Office Manager/Executive Assistant
Resume:
Jerri Andrew
Maryville, TN ***03
Phone: 865-***-**** Cell: 309-***-****
*****.******@*****.***
Objective: Obtain a position which will allow me to apply my diverse business development and administrative skills for the overall advancement of a quality organization offering opportunity for advancement.
Professional Skills:
•Demonstrated business development, community relations, and networking skills.
•Extensive experience building and maintaining corporate business partnerships.
•Proven track record of business sales and sponsorship recruitment.
•Possess excellent presentation skills, customer service skills, and professional presence to appropriately represent organization within the community.
•Exceptional event coordinating and schedule management skills.
•Experience working with diverse populations.
•Proficient in all technical and computer skills required to address research, reporting, client management systems, correspondence, and material development including Excel, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Outlook.
•Excellent public speaker and professional trainer.
Experience:
State Representative Dan Brady 88th District Bloomington, Illinois
Communications and Community Relations Director Nov 2008- July 2009
•Communications Director responding to all inquiries to the district office, replying to all correspondence, phone inquires, emails, mail, and press contacts.
•Executed all daily operations of office including tracking and delegation of correspondence, phone logs, and constituent service case management.
•Supervised and instructed interns and volunteers on projects and assignments.
•Assisted with constituent issues resolution and legislative inquiries.
•Representative of the legislator assigned to community functions, meetings, events, and speaking engagements in the local district.
•Manage all interoffice functions and special programs of district office.
Friends of Dan Brady Bloomington, Illinois
Campaign Director and Event Specialist July 2008-July 2009.
•Administered activities of national presidential campaign participated in by the campaign office.
•Developed and implemented all components of four annual campaign events.
•Designed and produced all campaign materials including flyers, pamphlets, mailings, and correspondence related to fundraising and campaign events.
•Managed and maintained client relations ELECT System.
•Credit card and account tracking of financials related to campaign office.
Mclean County Chamber of Commerce Bloomington, Illinois
Governmental Affairs and Workforce Development 1998 to September 2007
•Administered activities of chamber of commerce governmental affairs, education and training, and workforce development departments.
•Executed daily operations of continuous program development and business and community and business service provision for 10 years.
•Designed and produced all marketing and promotional materials including newsletters, pamphlets, press releases, mailing registrations, and website materials for Governmental Affairs and Workforce departments.
•Instrumental in development and implementation of a welfare-to-work training program to address workforce needs of employers collaborating with over 37 agencies to provide training, resources, and course development for program.
•Volunteer recruitment and management for all program areas, utilizing up to a 140 corporate volunteers annually with various committees, programs, and events.
•Trained and managed all volunteer committees and intern staff and achieved significant improvements in their productivity and level of participation while in charge of areas.
•Addressed civic improvements, such as community social service resources, planning, workforce housing programs, and public transit expansions, based on surveys of community assessment of needs.
•Planned educational campaigns to promote public support of such community programs as worker housing, transportation, education and employment supportive services, and business disaster preparedness services.
•Managed all facets of area programs and events including marketing, development, sponsorship solicitation and fundraising, budgeting, contracting, and implementation for up to 17 primary programs and events annually.
•Represented chamber at public meetings, social and business receptions, press conferences, and before governmental agencies.
•Served on up to five community boards annually as a representative of business.
•Participated on variety of local, state, and federal committees and programs facilitating resources development in order to promote resource and program development in support of business and community needs.
University of Illinois Extension Service Bloomington Illinois
Special Programs/ Extra Help 1995-1998
•Served as Family Nutrition Program staff increasing both service sites and number of youth served by the Family Nutrition program by over 80%.
•Developed community collaborations with local organizations serving high risk, low income populations to serve with education and training programming.
•HIV / AIDS Education Program Facilitator in all regional district schools.
•Training presenter for various programs including community leadership programs throughout Mclean County.
•Mclean County Cooperative Extension staff serving in a variety of positions as community liaison and representative to various business and social service groups throughout the community.
United State Navy Active Reserve Various Stations
Yeoman Second Class Petty Officer 2000-Current
•Served with Pearl Harbor Fleet Support Unit for 3 years.
•Assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25.
•Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Al Taqaddum, Iraq January 2006- November 2006 Al Taqaddum, Iraq.
•Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist designated.
•Current Secret Security Clearance.
Business Owner Tampa, Florida
Upward Bound Consulting September 2007
•Employ IT specialist(s) subcontracted for technical consulting projects.
Education:
Illinois State University Normal, Illinois
B.A. Social Work / Psychology Degree 1998
References: Available Upon Request.
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