Mardi VanEgdom
acwvk4@r.postjobfree.com
Skills
Microsoft Word 2013
Microsoft Excel 2013
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
Microsoft Access 2013
Adobe InDesign 2013
Adobe Illustrator 2013
Writing business correspondence, instructive flyers and booklets, advertising and sales promotion copy, and newsletter and journal articles
Work Experience
Personal Attendant
Girling Health Care, 2015 to present
Right At Home, 2015 to present
Outreach Health Services, 2012 to 2014
Hand of Austin, 2004 to 2015
In-Home Attendant Services, 2009 to 2012
Administrative Assistant, 2003
Texas Workers Compensation Commission
Answering phones for Division Director
Updating Division Director’s calendar
Updating reports in MS Word
Creating fundraising flyers for charitable campaign
Public Health Technician III, 1994 to 2001
Texas Department of Health, Austin, TX
Writing newsletter and journal articles (Microsoft Word 2000)
Proofreading and editing documents for others and myself
Providing customer service and administering questionnaires by phone
Coordinating conferences
Creating slide and poster presentations (MS PowerPoint 2000)
Creating brochures, booklets, and charts (Adobe PageMaker)
Performing data entry and analysis and maintaining databases (FoxPro, Epi-Info)
Conducting research (Internet Explorer)
Multi-tasking to produce projects for several managers simultaneously
Administrative Associate III, 1992-1994
Austin/Travis County Health Department, Austin, TX
Providing customer service and administering questionnaires by phone
Proofreading and editing manuscripts for the Medical Director
Creating charts and graphs (Harvard Graphics IV)
Communicating with physicians and schools, re: disease outbreaks
Retail Copywriter, 1990 to 1992
Suniland Furniture Company, Houston, TX
Writing print advertising copy
Acting as a liaison with media representatives
Maintaining archival files
Sales Promotion Copywriter, 1989 to 1990
American General Life Insurance Company, Houston, TX
Writing sales promotion copy and newsletter articles
Creating brochures, fliers, and print advertising (Adobe PageMaker on Macintosh}
Scanning and importing graphics (Adobe Illustrator)
Editing bi-weekly newsletter
Marketing Compliance Assistant, 1983 to 1989
Statesman National Life Insurance Company, Houston, TX
Maintaining databases and producing sales reports (dBase III Plus, dBase IV)
Performing administrative support for direct-mail marketing department
Education
B.A., Journalism, Louisiana State University, 1981
Volunteer Jobs
Docent, 1990
Harris County Heritage Society, Houston, TX
Assistant, 1989
C. G. Jung Center Library and Bookstore, Houston, TX
Memberships
Ad2, 1983
Networking group for young advertising professionals