Administrative Assistant Executive

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Sylvia Castaneda

Skills Proficient in Mac & PC Adobe Photoshop CS4

Type 85 WPM Adobe InDesign CS4

10-Key-by Touch Adobe PageMaker

MS Word - MS CERTIFIED Adobe Acrobat

MS Excel Professional

MS PowerPoint - MS Adobe Dreamweaver

CERTIFIED (beginner)

MS FrontPage QuarkXpress

MS Access E-mail (various software)

MS Publisher

Corel Graphics Internet Access

Adobe Illustrator CS4 ACT!/Goldmine

Scanning

Wacom Tablet

Experience 2009 - Present CB&I Houston, TX

Graphic Designer/Word Processor

Work closely with Sr. Graphic Designer

Design graphics for PowerPoint presentations, Plot

plans, flow charts, bubble charts, etc.

Work closely with all levels of management

Work closely with Sr. Word Processor on proposals.

Gather information for proposal and put in standard

format

1998-2009 CHRISTUS Health Houston, TX

Marketing Coordinator

Produce all graphic design work such as magazine

ads, newspaper ads, brochures, flyers, maps,

company newsletter, direct mailers, banners, etc.

Knowledge of vector graphics, large print and

scalable art.

Knowledgeable in preflight to make sure artwork is

ready for print. Knowledgeable of CMS (color

matching system) and printing process. Have worked

closely with printers and have maintained

relationships.

Maintain branding/identity standards and guidelines

Maintain all logos

Creation of new logos

Meet with customers to meet their design needs

Train associates on identity manager which houses

all logos for all facilities and standard graphic

design elements

Coordination of all health fairs/trade shows, open

house events, and catering for special events

Negotiate prices on printing for marketing

collaterals/newspaper ads/magazine ads

Interact with all levels of management

1995-1998 Alex Brown & Sons Houston, TX

Executive Assistant/Desktop Publisher

Supervised 2 administrative assistants

Support to the President and CEO, 2 Vice

Presidents, and one associate

Coordination of all incoming requests for proposals

Design PowerPoint presentations, charts, graphs,

proposals, newsletter, brochures, internal flyers

General office duties such as correspondence and

memorandum

Coordination of travel arrangements, meetings, and

conference calls

1993-1995 The Lewis Companies Houston, TX

Executive Assistant/Graphics Coordinator

Support to the president and one vice president

Typing of leasing agreements, proposals,

correspondence and memorandum

Maintained calendars

Coordination of travel arrangements, meetings, and

conference calls

Coordination of all graphics including creation of

powerpoint presentations, newsletters and flyers

Responsible for installing all software on all

employees' computers, troubleshooting of software

and hardware

Other general office duties

1986-1993 Xysys Corporation Houston, TX

Girl Friday/Administrative Assistant

Typing of correspondence and memorandum

Coordination of travel arrangements, meetings, and

conference calls

Answering phones

Meeting and greeting clients

General office duties

Education 1997-Present

Have attended several workshops and seminars given

by Adobe for Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.

1999 North Harris Community Houston, TX

Continuing Education Classes in QuarkXpress

1987-1989 National Business Education Ctr Houston,

TX

Business Technology. Received certificate of

completion.

1983-1987 M.B. Smiley High School Houston, TX

Diploma. General Studies.

References REFERENCES UPON REQUEST

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