Administrative Assistant

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Sherrie ***************@*****.*******: ***-529-***-**** Grenadine Court Winter Park, FL 32792

Seasoned and Knowledgeable Administrative Assistant professional with 9 years of experience managing projects for Publishing Company

Professional Experience

Orlando, FL

0/1/2001

- 0/1/2009

Project Coordinator

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gathered and communicated reliable information to all departments about assigned print, technology and online projects.

Attended meetings with Management, Marketing and Product Development groups to clarify scope of individual projects.

Initiated contact with identified project vendors and determine their availability to work on a given project.

Created standardized bid form incorporating spec information reflected in budget and solicits competitive bids.

Coordinated project launch meeting with vendors and in-house staff and prepared the agenda and other start up information for the launch.

Attended group discussions with Editorial, Design, Technical Production Services, Workflow Management, Marketing, Vendors and Project Manager to summarize and distributed the various processes established.

Expanded overall milestone schedule to create a detailed project schedule that reflected all stages of the production process, from initial editorial and design prototyping through bound books or online product availability.

Relayed file release information to Global Supply Chain.

Lead and attended weekly status meetings on assigned projects. Prepared for the meetings by gathering status information from vendors and internal staff prior to the meeting.

Focused on resolving and addressing issues and schedule delays.

Communicated and recommended actions necessary to meet delivery dates to Project Manager.

Communicated verbally and written in a professional, clear, direct and accurate manner.

Worked independently and as a member of a project team.

Received the Harcourt School Publishers Values Excellence Award in "Boundarylessness", an Outstanding Example of the Company's Values in October 2007.

Education

01/1/2008 - 01/1/2009

Management Development Program "Principles and Techniques of Project Managment"

Boston University Corporate Education Center

01/1/2004 - 01/1/2005

Valencia Community College

01/1/1991

Largo High School

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