Maribeth Chinnici Truffa maribeth.truffa@gmail.com

Office Manager 917-***-****

Office Manager with extensive client services experience and a proven track record of accomplishments in fast-growing, challenging office

environments. With impressive task management skills and a proactive attitude, I can provide an immense amount of value by supporting company

operations and staff with the unique experience I bring as a former agency-side Project Manager.

Experience

Project Manager, gyro, October 2012 – March 2014

As Project Manager for multiple clients, I was consistently able to ensure project goals were being met, projects were within scope and budget,

and to provide direction and insightful solutions to issues.

• Lead Project Manager on agency’s largest account, with experience in complex, integrated campaigns that included award-winning Direct

Marketing, Branding, Digital, Social Media, Out-of-Home, Radio and TV

• Created Scopes of Work and Staffing Plans to inform pricing, and actively managed projects to ensure timely completion of tactics within scope

• Developed project schedules, while consulting Creative Directors, Account Management, Strategy and Production teams, to generate time lines

for overall project completion and all necessary updates as projects progressed

• Managed third party relationships and projects with freelancers, web developers, production studios, recording studios, printers, editing houses,

retouchers, and all associated out-of-pocket costs

• Daily management of creative team resources to ensure proper work flow based on each individual’s work load

• Initiated and led mandatory weekly resource status meetings attended by Project and Account management teams to allocate projects for better

efficiency and productivity

• Producer on photo shoots, award-winning nationally broadcast radio campaigns and national prime time TV commercial

• Clients included: Lincoln Financial Group, Quaker Chemical, Starwood Hotel Preferred Guest, KCI & LifeCell, Polyphony, BMA ACE Awards

Office Manager, gyro, February 2011 – October 2012

• Front of House and sole administrative professional in New York office with 60 employees

• Managed corporate finances and expense reports for senior management

• Booked all national and international travel and provided comprehensive, personalized itineraries

• Maintained fully stocked supplies and proactively sought to readily abide any and all employee requests within budget

• Planned and hosted all agency and client meetings, with up to 75 guests

• Organized agency holiday parties in 2011 and 2012 and founded the “Fun Club”, which facilitated team-building initiatives and raised staff morale

• Successfully on-boarded new employees with Human Resources and Information Technology teams, with staff doubling in size during tenure

• Proactively lobbied for hire of in-office Information Technology personnel to meet growing office needs

• Managed mail, shipping, deliveries and special assignments, ranging from running standard errands to participating in brainstorm sessions

• Facilitated office move in August 2011 directly with agency President, overseeing the move and assisting in contractor and vendor management,

interior design and IT installations

• Promoted to Project Manager due to outstanding performance as highly competent and proactive Office Manager

Project Manager, Red Octopus, November 2009 – January 2011

• Managed daily activities of email and print marketing for Pearson Digital Education. Responsibilities included: creating project plans,

client budgets, managing agency billing, creative schedules and briefs used by off-site, cross-functional teams

• Co-Produced video testimonials of Pearson Digital customers to be used by the Pearson sales force and on the Pearson Education website

• Clients included: Pearson Digital Education, Photo Workshop Adventures and Case-it

Project Manager, Scuderia O2, April 2007 – November 2009

• Managed daily activities of digital and print marketing for Pearson Education and Virgin Atlantic Airways. Projects included: DM, print,

email, CRM & brand development, interactive website development and social media strategies

• Designed and managed project plans, creative schedules and briefs used by cross-functional teams

• Prepared extensive monthly research reports on the education industry, national education news and Pearson Education’s visibility online

• Managed offsite team of digital renders, coders, and designers on the award-winning Pearson National Education Reinvention Virtual Conference

microsite and e-campaign

• Clients included: Pearson Education, Pearson Digital Education, Virgin Atlantic Airways,, Green Levittown, Univision and Dell’Amore Sauce

Education and Skills

• Dowling College, B.B.A., Marketing, 2007

• Extremely dedicated and detail-oriented, strong leadership and communication skills, highly organized and professional

• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Keynote, WordPress, Axiom, Google Docs and all major Social Media platforms

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