Writer, Editor, Proofreader, Admin Support
Resume:
MARY
DAMIANO
RESUME OBJECTIVE
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
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954-***-**** EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Managerial Experience
Administrative Support
Customer Service
Interpersonal Relations
Verbal Communication
Written Communication
Editing
Proofreading
Maintaining Confidentiality
Public Relations
Event Planning
Grant Writing
Leadership
Research
AWARDS
Silver Palm Award
Outstanding Work in the
South Florida Theatre
Community,
and with the Carbonell
Awards 2015
Administrative Support Specialist and Manager with several years of experience as an editor, arts organization managing director, and providing administrative support in an arts educational environment. I am seeking a position that allows me to apply the skills and knowledge I have acquired in the workforce.
Executive Administrative Assistant and Grant Writer Florida Children’s Theatre, Fort Lauderdale, FL / February 2015 to November 2020
• Discovering/completing/submitting grant applications to support the theater’s mission objective.
• Managing public relations by writing press releases and responding to media inquiries.
• Event planning and implementation for fundraising and ancillary production support.
• Instrumental in disseminating information in person and by phone to students, parents, and theater staff.
• Writing, editing, and proofreading in-house materials and promotional literature.
• Direct support for various aspects of theatrical production, including rehearsals and box office.
Managing Director
Carbonell Awards, Fort Lauderdale, FL / January 2008 to December 2020
• Liaison between South Florida theaters and Carbonell Award panelists.
• Year-round scheduling and assigning award panelists to theater production openings.
• Inspires professional trust by maintaining confidential information.
• Planning, coordinating, and facilitating meetings and large events.
• Formulating and dispersing weekly reports.
• Maintaining correspondence and ensuring accurate record-keeping for organization’s archives.
• Recording, transcribing, and distributing minutes of meetings Quality Assurance
South Florida Sun Sentinel, Deerfield Beach / April 2010 to January 2015
• Proofread ads for eight Tribune properties across the country.
• Consistently met tight press deadlines with efficiency and accuracy.
• Achieved a 99.907% accuracy rate, the highest for 2014. Office Administrator and Box Office Manager
Boca Ballet Theatre, Boca Raton, FL / January 2021 to August 2021
• Maintained and secured confidential business and student information.
• Maintained financial data; made both remote and in-person bank deposits.
• Created employee schedules.
• Generated theater and school reports for use by executive management and the educational staff.
MARY
DAMIANO
EXPERIENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
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REFERENCES
Harvey Burstein
Publisher, MiamiARTzine.com
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Christine Dolen
Arts Writer, Former Drama
Critic for the Miami Herald
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Kent Chambers-Wilson
Senior Director, Client Success
Arreva, LLC
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VOLUNTEER
Past Vice-President
Board of Directors
South Florida Theatre League
Current Board Member
Art and Culture Board of
Oakland Park
Founding Editor
MiamiARTzine.com, Miami Beach, FL, 33140 / October 2005 to February 2010
• Performed as the contact person for artists and arts organizations.
• As editor, hired writers, planned issues, assigned stories, wrote headlines and captions as well as edited and proofread each issue.
• As a writer, covered events, took photos, wrote stories, and compiled information for special sections.
Administrative Assistant/Public Relations/Publications Coordinator
Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami FL 33133 / June 2005 to April 2006
• Began as an administrative assistant: Answered phones, greeted/guided visitors, managed correspondence and mailing lists, created reports, maintained files.
• Promoted to Public Relations and Publications Coordinator: Researched productions, wrote press releases and marketing materials, oversaw the production of each production’s Playbill, and proofread materials for other departments. Organized press interviews.
Arts Editor
The Independent, Oakland Park, FL 33334 / June 2004 to January 2005
• Managed the coverage of all arts and entertainment coverage by a bi- weekly newspaper by assigning writers, taking photographs, writing/editing articles, and proofreading each edition prior to publication.
Complaint Manager
Profinity, Boca Raton, FL 33432 / November 2009 to April 2010
• Processed complaints for an Internet marketing company.
• Handled all complaint mail, faxes and e-mails, then followed up to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Researched accounts, maintained accurate, up-to-date files.
• Managed written communication by scanning documents, writing customer response letters, and maintaining spreadsheets. Arts and Entertainment Editor
The Express, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 / March 2001 to May 2004
• Covered the local and national entertainment scene by conducting interviews, writing theater reviews and features, taking photographs to accompany articles and for the newspaper’s photo pages.
• Had the responsibility to proofread and approve each pre-published issue. Publication Credits
• Published in nearly two dozen regional and national publications, including:
South Florida Sun Sentinel BroadwayWorld.com
Miami Herald FloridaTheaterOnStage.com
New Times She Magazine
The Pelican Today’s Caregiver Magazine
Culture Owl Hollywood Gazette
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