Kathrandra D. Smith

*** ******* ****, ***. ***, Chattanooga, TN 37411

Cell: 423-***-**** • aduqoo@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Dynamic communicator with experience in higher education, public relations, sales, marketing, advertising, and customer relations. Expertise in budgeting and administration; technically savvy with outstanding relationship and presentation skills.

Skills

Strong verbal communication

Public speaking

Team leadership

Highly organized

Self-motivated

Project management

Budgeting and finance

Purchasing

Powerful negotiator

Data analysis

Work History

Specialist, Academic Affairs, 08/2013 to 06/2017

Chattanooga State Community College – Chattanooga, TN

*Researched and produced College's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Video

*Assisted online students with login issues, posting of assignments, and arranging for testing

*Worked with Testing Center to register students, proctor tests, and update files

*Supported dean with accreditation process for various academic departments

*Coordinated both large and small campus events

*Represented professional staff on the Curriculum Committee

*Implemented the publication of a digital internal newsletter for Academic Affairs Department

*Telephoned students with extended absences from class to encourage attendance

Coordinator, Marketing & Public Relations,

03/1996 to 08/2013

Chattanooga State Community College – Chattanooga, TN

*Implemented marketing strategies for the recruitment and training of employees for Volkswagen America, Amazon, and Wacker Chemie through Chattanooga State’s Engineering Technology Department

*Acted as liaison on behalf of Marketing and Public Relations Department with all academic departments

*Media buyer for print, digital and electronic media outlets

*Responsible for department's budget

*Produced press releases, brochures, proof read documents, edit documents, and update college catalog

*Wrote and produced online video for new student orientation

*Wrote and produced radio and TV commercial to promote the College

*Wrote and produced videos to promote academic programs

*Wrote, produced, and hosted television show promoting college activities and community events

*Wrote and produced documentary on African Americans in the Tennessee Legislature

*Supervised clerical and professional staff of seven

*Trained and mentored student workers

Coordinator, Continuing Education, 03/1994 to 02/1996

Chattanooga State Community College – Chattanooga, TN

*Developed non-credit courses of interest to general public and the college community such as computer literacy, golf, motorcycle safety, foreign language, and estate planning

*Initiated on-site courses in Spanish for emergency medical personnel at local hospitals at a time when the Hispanic population was growing rapidly in the area

*Recruited and hired instructors to teach courses

*Oversee contacts administration for instructors

*Published and distributed catalog of non- credit courses each semester

*Managed grant providing funding for women seeking non-traditional careers at Dayton campus in Rhea County

*Produced "live" and taped telethons promoting enrollment on public access television

*Supervised graphic artist

Education

Master of Arts: Radio, Television and Motions Pictures, 1994

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - NC

Recipient of Writers' Guild of America (WGA) internship with Star Trek: Deep Space 9 at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Summer 1993

Bachelor of Arts: Human Services, 1971

University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

Affiliations

Member, Public Relations Society of America (2008 - 2013)

Member, Advertising Federation, Chattanooga (1998 - 2013)

Member, Chattanooga Writer's Guild (2010 - Present)

Member, Tennessee Screenwriters Association (2008 - Present)

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