campbell\'s Soup, Oscar Mayer, Huggies, Cheetos, and many others.

Additional Television Commercial Projects: Nike, Pepsi (including Pepsi-Madonna \"Like A Prayer\" and Pepsi-Michael Jackson \"Bad\"), Diet Pepsi, Oldsmobile, Michelob, Henry Weinhard, Tott\'s Champagne, Bartles & James, Lee Jeans, and many others.

Music Video Projects: Michael Jackson \"The Way You Make Me Feel\" and \"Dirty Diana\".

PRODUCTION

Wardrobe Assistant Responsibilities:

• Shop for and pull project-specific costumes, outfits, and accessories from costume houses.
• Handle project preparation: contact lists, spreadsheets, notebooks, etc.
• Conduct online research, make purchases, and manage shipments.
• Prepare and pack all materials needed for set or location: wardrobe rack, costumes, accessories, iron, ironing board, wardrobe kit, steamer, sewing machine, laptop, etc.
• Assist with garment/costume construction: sewing, alterations, repairs, embellishments, and new builds.
• Check costumes after shows to determine needs for laundry, maintenance, repair, cleaning, or remarking. Ensure costumes are ready for fittings, rehearsals, and performances, and are complete with accessories.
• Serve as an on-set quick-change dresser (dressing talent, checking continuity between takes, escorting talent to and from stage). Resolve problems and perform emergency repairs efficiently.
• Maintain costume records.
• Apply Swarovski crystals and embellishments to costumes and props.
• Coordinate cleaning, alterations, and repairs, ensuring related administrative tasks are completed efficiently.
• Run errands throughout all production stages.
• Handle purchase and rental returns.

Wardrobe Department Projects - 1st Assistant/Generalist Roles: Ron Benise \"Nights of Fire\" PBS live show; Spike TV Scream Awards live show at the Greek Theater; Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGA) live show; Direct TV television commercial campaigns (consecutive years); Encore Las Vegas live show (hotel opening); Healthy Choice television commercial campaigns (consecutive years); E3 Expo (assisted costume designer with construction); TLC 2010 Summer Promo Buddy Cake Boss; TLC \"Left at the Alter\"; HP Industrial-Live Show in Las Vegas; Ozzfest greenscreen segments; VH1 Divas Salute the Troops hosted by Cathy Griffin; Spike TV Guys Choice Awards; Katy Perry live shows: California Dreams World Tour (Asia), \"Part of Me\" Live Concert Hollywood Blvd, iHeart Radio \"Prism\" Release Party, \"We Can Survive\" Hollywood Bowl; Ferrari World Abu Dhabi costume building assistant; a Celebrity Wedding costume department; and numerous other projects.

I can be reached at 310-200-7593. Phone call inquiries only, please.

Keywords: Personal Assistant, Office Manager, Estate Manager, Mac Proficient, Typing Proficient, Research Assistant, Organizing Projects for Home, Office, Garage, Storage Unit, Downsizing Projects, Sewing Projects for Alterations and Repairs, Caregiver Assistance, Home Improvement Projects, Errands, House Cleaning, Gift Wrapping, etc.