Kathy Bugajsky

Current

• Staffing Specialist at CORESTAFF Services

Past

• Administrative Assistant at Disney ABC Television Group
• Quality Assurance Tester at THQ
• Catalog Manager/Head of Customer Service at Tall Classics by Tall Etc.

• Staff at History For Hire
• Researcher at Greystone Communications

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Education

• Columbia College Chicago

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Industry

Entertainment

Kathy Bugajsky’s Summary

Hard worker with a strong attention to detail, excellent interpersonal communication skills and effective organizational skills provides detailed services for management.

Kathy Bugajsky’s Specialties:

Crisis management

Kathy Bugajsky’s Experience

• Staffing Specialist

  CORESTAFF Services

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  I liaison between Corestaff Services and Amazon.com to provide temporary employees in their Bellevue, WA warehouse facility. I am in charge of hiring, counseling, approving payroll and managing the employees provided by Corestaff.

• Administrative Assistant

  Disney ABC Television Group

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Entertainment industry)

  March 2003 — July 2008 (5 years 5 months)

  • Assisted in administrative support including heavy phones, typing, filing, travel arrangements, expense reports, distributing confidential documents and keeping office organized.
  
  • Helped redlined legal contracts for talent, directors, producers and writers.
  
  • Ensured agreements were properly and fully executed by all parties and properly distributed.
  
  • Responsible for leading the crisis management team.
  
  • Organized inter-company events that promoted better communication.
  
  • Pro-actively made a series of presentations that helped increase the knowledge base of others within the department.

• Quality Assurance Tester

  THQ

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; THQI; Computer Games industry)

  January 2003 — March 2003 (3 months)

  • Tested “Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick” on both X-Box and PS2 platforms.
  
  • Tested “Pride FC” for PS2 PAL.

• Catalog Manager/Head of Customer Service

  Tall Classics by Tall Etc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  August 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 5 months)

  • Ran day to day operations of a catalog that specializes in clothing for tall women.
  
  • Personally handled all customer service questions and problems via phone and email.
  
  • Balanced daily financial reports, processed sales, input phone orders.
  
  • Maintained the processing program (Wizard) as well as keeping the e-commerce website updated.
  
  • Hired, managed, trained and responsible for three employees to assist customers.

• Staff

  History For Hire

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  October 2000 — April 2001 (7 months)

  • Assisted clients with acquiring appropriate props for television, movies, commercials and student projects.
  
  • Made deliveries and ran errands throughout Los Angeles area for company and clients.
  
  • Aided in historical research for historically accurate productions.

• Researcher

  Greystone Communications

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  February 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 6 months)

  • Responsible for the preliminary research for various shows including Tales of the Gun and Haunted History episodes for The History Channel, A&E, and the now defunct TNN.
  
  • Assisted Associate Producers in coordinating shoots and setting up interviews as well as general office work.
  
  • Helped Producers/Directors in all stages of production by acquired information, books, articles, images, and footage pertaining to each show.
  
  • Procured clearance for all images and footage used in each show from a wide range of resources.

Kathy Bugajsky’s Education

• Columbia College Chicago

  Bachelors , Film/Video , 1994 — 1997

Additional Information

Kathy Bugajsky’s Interests:

community emergency response, organizational development, digital photography, professional networking, reading biographies, watching TED (Technology Entertainment Design) videos

Kathy Bugajsky’s Groups:

•    Columbia College Chicago
•    Columbia Alumni Association & Network - CAAN

Kathy Bugajsky’s Contact Settings

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