Amy Beck

Creative Problem Solver | People-First Approach | Events & Operational Excellence

United States

I’m a creative problem solver with a passion for helping teams work smarter and deliver experiences that matter. Over the past decade, I’ve progressed from modernizing accounting processes to leading large-scale events, reimagining workflows, and supporting organizational growth—all with a people-first approach.

Whether I’m coordinating an industry trade show with hundreds of attendees, implementing new systems to replace outdated tools, or supporting cross-functional teams through change, I love turning complexity into clarity and ideas into action.

Key strengths:
• Event coordination & logistics
• Process improvement & documentation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Vendor and sponsor relationships
• Employee training and support

I believe work should be both effective and human—and I’m always looking for ways to make systems, teams, and experiences better.

Let’s connect—I’m happy to share ideas, swap stories, or talk about what makes a great event succeed.

Portfolio

Writing and Editing

Podcasting

Event Management

Uncredited Editing Projects and Writer Coaching

Quirk
04/26/2024
The Legend of the Sleeping Lighthouse - Quirk

Alayna Beck - Brigham Young University It didn't end the way it did in fairytales. With a kiss in a carriage, pulled to a secluded sunflower bungalow, the couple's loved ones cheering as their conquered enemies stood resentfully by. No, it ended the way legends began.

Graphics, Ads, and Marketing

Graphics, Ads, and Marketing
Graduation Announcement

This file is clearly not professionally related! I was very pleased with the outcome of my son's graduation announcement. I didn't like any of the templates I found online, so I created my own layout.

Graphics, Ads, and Marketing
Boys Basketball Sponsorship Opportunities

Clearly not business related! My boss asked me to update a sponsorship handout for his son's basketball team. The original was three pages, which is two pages too many. I took all the essential information and boiled it down to a one-page graphic. I believe the team is more likely to receive sponsorship sign-ups if viewers don't have to keep flipping pages to find what they're looking for.

Training

How-To's and Instructions

How-To's and Instructions
Updating Finance Scorecard

Steps directing the user to pull account aging information, run the information through Excel formulas, and input it into the company finance scorecard.

How-To's and Instructions
ACH Origination Quick Guide

The Accounts Payable office was starting to make vendor payments via ACH. The bank's online system was not intuitive or user-friendly, so I as was trying to figure it out I broke down the steps so help train others.

How-To's and Instructions
NACM Monthly Reports

As a member of NACM (National Association of Credit Management), the company submitted monthly aging reports.

How-To's and Instructions
New Tax Rates in Bistrack

Each time the company made a sale in a new tax area, the tax rate had to be manually added. Each part of the multi-step process needed to be followed for the tax rate to work correctly.

How-To's and Instructions
Refund Clearing Credit Note

Sometimes one of our branches will make an error when completing a cash refund for a customer. This guide walks the user through the process of completing the return and refunding the customer.

How-To's and Instructions
Daily Financial Recon

Daily our finance office must reconcile the POS system and the accounting software. There are many steps that need to be followed carefully. This guide was written with hopes that anyone in the company who had not done the report before could complete the task by following these instructions.

How-To's and Instructions
Tax-Exempt Customers

There are multiple settings that have to be done correctly for a tax-exempt customer's orders to be written up without tax. This detailed guide directs the user in each step.

How-To's and Instructions
Finding Expenses in TravelBank

The company began using a new credit card expense management program called TravelBank. This guide was made when we discovered that many users in the company were confused by some of the menus.

How-To's and Instructions
Update Address in Paylocity

Whenever an employee would ask a question like this, I quickly made up a guide to share with them. If one employee came to me with a question, there were usually more than one of them with the same question.

How-To's and Instructions
Cash Drawer Reports

In January 2020, my company upgraded from a DOS-based software program to cloud-based system on the server. There were a LOT of learning curves throughout the company. At the time I was the Accounts Receivable manager, and I created this guide to help our 10 branches learn how to balance and close their cash drawers in the new system. For over 20 years, it had all been done on paper and the branches mailed their physical reports to the corporate office for reconciling.

How-To's and Instructions
Costco Water at a glance

The company began buying pallets of water and then sold the water by the pallet or by the case to job sites. The process is simple, but there were many errors at the beginning. This short guide covers the essential information our team needed to know to buy water while keeping the AP office happy.

How-To's and Instructions
Disciplinary Action Procedures

As the company grew, the need to refine and clarify policies also grew. I prepared this presentation on behalf of the HR office for their break-out session at a company-wide training meeting.

Forms, Reports, and Company Information

Forms, Reports, and Company Information
Employee Handbook

Company handbook of policies and procedures.

Forms, Reports, and Company Information
Credit Application

Like the Credit Reference Form, this intake form was created for individuals who were unable or unwilling to use the online credit application platform.

Forms, Reports, and Company Information
Credit Reference Form

Most of our credit references were completed using a 3rd party online platform, but occasionally we encountered a customer with limited internet access or a great mistrust of all things digital. In such cases the physical form was made available for their use.