DEANA MCCLURE

972-***-**** ***** BAY AVE

acvt3j@r.postjobfree.com EULESS, TX 76040

OBJECTIVE

To leverage my 20 years of experience in meeting and event planning for a corporation with an employee base of over 1,000 employees, and leadership and service in community outreach and fundraising projects, to support an organization or clientele with superb planning, creativity and execution of successful meetings or events.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Schedule management

Project management

Organizational skills

Excellent Proofreading & Editing skills

Presentation skills

Travel arrangements

Logistics arrangements

Budget management

Database management

Confidentiality

Interpersonal skills

Communications

Event planning & coordination

Community Relations

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DENTON TX - B.S. CLOTHING & TEXTILES/BUSINESS MINOR

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

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NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, IRVING TX JULY 1996 – PRESENT

Executive Assistant

Provide administrative and meeting support to President, Vice President, and visiting company executives. Provide primary support to Director and senior management with operations consisting of over 600 employees amongst four countries, as well as overall support to a total 1,000+ employees. Routinely manage meeting room reservations, catering and audio/visual equipment needs, travel arrangements (domestic & international), expense reports, and invoice processing.

Generate and maintain records of over $20M in annual purchase order requests for key operational expenses.

Provide excellent customer service to escalated customer complaint calls, as well as vendor relations and vendor management.

Review and facilitate complaint resolution through special handling of executive directed customer correspondence via Tokyo NML office and internal mail.

Plan and execute major company events with budgets up to $125k, including annual golf tournament and holiday parties ensuring cost savings where possible through use of innovative solutions and creative resources.

Coordinate activities and support for the Women’s BST community involvement, employee development, and fundraising efforts. Successfully generated over $100k in monetary donations and over 10,000 school supplies to local school district over the last four years.

Secure contracts and collaborate with major DMC event planning company and talent management providers for large scale events when required.

Establish and renew local company sponsorships and donations via Corporate Communications office and partner in key outreach activities such as the Parents Step Ahead program within the Irving School District and Habitat for Humanity.

Communicate outreach activities of the local office by preparing articles and photos for publication through internal communications.

Recordkeeping of rebates and receivables for vendor partners.

DDB NEEDHAM/TRACY-LOCKE, DALLAS, TX NOVEMBER 1994 - JUNE 1996

Media Secretary

Provided support for team of media buyers and planners for several client accounts including preparation of presentations, research, and correspondence with clients; performed ad tracking and prepared print ad samples to keep on file, as well as buyer weekly reports. Prepared and filed expense reports and client billing for media department.

LEADERSHIP

Community Outreach Coordinator - Women’s Business Synergy Team (NMAC)

Logistics Coordinator – Women’s Business Synergy Team (NMAC)

Committee Volunteer for Leadercast Remote Site Conference (NMAC)

Social Committee Co-chair – HS Dance Team

Communications Coordinator - Coppell MS PTO Board

Employee Activities Committee President – (NMAC)

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Coordination of “Sharing & Caring” Angel Adoption project to support Irving ISD

Coordination and volunteer work with annual Parents Step Ahead Project (Irving)

Coordination of Supplies for Success Back to School project in support of Irving ISD

Scholarship application reviewer for Irving ISD

Volunteered time with adopted elementary school through “Partner in Education” program

Volunteered for multiple projects with Habitat for Humanity

Volunteered with annual “Christmas Store” church service project

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