Management University

Isis R. McCraw

******@**************.*** ***** Hahns Peak Dr

713-***-**** Houston, TX 77095

PROFILE

• 10 years of professional program planning and coordination experience

• 5 years of entrepreneurial event production

• 6 years of supervisory and budgetary knowledge

• Able to multitask and organize responsibilities with limited supervision

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 2009-Present

Student Affairs, Program Coordinator II

• Independently coordinate, plan, implement, execute and follow through with programming for

university-wide events, arrange visits for scholarly and prominent speakers from various institutions for

the university President, link national awareness programs to the institution and involve the local

community with events such as Relay For Life

• Implemented traditional pinning ceremony for graduation candidates, freshmen induction program,

retention programs for sophomore class and non-traditional lecture series with guests such as Minister

Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Na’im Akbar, Ambassador Andrew Young, Roland Martin and other highly sought

after guests to the surrounding community for audiences ranging from 50 to 4000

• Filter through applicants for organizations and advise, lead, train and prepare groups to host sessions and

VIP guests on campus

• Built and maintain internal and external relationships with agencies, negotiate artist fees, review

contracts, build publicity plans, coordinate hospitality, travel, lodging and logistic arrangements for

visiting guests and onsite areas; seek external contributions when needed

• Aid Marketing & Recruitment and the New Student Orientation offices with speakers, logistics and set-up

for groups ranging to 1500

• Responsible for management of budgets of approximately $115,000, reconcile expense reports, and

provide press releases for promotion on webpage

The Isis Experience, Houston, TX 2008-Present

Owner

• Provide various degrees of professional coordination services to clients for events such as weddings,

tournaments, fundraisers and other mid to low scaled events

• Offer alternative solutions, personal embellishments and adequate research to fully execute client’s needs

• Advise and consult with parties on budget planning and advice on allocation of funds

• Create and maintain spreadsheets to monitor expenses and follow-ups

• Coordinate all consultations, dates and locations with vendors while accompanying clients on needed

appointments

• Provide details on obtaining necessary paperwork for completion of events and ensure timely payments to

vendors

• Create itineraries for all involved parties to ensure appropriate arrival, delivery and other major pieces for

special events

• Orchestrating elements for day of event while adhering timelines

Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

Enrollment Management, Program Coordinator 2005-2009

• Coordinate all elements for prospective students for successful migration by securing facilities, reviewing

and finalizing literature with designer, supervising set-up, submitting payments, coordinating human

resources to provide information, and organizing logistics for adequate movement and efficient

management of time for presentations

• Ensure program compliance with university’s mission and goals

• Organize university resources for presentations, direct personnel’s direction for delivery, implemented

evaluations and utilized feedback to execute changes for improvement

• Submit reports and presentations to upper-level management and maintain database with security

sensitive participant information to deliver instruction on policies and procedure required by university

• Improved parent concerns by providing department heads to assist with apprehensiveness of transition

• delegate and monitor expenses while constructing schedules for daily sessions; organize information

sessions, evening activities and logistics for off-campus visits for 1400 students

• Decreased department spending 7% by creating online system and utilizing vendor sponsorship; process

expedited registration and obtained real-time information

• Implemented dissemination of electronic confirmation to participants; savings eliminated need for

postage, printing and some design

• Created structured rotational flows and implemented distribution system to supply news to first-time

families and progresses o a tuition assessed fee participation cost

Student Affairs, Program Assistant 2002-2005

• Assigned admitted students to sessions, collected and processed payments of various methods and

distributed data to team offices

• Editor of freshmen publication, produced meeting minutes and complied illustrative and quantitative

reports to the Recruitment Office to show correlation of attendance of high schools for large recruitment

programs

• Handled incoming calls and emails concerning newly admitted students enrollment procedures

EDUCATION

Prairie View A&M University Graduate School of Business August 2006

Masters of Business Administration

Prairie View A&M University May 2002

Bachelors of Business Administration in Management

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