Zak Sandler

Administrative Assistant | Private Family Office | Washington, DC | July 2019-Present

• Manages Excel databases to keep track of finances, purchases, and vendors
• Manages calendars and schedules meetings for the Principals, deftly making numerous changes
• Provides excellent customer service by researching, recommending, and purchases products for the family, saving them 5 hours per week
• Handles confidential information soundly, sharing information only with relevant parties

Executive Assistant (contract) | Arbor Advisory Group | Westport, CT | February 2019-May 2019

• Answered phones, directing calls as needed and taking notes for the CEO and top financial advisors
• Edited press releases with a high degree of accuracy to ensure a strong company image
• Drafted, prepared, and formatted memos for executives, saving them 10 hours per week

Personal Assistant | Articula | New York, NY | October 2015-July 2017

• Maintained large database of the family’s art collection, sorted by size, type, and current location
• Supervised multiple projects to deliver personalized results to the Principal, including the replication of a discontinued briefcase with a custom-fit handle
• Kept company handbook up-to-date by regularly monitoring protocol changes and integrating updates from 25 coworkers

Legal Assistant | Axiom Law | New York, NY | May 2015-July 2015

• Managed databases of potential client-lawyer matchings in Salesforce, accelerating pipeline of attorney-corporate business by 20%
• Took minutes for executive meetings and created PowerPoint presentations, saving managers 5 hours per week

Note: Between 2017 and 2019, I played piano on Broadway for “Wicked” and “Mean Girls”, and music directed / conducted shows at the Kennedy Center, the Public Theater, and more. In these positions, I was involved in casting, schedule organization, and new employee hiring.

Yale University | New Haven, CT

B.A., Music Composition, Magna Cum Laude

Minor in Psychology