Elizabeth Jane Gordon.Resume
Elizabeth Jane Gordon
205 West 102nd Street, Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10025 646?546?9350 (m) LinkedIn: ------------/in/elizabeth-gordon-penandlink/
Education:
Per Scholas, A+, Net+
Pratt Institute, Master's, Information and Library Science
The City College of New York, MFA Literature and Creative Writing
Brandeis University, BA
Experience
EJG Consulting, 12/2008—8/2011, and Current, Investigative, prospect researcher, strategic report and writer, troubleshooter for non-profits and individuals; also legal, forensic, criminal, matrimonial research for small law firms:
Research and write strategic reports of the interests, passions, financials and giving history of prospective donor organizations, institutions and high-net-worth individuals, using public records and databases
Write letters of introduction and grant proposals customized to client attributes and funding needs, and matching funder criteria, including government compliance
Write releases on achievements accomplished with funding, and correspondence for all stakeholders
Diplomatically and engagingly represent client in all communications and correspondence
Invisible Web/sourcing expertise enhanced with Net+ computer networking knowledge
Organize and archive information; create databases; use Salesforce and CRM software
Event support, calendar maintenance
The City College of New York, Grant and Report Researcher-Writer, 2011--2012:
Researched, analyzed and wrote strategic reports on financial backgrounds of prospective donors using government, public and proprietary databases including Lexis-Nexis, Bloomberg
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Investigative Researcher, 6/2008--11/2008:
Performed investigative adverse/competitive intelligence research on prospective clients
DLA Piper US LLP, Research Librarian, 8/2006--6/2008:
Performed customer service by diagnosing and solving wide variety of problems and requests at busy reference desk
Provided legal, financial, news, business development and competitive intelligence research, answering questions in query form and in reports customized to user needs; included daily alerts and ongoing litigation tracking
Earned top performance rating of “Role Model” three times, in Written and Verbal Communications, in Teamwork, and in Enterprise
Interboro Institute, Research and Instruction Coordinator/Librarian, 7/04--5/06:
Taught document management and legal research to paralegal students
Taught business and academic research classes
Bernard Hodes Group Advertising, Manager, Secondary Research Resources, 3/01--1/02:
Converted entire print collection to online databases tailored for Hodes’ needs, and saved $26,000
Created online, in-house databases specific to human resources industry and updated these daily
Fielded research and reference queries. Researched, wrote and edited in-depth research reports/white papers for client pharmaceutical companies
Elizabeth Jane Gordon
205 West 102nd Street, Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10025 646?546?9350 (m) LinkedIn: ------------/in/elizabeth-gordon-penandlink/
Education:
Per Scholas, A+, Net+
Pratt Institute, Master's, Information and Library Science
The City College of New York, MFA Literature and Creative Writing
Brandeis University, BA
Experience
EJG Consulting, 12/2008—8/2011, and Current, Investigative, prospect researcher, strategic report and writer, troubleshooter for non-profits and individuals; also legal, forensic, criminal, matrimonial research for small law firms:
Research and write strategic reports of the interests, passions, financials and giving history of prospective donor organizations, institutions and high-net-worth individuals, using public records and databases
Write letters of introduction and grant proposals customized to client attributes and funding needs, and matching funder criteria, including government compliance
Write releases on achievements accomplished with funding, and correspondence for all stakeholders
Diplomatically and engagingly represent client in all communications and correspondence
Invisible Web/sourcing expertise enhanced with Net+ computer networking knowledge
Organize and archive information; create databases; use Salesforce and CRM software
Event support, calendar maintenance
The City College of New York, Grant and Report Researcher-Writer, 2011--2012:
Researched, analyzed and wrote strategic reports on financial backgrounds of prospective donors using government, public and proprietary databases including Lexis-Nexis, Bloomberg
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Investigative Researcher, 6/2008--11/2008:
Performed investigative adverse/competitive intelligence research on prospective clients
DLA Piper US LLP, Research Librarian, 8/2006--6/2008:
Performed customer service by diagnosing and solving wide variety of problems and requests at busy reference desk
Provided legal, financial, news, business development and competitive intelligence research, answering questions in query form and in reports customized to user needs; included daily alerts and ongoing litigation tracking
Earned top performance rating of “Role Model” three times, in Written and Verbal Communications, in Teamwork, and in Enterprise
Interboro Institute, Research and Instruction Coordinator/Librarian, 7/04--5/06:
Taught document management and legal research to paralegal students
Taught business and academic research classes
Bernard Hodes Group Advertising, Manager, Secondary Research Resources, 3/01--1/02:
Converted entire print collection to online databases tailored for Hodes’ needs, and saved $26,000
Created online, in-house databases specific to human resources industry and updated these daily
Fielded research and reference queries. Researched, wrote and edited in-depth research reports/white papers for client pharmaceutical companies