Victoria Howard
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Work Experience
Oct. 2009 - Present Delaware Operations, Inc. - Oneonta, NY
Administrative Assistant
. Weekly payroll (Paychex) tabulations and State
prevailing wage tracking
. Human Resource administration of State labor
law requirements and corporate
liability abatement as pertains to WTP/WWTP
industries.
. Benefits administrator for company disability,
workmen's compensation and health insurance
(Excellus, Aflac)
. Coordinator of plant employee certification
tracking and training sessions
. Incident reporting and protocol adherence tracking of OSHA
plant safety guidelines, and requirements
. Reconciliation of municipal and industrial water/sewer
treatment services
registers. Clients include Village of Walton, NY, Town of
Windham, Village of Delhi, NY,
Village of Fleischmanns, Village of Hunter, NY, IBM, Somers, NY
and Mountain View Estates
. Budget projections for the NYCDEP/client portions of the O&M
contracts for IBM, Village of Walton and the Village of Delhi's
Wastewater treatment plants
. Tracking and charting of precipitation, and environmental
variables for plant operational projections for
the Town of Windham, NY
. Designed and produced company website:
www.DelawareOperations.com
Feb. 2008 - Nov. 2008 Spectra Products, LLC - Johnson City, NY
Manager of Creative Services
. Manage Creative Service department, traffic
coordination and scheduling
. Calculate and proof all estimates and customer
billables for print, creative and freight
. Coordinate print production of monthly
instatement inserts
. Lead designer of new ad campaigns and email
campaigns
(DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Illustrator,
ConstantContact and EMMA)
. Design and produce monthly instatement inserts
and advertising materials
(Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
Jan. 2007 - Feb. 2008 Fyr-Fyter, Inc. - Oneonta, NY Office
Manager
. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing
(Quickbooks, Excel)
. Supply purchasing, new business proposals
(Microsoft Word)
. Human resources, office procedure development and
implementation
. Processing and shipping of all TigerGear orders
(UPS World Ship)
. Technician and support staff administration (staff
of 10)
. Scheduling of client's fire protection systems
inspections
. Daily staff timesheets (TimeLogger)
. Interface with all vendors including printers / IT
professionals
. Setup of all new computer software systems,
interface with third party IT
(Inquest, DocuExplorer, Outlook Express)
. Hands on design through fulfillment of all
advertising materials
(Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Pagemaker )
Oct. 2005 - Jan. 2007 Pragmeta Networks - Oneonta, NY Domain
Manager
. Accounts receivable, billing, estimating,
timesheets (QuickBooks, Access)
. Create and maintain project files.
. Manage database and purchase client domain
names/SSL certificates
(Go Daddy, Network Solutions, Register.com, (Excel)
Sept. 1995 - Dec. 2002 Riggs / Allen Report - Southport, CT
Creative / Managing Editor
. Managed subscriptions / accounts receivables
. Created and developed the Riggs / Allen Mart, an
online Mergers &
Acquisitions book/software sales division
. Supervised production and editing of Riggs/Allen
Report on a bi-monthly basis
[riggsallenreport.com] (FileMaker Pro, PageMaker)
. Created all camera-ready mechanicals, managed and
interfaced with print
production of Riggs/Allen Report
(Web-press, 32 pg, 1c booklet with 4 pg. 2c
insert)
. Assembled all print job specs and submissions to
all printer/vendors for bids
April 1988 - Dec. 1995 Telegenics Music Video Network - NY, NY
Office Manager / Art Director
. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing,
payroll (ADP), purchase of
equipment and supplies. (Quicken)
. Researched, managed and maintained employee health
insurance program
. Developed marketing/promotion strategies for all
ad campaigns.
(Quark Express, PageMaker, PhotoShop)
. Designed and created all camera-ready mechanicals
for monthly newsletter
and magazine (VideoPrint), and promotional
materials.
. Assembled all print job specs and submissions to
all printer/vendors for bids.
. Produced Paintbox graphic effects for inclusion in
music video program.
(Blitz!)
. Developed marketing strategies for Country artists
by utilizing music video in
the nightclub environment, and cross-promoting
with retailers / radio stations.
Education
Sept. 1975 - June 1980 Gorton High School - Yonkers, NY
. Graduated with high honors (3.9 GPA, 21st in
class)
. Academic diploma with a 4 year emphasis in art
Sept. 1980 - June 1983 Pratt Institute- New York, NY
. Associate degree in Graphics & Advertising Design
. Special projects in photography, silkscreen &
calligraphy
Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008 Utica School of Commerce - Oneonta, NY
. Internet Concepts and HTML
. Successfully completed 3 month course in the
following Web applications:
FireWorks, Flash, DreamWeaver, HTML, XHTML, DHTML,
CSS
Completely Mac / Windows proficient with experience in Excel, Microsoft
Office, QuickBooks,
Access, PowerPoint, Illustrator, PhotoShop, PageMaker, Quark, InDesign,
with additional experience in DreamWeaver, Flash and FireWorks.
References and portfolio available upon request.