Kimi Roux James

516-***-**** ablqhq@r.postjobfree.com

“Kimi Roux has a quiet self confidence, an aptitude to communicate well in both verbal and written forms, an unflappability to be

able to function in a fast paced office, and an ability to maintain a sense of humor.” K. Koriath, Program Research Director, BSU.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Nov. ’08 – Jan. ‘10 POSITION: Multimedia Marketing Administrative Assistant

EMPLOYER: NASCAR – New York, New York

Met advertising sales goals 100% of the time for NASCAR affiliated publications by successfully

negotiating and securing rates with clients and building rapport with creative teams

Examined program advertisements sanctioned by NASCAR and handled insertion orders

Arranged travel, screened calls to the Director, booked executive meetings

Assisted in fund raising projects to help garner awareness of NASCAR

Jan. ‘06 Oct. ‘08 POSITION: Administrative Assistant

EMPLOYER: Education Office, Greater New York Conference of SDA – Manhasset, New York

Initiated strategic plan to create and supervise Web site in order to lower costs

in mailing documents and increase online user access to documents. Also,

earned an international award for Web site.

Took dictation when writing letters, edited memos and speeches, screened calls,

ordered lunches, scheduled board meetings and took minutes.

Worked with vendors, arranged travel, and co coordinated school events, e.g.,

Junior Olympics.

Jan. ‘07 Dec. ‘07 POSITION: Patient Information Representative

EMPLOYER: Winthrop University Hospital – Mineola, New York

Answered all calls directed to hospital staff or regarding patient conditions

Addressed visitor questions concerning hospital directions and/or weekend programs

Summer 2005 POSITION: Marketing, Publications and Internal Communications Intern

EMPLOYER: Parkview Health (PVH) Fort Wayne, Indiana

Draft and edited talking points for Parkview Hospital CEO and Vice Presidents (VP)

Interviewed employees and drafted human interest stories for Insights (monthly newsletter)

Interfaced directly with product line managers and VP's to assist with special projects

Created and edited brochures, packets, posters, along with editing content on PVH's intranet

Served as media relations assistant on patient condition reports and news conferences

Served as photographer for special events and took photos to go along with feature articles

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, WordPerfect; Pagemaker; Photoshop; Google SEO,

e.g., Google Analytics; knowledge of Tweetdeck, Technorati, Joomla, and HTML basics.

INTERESTS

PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) member since 2005

Social media networks: Twitter (username: @kimija), LinkedIn, MyRagan, Foursquare

EDUCATION

2003 2005 Master of Arts in Public Relations, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (GPA 3.76)

o Research paper A study of healthcare pr practitioner’s preparedness plans in the case of a

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bioterrosim attack on Indiana’s hospitals.

o Senior Class Project: Designated as AAE for a private jet company, pitched to targeted radio

networks about aircraft symposium generating a successful awareness rate of 95% in 5 Indiana

counties and successfully achieving a 98% attendance goal for event.

1999 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Ml (GPA 3.4)

o Worked as staff feature writer for campus paper, “The Student Movement”

o Volunteered as a reading and math tutor to underserved youth in local public schools

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