Melissa M.
Johnson
Newark, Ohio 43056
740-***-**** Cell
***********@*****.***
Professional
Certifications &
Skills
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
September 2013 to Current
Legal Assistant
(September 2014 to Current)
Assist Four Attorneys (Including Deputy General Counsel), Senior Clinical Risk Manager, Community Risk Team
• Gather and prepare litigation paperwork
• Class Action Lawsuits
• Prioritize projects/schedules
• PowerPoint presentations
• Oral/Written communication
• Legal Holds
• Schedule appointments
• Created and update Legal Services Anchor Page through SharePoint
• Process contracts
• Redline contracts
• Draft employment agreements
• Back-up to Contract System Administrator
• Maintain real estate binders
• Process expenses
• Process invoices
• Maintain and reconcile department credit card
• Employee credentialing
• Travel arrangements
• Department timekeeping using Kronos
Assistant to COO
(September 2013 to 2014)
• Schedule appointments
• Prioritize schedule
• Make travel arrangements
• Prepare agendas and minutes of meetings
• Process corporate payroll changes
• Process Kronos
• Process expenses
• Process invoices
• PowerPoint presentations
• Maintain Administrative Policies
• Correspondence
Professional Certifications & Skills
• Paralegal Certificate magna cum laude (2019)
• Ohio Notary Public
• Microsoft Office
• PowerPoint
• Word
Committees/Events
• Excel
• MS Office Outlook
• Conga Contract Database
• Worldox Contract Database
• Completed CAP-OM (Certified Administrative Professional Organizational Management) Certification with the IAAP
• Certified in Word 2003
• Timekeeping using Kronos
Committees/Events Chaired and Served
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Professional Development for Admins (PDA)
• Employee Resource Group (ERG)
Military and Veterans Subcommittee
• International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) Certified Administration Professional Program (CAP) Certified Organizational Management (OM)
Media Network of Central Ohio (MNCO)
Administrative Assistant to President of Media Network of Central Ohio (MNCO) and Publisher of The Advocate
February 2001 to 2013
Summary: Media Network of Central Ohio based in Newark with 10 daily newspapers, 3 weekly and 2 monthly newspapers, 14 websites and multiple shoppers and glossy magazine products throughout Central Ohio. Assistant to President/Publisher of MNCO
• Schedule appointments
• Prioritize schedule
• Make travel arrangements
• Compile information for corporate reporting
• Prepare agendas and minutes of meetings
• Run financial reports
• Organize financial reports
• Maintain corporate personnel files
• Process corporate payroll changes
• Process expenses
• Process invoices
• Gannett Foundation Administrator
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Correspondence
Liaison for Human Resources
• Maintain employee files
• Maintain employee personnel reviews
• Maintain Worker’s Compensation OSHA Log
• New hire orientation
• Process new hire paperwork and change paperwork
• Review benefits with employees
• Human Resource council member
Committees/Events Chaired and Served
MNCO
• Chair United Way Committee
• Chair American Red Cross Blood Drive
• Chair Operation Feed Event
• Co-chair Trend Event
• Co-chair Taste of Home Event
• Diversity Committee
• Safety Committee
• Chair Annual Holiday Dinners
Advertising Support
• Prepare commissions for sales representatives
• Prepare PowerPoint Monthly Summary & Highlights
• Process invoices
• Process weekly percent to goal for sales representatives Marketing
• Process promotional advertisements
• Process promotional advertising inserts
• Create and process billboard promotions
• Contact person for scheduling event tickets
• Work with newsroom and online for contest