Spring Woods High School

University of Houston-Victoria

Lone Star College-CyFair

Sales and Marketing Coordinator

Houston, Texas, United States

Coordinating marketing needs with CEO, Director of Sales and sales managers.  Manage company brand and marketing needs overseeing all employees adhere to company and brand standards.  Redesigned and updated company website, brochures, presentations and other documents. Organize all logistics for large and small customer events, including food, location, swag, raffle items and invitations.

The Bayou Companies

Marketing Coordinator (and occasional Executive Assistant for SVP Global Sales) for the Corrosion Protection Platform.  Aegion is amazing and wonderful company, and I have the privilege to help and support the Corrosion Protection team with the marketing needs, from trades shows, to materials, meetings and social media.

Aegion Corporation

Marketing Coordinator for Corrosion Protection

Executive Administrative Assistant & Marketing Coordinator

As Corporate HR Administrator - The Benefits Administrator for our Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Life & ADD, I am HIPAA complaint and oversee and administer all needs of our self-insured benefits plan.  On a weekly base I review all claims and track costs by employee and location to analyze the data and determine where we need to focus our programs to promote health and wellness for our 400+ employees, as well as reduce claims cost to the company.  Work with and assist all employees with questions regarding insurance and claims as needed, and oversee filing of all STD, LTD and Life claims, keep the employee updated through the whole process. Maintain personnel, payroll and medical document files, creating a filing system that is compliant to regulations.  Assisting with  HR for the corporate office since the beginning of 2014 and have assisted in all aspects of Human Resources including: hiring employees, reductions in force, payroll administration for 100+ salaried employees, performance evaluations and merit increase along with administering profit sharing bonuses.  I have taken extensive training and seminars to keep up with HR and Payroll Law to stay compliant for our organization.  Conducted and filed form 5500 compliance testing reports assuring our company is in compliance. Organized and conducted open enrollment meetings, conducting multiple presentations to all employees and Union Steel Workers. As Executive Assistant - Provide all administrative support to the CEO, CFO, VP of Sales and Marketing Director.  Manage all senior staff calendars, arrange travel, domestic and international, as needed and make sure that all travelers have the required documents for travel. Schedule meetings, setting up meeting space, testing audiovisual equipment and arranging meals, taking minutes as require and distributing to all involved. Oversee all aspects of the office needs including maintenance, supply orders, mail organization, answering calls and document destruction.

Matrix Metals LLC

Corporate HR Administrator &  Executive Administrative Assistant

Executive Assistant to the President/Owner handling all administrative needs, including schedule keeping, meeting organization, note taking and all other general administrative duties.  Oversee all office maintenance and projects, SharePoint and digital signage administrator. Organized monthly employee appreciation lunches and company functions, keep track of employee birthdays and anniversaries and all employee communications.  Used my graphic design skills to create company brochures, signage, promotional material and designed trade show booth to allow maximum exposure of product.  While IT Manager position vacant handled all new user setups for server access, and desktop equipment.  Assisted and trained users on Apple IPads, maximizing their potential use of hardware.  Assisted in human resource needs by researching and reviewed resumes, conducting interviews, and managing reference checks and hiring of new employees. As needed I completed the termination process of employees making sure all access disabled and company equipment returned.

American Omni Trading

Executive Administrative Assistant

Provide administrative support to the CEO, and Vice President of Sales, including meeting organization, travel arrangements and all other administrative duties and needs.  Oversee all office administration, supply orders, answering incoming calls, mail routing and maintenance needs to keep office running smoothly.  Worked with marketing director to developed marketing material and presentations for use in developing new business.  Payroll administrator for 150+ salaried employees, maintained payroll filing system and implemented new process for compliant record keeping. Developed database for use with the sales team to track customer visits and contact information for all clients and customers saving the company a significant amount of money.  Coordinated events and organized off site training, meetings, corporate parties and team building events, arranging all travel and logistics needs for weekend senior staff development events.

Trained and supported all levels of user, from management to executives, for business reporting needs and gathering information from the business intelligence software system MicroStrategy.  As a success-driven trainer I developed and implemented training processes that are still in use today, and set the benchmark for how all office locations use the software system.  Organized a team of trainers to answer questions and assist users and vendors as needed with report development needs.

Republic National Distributing Company

Business Intelligence Customer Support Analyst/Report Writer

Successfully implemented and setup the structure of all administrative duties for the newly acquired Red Bull sales division for beverage distribution. Developed filing system, sales tracking and reorder process used by all sales team members.  Supported the division manager and four area managers with all administrative needs, and used my graphic design skills to develop marketing and promotion material to be used in customer locations to promote our product. Organized team building events and dinners, as well as fielded calls from customers regarding reorders and complaints, assisting with resolution when necessary.  Maintained management teams schedules, and setup and organized departmental meetings as well as individual team meetings.

Administrative Assistant - Red Bull Division, Houston, TX

- Support Vendor Coordinator and Wedding Coordinator with job duties.
-          Assist Brides and Grooms on the wedding day, keeping them on schedule.
-          Assist with trade shows and advertisement for the festival through promotions and marketing.
-          Order point of distribution items for trade shows
-          Answer calls and questions pertaining to events and weddings with the festival.

Texas Renaissance Festival

On Site Wedding Manager and Vendor Coordinator Assistant(seasonal)

As the liaison between the buying office and the marketing department, I was in charge of overseeing all advertising requirements and needs of the apparel product for print and commercial advertising.  Working closely with company vendors and buyers to gather needed material for photo shoots and commercial print I developed process and structure to maintain and organized a system of gathering and tracking all new products for photographing at in house studio and on location shoots.

Academy

Apparel Advertising Administrator

Provided general administrative need to the Vice President of the apparel buying office, including by not limited to: answer calls, organizing mail, scheduling meetings, maintain calendar and personal assistant needs as required. Worked with all department buyers to schedule meetings, order supplies, and handling any additional administrative needs of the team as requested.  Participated as part of the company committee and organized several company functions as well as department parties and gatherings.  Scheduled travel and arrangements for entire team to attend trade shows and customer relations events, making sure that all needed business material was available to executives and managers.

Amber Murphy