George M. Bowles

An integral part of the A/R personnel for an international research corporation. Assisted the accounting managers with distributing financial reports to account group managers, issued invoice numbers to the account groups in a very satisfactory fashion, reviewed billing and incoming cash receipts (including checking bank lockbox and reviewing electronic payments), issued aging statements at clients’ request, provided accounts aging reports to account groups, assisted the collections specialist and occasionally wrote collections letters. Analyzed discrepancies and found resolutions in case of error. Revised invoices according to account groups requests. Maintained email rapport with diverse group of personalities.

Professional Development & Technical Skills

Completed general studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Accounting, Data Entry (80 words per minute), Technical Writing, Research, Editing, Email/Phones, Photoshop, Database, Administration, “jack of all trades”

Microsoft Office suite, Costpoint, Magic, etc.

Mintel is an umbrella group international market research firm with offices ranging from England, Europe, Australia and the U.S. There I worked in the production department of the highly acclaimed Comperemedia online marketing and advertising database. My responsibilities included daily scanning of letters and direct mail offers to be entered into the database. Also analyzed direct mail advertisements and entered information into database fields to be transformed into info graphics and industry article. Gained valuable mail room and teamwork experience and met monthly deadlines and quotas.

Worked as support to graphic designers and scanned in all images for prepress development.This consisted mostly of scanning slides, descreening stock photography, color corrections for print advertisements as well as some drum scanning for final placement. Clients included Marlboro, McDonalds, Nintendo, Hallmark and many more. Required prioritization and organizational skills when developing new business pitches, consistently meeting deadlines, etc. One of the highest producers in the imaging deparment and received highest raise after one year. Also some photo retouching experience, Photoshop skills, mount room, more.