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    Stef Weiss

    Stef Weiss

    Startups. Operations. Bookkeeping. HR. Events. Copywriting/Social Media. ...yes, all the things.

    Operations New York City Dickinson College
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    Experience
    Freelancer, Self- Employed
    Freelancer, Self- Employed
    Founder, Business Operations 2017 - Present (about 9 years)
    • Financial: bookkeeping, payroll, reports, invoicing, cash flow projections, contract management
    • Human Resources: employee experience, hiring, on/offboarding, PEO management,... more benefits, performance reviews, offsites
    • Operations: creating process, event planning, office moves, overseeing vendors, scheduling, travel arrangements, and lots of miscellanea...
    • Clients: Livepeer, Alchemy Worx (SellUp), MPCH, Liberty City Ventures, Impactive.io, Augury, IQCIO, Genesis Global Trading, WaitWhat, Spatial, Amino Apps, Getaway, Helix Sleep, The SquareFoot
    Vesper
    Vesper
    Operations 2015 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    • First hire brought on to manage the offices and operations of multiple client companies including: Spoon University, The 88, Airtime, Asana, IQCIO, JAK Nutrition, Highfield,... more Cobbler Concierge
    • Implementing non-existent process, both client-facing and internally for the company as a whole
    • Copywriting/Social media
    • Tasks including bookkeeping; HR; office moves; layout and furniture sourcing; events, including teambuilding; catering; inventory management and purchasing; vendor management
    Level Group
    Level Group
    Music Business Manager
    • Managing the various business entities (financial and administrative) for 20 touring rock bands including The xx, Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Memphis May Fire,... more Motionless In White, The Pretty Reckless
    • Intensive bookkeeping using QuickBooks: full management of 45 bank accounts; Accounts Payable/Receivable; cash flows; payroll and per diem payments; tour budgets; commissions
    • Complete client care, connecting between bands, management, tour managers, labels, and endless vendors

    Bratton Technologies
    Bratton Technologies
    Business Operations

    • Operations management
    • Bookkeeping using QuickBooks: P&L; managing Accounts Payable/Receivable; budgeting; monthly reconciliations; employee expenses
    • Zendesk... more management: overseeing support team, responding to user requests
    • Project management: overseeing massive data research project, design project timelines, budgets, and production
    • Event planning: orchestrating site launch, including launch party; team offsite meetings; happy hours
    • Travel management for [oft-traveling] team
    Hair By Nicolas Jurnjack
    Hair By Nicolas Jurnjack
    Freelance Copywriter
    • Full copywriting for the Hair By Nicolas Jurnjack brand including website, bio, product line, and press releases
    • http://hairbynicolasjurnjack.com/about/
    • Creation... more of Wikipedia page (copy and code)
    Thumb
    Thumb
    Freelance Copywriter
    • Writing for mobile app, website, marketing materials, and user emails
    FanBridge
    FanBridge
    Director of Administration
    • First company administrator, managing 3 offices in NY, SF, Buenos Aires
    • Member of Leadership Team; Leader of Fun/Professional Development Team
    • Marketing/Copywriting;... more Digital strategy; HR; Bookkeeping
    • Implementing process: created a company-wide calendar and monthly expense reports; initiated employee-voted, choose-your-own-prize FBotM award (yep, FanBridger of the Month) which was surprisingly popular, as well as weekly company nights out which were, not surprisingly, even more popular
    Kluster / (...which became) Quirky / (...and also involved) 27Threats
    Kluster / (...which became) Quirky / (...and also involved) 27Threats
    Office Manager/Copywriter/PR Girl 2008 - 2009 (about 1 year)
    • HR; Bookkeeping; Project management; Office move
    • Setting up heath insurance, company insurance, and payroll; go-to person for all employee issues; event planning; ordering/maintaining... more office supplies; and generally being the [cool] office cheerleader when times got rough
    • Copywriting for entire Quirky website, for all Kluster & Quirky press materials, as well as for 27Threats’ retained PR clients, including Case-Mate, drop.io, StadiumRed, & Josh Spear; managed Facebook and Twitter accounts
    Ultra16
    Ultra16
    Studio Manager
    • HR; Bookkeeping; Project management; Office move
    • Implementing process: timesheets and expense reports; spreadsheets to track employee hours per client; tracked all... more employee sick/personal and vacation days
    • Writing/editing new business proposals and any other outgoing copy for the studio; researching for proposals
    Founder
    Freelancer, Self- Employed
    Employee
    FanBridge, Thumb, Vesper, Bratton Technologies, Kluster / (...which became) Quirky / (...and also involved) 27Threats, Hair By Nicolas Jurnjack, Level Group, Ultra16, Daatlab.com, Liberty City Ventures, MPCH, Livepeer, Genesis Global Trading, Alchemy Worx
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    About
    Achievements

    I've built happy, hard-working teams in multiple startups...created just the right company culture...written copy to engage users...written press releases to engage everyone...brainstormed random marketing ideas...balanced the books...moved every company at least once to bigger, better digs...planned events of all sizes...all while making sure we had toilet paper in the bathrooms and beer in the fridge.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Copywriting Business Operations Human Resources Event Planning Product Marketing Online Marketing Social Media Marketing Editing Quickbooks Bookkeeping Compensation and Benefits Culture Employee Relations Payroll Recruitment Paychex Insperity Accounts Payable Accounts Payable/Receivable Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Advertising Budgeting HR HTML Insurance Management Marketing Management Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Project Management Reconciliations Recruiting Wordpress ZenDesk
    Locations
    Brooklyn
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