April Fitzgerald

Experience

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  Pappasitos Cantina

  May 2014 - Feb 2017

  Hostess

  ● Developed strong leadership, social and organizational skills.● Greeted and directed guests to their seats.● Promoted new restaurant deals/specials.● Monitored restaurant ensuring organized and clean areas.● Scheduled and entered reservations into iPad scheduling system.● Managed multiple phone lines to perform confirmation calls to all reserves and occasionally tookto-go orders.

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  First Congregational Church

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Director of Christian Education Assistant

  ● Shopped for new furniture to reorganize and decorate all of the children's classrooms for First Congregational Church of Houston.● Responsible for the completion of all tasks assigned by the Director of Children’s Education in a timely manner.● Developed great interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.

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  Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Children’s Ministry Intern

  ● Played an integral part in the planning and implementing of the summer programming for the children of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.● Taught Sunday school classes every Sunday morning.● Developed proficient analyzing and problem solving skills.● Directed/assisted all of the available summer missionary field trips.

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  Henri Bendel

  Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  Seasonal Associate Team member

  ● Aided in driving sales.● Collaborated with colleagues to introduce customers to new/other categories to increase and build sales volume.● Worked with Loss Prevention/maintenance associates to prevent safety risks or potential loss issues.● Delivered exceptional customer service and maintained prestige brand standards.● Partnered with visual merchandising to ensure new visual displays are maintained correctly.

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  Marina Village Resort

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Front Desk Receptionist

  ● Played a key role in delivering an exceptional level of service and quality for customers.● Welcomed visitors in person or via phone daily, responded to inquiries and directed them to the main manager when needed.● Monitored and generated online member databases as needed.● Arranged reservations and bookings daily ensuring members were current on payments and in good standing with the resort.● Maintained security by following procedures; issued new member badges, and processed/filed member paperwork.● Improved already outstanding multitasking, leadership, and managing skills. Show less

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  Big Little School

  Mar 2020 - May 2022

  Assistant to The HR Managing Director

  • Assist in the creation of all New Hire files; input new hires into EZ Care and payroll accordingly.• Responsible for maintaining a staffing grid, to include classrooms, hours, and break schedules when needed. • Help keep track of how many discretionary and sick hours each staff receives based on employment, school policy, and how many they have used per year. Keeping staff informed and updated of their available discretionary and sick time.• When needed, run background checks for current and incoming staff and assist in any finger printing processes needed while keeping staff current with background checks and CPR/Ist Aid.• Report any staff issues or incidents that may arise to the Executive Director for staff disciplinary purposes.• Conduct monthly building safety checks.• Oversee teacher birthdays, teacher appreciation gifts, special holiday staff gifts, etc.• Assist with the opening and unlocking of front entrance doors as needed. • Answer phone calls in a welcoming and professional manner.• Assist families and staff with questions related to Brightwheel/tablets.• Administer and dispense medication to the corresponding child(s).• Preserve employee mailboxes along with phone lockers and adjust accordingly for any new hires.• Supervise copier and copier needs; Reorder copier supplies and ink when low. Replace copier toner once arrived.• Keep in contact with BLS's copier representative for help with any copier problems and/or issues.• Keep inventory of all office supplies and upstairs teacher supplies, re-order when needed, and restock once arrived.• Update hallway bulletin board along with directory board so that important information is up to date and easily accessible in a visually aesthetic, presentable, and decorative manner.• Check for any medication that is about to expire and notify parents via brightwheel about soon-to-expire medication.• Ensure enrollment packets, information packets, and parent handbooks are stocked and ready to go Show less

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  The Franklin Team - eXp Realty

  May 2022 - Jan 2023

  Executive Personal Assistant