Okwuchi Duru-Jones

Okwuchi Duru-Jones- - 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