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Skills
Proven project management that delivers Strong relationship-building with
results on time and within budget; I clients, colleagues and vendors at all
solve problems and create efficiencies levels of the organization
Creative point of view to present Skillful multi-tasking ability with
efficient yet polished communications keen sense of priority and
organization
Employment
Takeda Employee Communications Coordinator
Pharmaceuticals Research, design and edit communications for employee
, North America initiatives
Manage internal communication campaigns for company Intranet
2009-2010 Create process to organize and track communication collateral
Temporary and plan for future and ongoing campaigns
Mercer Communication Consultant
2006-2009 Write, edit and produce communications that inform and/or
Executive instruct employees for a variety of human capital programs and
assistant initiatives
promoted to newsletters, brochures, annual benefit materials, personalized
consultant in statements and Intranet sites
2007 health and retirement benefits, diversity and inclusion
initiatives, institutional and culture changes due to
organizational restructuring, and mergers and/or acquisitions
Manage communication projects
build work plans, schedules and billing, coordinate clients,
technical experts, designers, printers and programmers
Collaborate on research, strategy development, branding and
implementation
Contribute to best practices at Mercer
Research regional variances, create and implement process
tools that standardize and manage contractor and vendor use -
$196k in 2008
Clients include and roles include:
3M
Focus group project manager; write facilitator guides to test
two communication campaigns for 15 groups in five cities;
scribe employee feedback and compile data to present to client
Write and edit articles for monthly newsletter
Work with Principal to manage $4 million budget and billing
Schneider Electric
Writer and client contact for quarterly newsletter and Annual
Enrollment communications
ABN AMRO
Design, write variable content, and manage in-house production
of yearly personalized retirement statement
Sara Lee
Assist with writing content and testing variables for an
interactive Total Compensation Intranet portal
Assist with branding and writing new Annual Enrollment
materials
United Airlines
Assist with data collection and timeline management for
communication strategy managing department restructuring and
employee expectations
UnitedHealth Group and OhioHealth
Collaborate on strategy, build timelines, and write articles
for Diversity and Inclusion initiative
Whitehall Executive Assistant
Jewellers, Inc. Created and managed process to release underproductive
inventory
2005-2006 Assembled information from multiple departments, drafted
comprehensive process map, conducted online sales test,
tracked files, reported $10k profit to COO
Created and managed performance-based employee recognition
program
Recruited senior management support, assembled and
communicated to multiple departments, planned events,
maintained $20k per year budget, elevated employee morale and
improved performance
Supported Strategic Planning Committee
Prepared consumer and competitive analysis, industry research
and ongoing communications with the purpose of creating a
product differentiation strategy
Forsythe, Inc. Executive Assistant
2002-2004 Created matrix to track regional revenue, expense and
personnel performance by product line
Led to redesign of regional boundaries and redistribution of
sales personnel for improved market coverage
Developed and implemented an efficient expense process
affecting a 32-person sales workforce
Reduced processing time and administrative tasks
Co-created 2003 Andretti-Green Racing Sponsorship valuation
and ROI presentation - resulted in continued sponsorship for
2004
Education
University of Professional Communication Certification, 2008
Chicago - Focus on Organizational and Diversity Communications
National Louis Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, 2007
University - Focus on Public Policy and Community Development
Workshops Trompenaars: Understand Cultural Diversity in Global Business
Mercer: Communication for Impact
Rockhurst University: Copywriter's Workshop
Web Franklin Covey: Helping Clients Succeed
Harvard ManageMentor: Project Management
Groups and Associations
2008-2009 Mercer Midwest Development Team
2008-present National-Louis University Alumni Advisory Board
2004-2006 National-Louis University Student Sociological Society
2001-present President elect
Chicago Cares team leader and volunteer
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