Alvinia Althea Cancino

2812 P. Guevarra Street, BF Resort Village, Phase III Talon Dos, Las Piñas City, Philippines 1740 - -- Alvinia althea ABANILLA-Cancino career summary Alvinia Althea Abanilla-Cancino is a hands-on professional, with a successful record of accomplishments in the banking industry (a Philippine Universal Bank). Her experiences include and not limited to corporate communications and managerial skills with focus on preparation and dissemination of bank communication to both its internal and external markets, copywriting of press releases, preparation and organization of corporate events, product development, and project management. Ms. Abanilla-Cancino also has experience as a technical writer with a US-based environmental and sustainability services firm. Part of her duties and responsibilities were the analysis of request for proposals, in-depth information search and retrieval, copyediting, and preparation of the proposal content. Ms. Abanilla-Cancino is also co-author of the firm’s Process Guide for Technical Writers and was the Proposal Team Lead, managing the other technical writer and graphic artist. Ms. Abanilla-Cancino has a Master of Science in Commerce major in Marketing from the University of Santo Tomas and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from St. Scholastica’s College, Manila. SEMINARS AND TRAININGS Speak Easily – American Data Exchange LAS pIñAS Services, Inc. October 2014 (Best Speaker) BPMN Training – American Data Exchange LAS pIñAS Services, Inc. September 2014 ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System Training – AMERICAN DATA EXCHANGE LAS PIÑAS SERVICES, INC. ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Training – AMERICAN DATA EXCHANGE LAS PIÑAS SERVICES, INC. ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System Training – AMERICAN DATA EXCHANGE LAS PIÑAS SERVICES, INC. September 2013 30TH TO 34TH ASEAN GLASS CONFERENCE – LYKONOS TRADING CORP. 2009 To 2013 ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS – ASIA UNITED BANK BUSINESS WRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE WORKSHOP – ASIA UNITED BANK BRANCH BANKING OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING 2004 OFFICERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – ASIA UNITED BANK PROUCT DEVELOPMENT – ASIA UNITED BANK 2003 BASIC CUSTOMER SERVICE – ASIA UNITED BANK 2001 CORE COMPETENCIES Corporate Communications and Marketing Services Public Relations Product Development Technical, Business , and Creative writing Research and Analysis Preparation of Process Guides/Manuals Building, maintaining, and updating a proposal library Copyediting and Proofreading Proposal and SOQ Requests Analysis and Foundation Preparation Business Planning and Management Training and Mentoring Sales, Marketing, and Account Management Work History Proposal team Lead and TECHNICAL WRITER (firstcarbon solutions), AMDATEX LAS PIñas services, Inc. September 2013 – October 14, 2016 Analyzes proposal request (e.g. from Requests for Qualifications / Proposals / Information, etc.) Performs in-depth information search and retrieval Responsible for updating and maintaining a library and database of previously prepared business proposals Writes and updates the FCS Process Guide for Technical Writers Assists in conceptualizing process improvements for the proposal team FREELANCE PROFESSIONAL WRITER 2010– Present Writes articles and e-book contents for clients contracted over an online global marketplace. Written content ranges from religion, self-help/awareness, academic (research papers), and marketing strategies. General Manager, lykonos trading corp. April 2007 – Present Communicates with the company’s principal in the United States of America and The Netherlands with regard the importation of welding consumables Assists sub-distributors and sales personnel in the preparation of proposals product development officer, asia united bank 2004 – February 2007 Successfully developed the Bank’s cash card product called RediMoney Acquired the necessary permits from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for the RediMoney cash card product Completed the RediMoney’s Manual of Operations Successfully launched and rolled out the RediMoney cash card to all branches, Remittance Department and Salary Loans Department, specific target markets were the bank’s payroll and remittance clients Successfully trained branch personnel in using the RediMoney system corporate communciations officer, asia united bank 2002 – 2007 Prepared and organized branch openings and press conferences Wrote and prepared Press Kits Prepared simple in-house brochures/flier lay outs Copywriting and editing of press releases Wrote and disseminated internal communications bank-wide Education Master of science in commerce major in marketing, university of santo tomas, manila 1995 – 1997 bachelor of arts major in mass communication, st. scholastica’s college, manila 1991 – 1995