Okwuchi Duru-Jones-
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Hollywood, Fl 33020
Profile
Highly skilled professional with managerial and creative background. Strong organizational skills with a
sense of urgency while working well under pressure. Strong knowledge of office, project and purchase
management, bookkeeping and various administrative responsibilities. Multifunctional individual, hard
working, team player with a can do attitude and skill-set to be an asset to any team.
Experience
OFFICE MANAGER, COLLADJ DESIGN COLLECTIVE: HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA — 2007- CURRENT
Leadership role providing office management, customer service relations and resolutions. Highly organized
and detailed oriented while handling all executive administrative services both on site and remotely including:
bookkeeping, consumer conflict resolution, procurement, personal assisting, house management, social media
and web management, accounts payable and reconciliation, calendar management, event planning, travel
arrangements.
• Virtual Assistant, Web Design and Maintenance, Office Management and Bookkeeping for Jeffery Salter
Photography, Chanya ProFitness, Dr Etti’s Wellness Center, MINY Producers, GL Transportation and
Logistics.
• Casting, booking, scheduling and assisting for Commercial and Editorial Photoshoots and Casting
Productions.
STUDIO MANAGER, GUILD: MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA — JANUARY 2013-JUNE 2015
Responsible for accounts receivable and payable collections, studio purchasing and procurement. Onboarding of new hires including office setup, phone, email, etc. Scheduling and administering interviews,
booking corporate travel, events and meetings. Oversaw general office organization, maintain office phone
and email systems, IT Liaison, Manager of Graphical Vinyl Work, Administer Studio Corporate American
Express Cards. Human Resource Liaison, worked closely with Company Owners, Director of Finance and
Operating Officer and Web Design Team.
• Managed originally two staff members that grew to a team of 40 individuals, in-office and warehouse
staff in the Miami, Florida location.
• Initiated recovery of $80,000 in outstanding invoices in three months.
• Experience in dealing with and understanding the needs and requirements of management.
• Photographed and created finalized project decks for high end clients such as Chanel, Christian Dior,
Prada SXSW and Red Bull.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE, NORTHWEST MUTUAL FINANCIAL : HOLLYWOOD, FL - APR 2008-MAR 2009
Executive Assistant to the CEO, Personal Assistant to the CFO, Office Manager. Handled the calendar and
travel arrangements for CEO and CFO of Wealth Management company. Monitored employee projects;
oversaw ethics files for employees. Created and implemented office policies and procedures; responded to
investor correspondence, manager of procurement and purchasing. Worked with the sales team and design
team in creating project decks and imagery. Maintained company website as well as job site and architectural
photographer.
PROJECT MANAGER, SITE MANAGEWARE: FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – FEB 2007-JAN 2008
Maintained Real Estate Inventory on a LIVE database and website. Created, customized and formatted PDF
documents to be used for legal documentation. Crafted marketing materials for clients as well as assisted
clients with marketing to prospective investors and buyers. Product training; quality assurance testing. Junior
Web Designer, Junior Graphic Designer, Job Project Photographer.
• Project Managed Real Estate Inventory for the William Beaver House in New York City.
• Diplomatic and effective in customer relations.
• Well organized with superior time management skills while balancing five aggressive real estate based
web projects.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH: MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA — NOV 2001-APRIL 2007
Administrative support to the engineering division; reviewed and processed occupational license applications.
Prepared statistical reports on building permits, building recertification, building violations, certificates of
occupancy and completion. Reviewed engineering reports and maintained engineering logs for senior
building inspectors. Worked closely with Building Official.
• Encouraged a spirit of teamwork both inside and outside the work group and strived to achieve team
goals and objectives.
• Compiled images and data management to create Hurricane Damage Assessment Reports for BORA
(Board of Rules and Appeals) that in-turn were used on the West Coast of Florida to update and
implement new Building Codes.
Education
Broward College
Skills
Quickbooks, Time Management, Procurement, Verbal and Written Communication, Adobe Acrobat, Social Media
platforms, Mac and Window platforms, ADP Payroll, FUZE, Dreamweaver, Google Docs, Google AdWords, Excel,
Power Point, Outlook, Adobe Creative Cloud, Concur Expense Solutions, Wordpress, Lightroom, Oracle,
MailChimp, Zoom, Wix, Strategic Planning, Freedcamp.
References
Sonia Lecounte
Sundra Jones
Ronald Mary, City of Miami Beach
Raquel Rodriguez, AT&T