Guru.com Profile - Creative Hands
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User Information

Screen name:Creative Hands
Profile ID:872934
Tagline:Creative Hands for Creative People! Do You Need a Hand?
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Country:United States of America
GMT:Eastern Standard Time
Overview

Category rank:276 in Admin Support
Quality score:No recent activity
Feedback:No reviews
Money (year):$0.00
Money (all time):$0.00
Min. rate/hour:$9.00
Min. project budget:Not specified
Member since:20 Sep 2007
Last sign In:20 Nov 2009 7:57 AM ET
Quotes submitted:0 in last 30 days
Work onsite:No
Experience:25 years
Highest degree:High School Degree
Software skills:PC software in office: MS Office 2003, MS Publisher, Paintshop Pro 8



Also have used the following in previous employment: Visio, FoxPro 2.6, Visual FoxPro 6.0 to 8.0, Peoplesmith Software Suite (Double Take, Personator, StyleList, Right Fielder and Dirty Harry), pcAnywhere, DataJunction (data conversion package), Accumail and StreetSweeper (address standardization tools), D&B MarketMatch and MarketPlace, Hot Dog Pro (html), Maximizer, CorelDraw Ventura, WordPerfect. Mac: MacWrite, WriteNow, MS Works.
Additional skills:Creative & Technical Writing

Proofreading/Copyediting

Data Entry

Client user documentation

Inhouse training documentation

Desktop Publishing

Document Formatting

Reports & Presentations

Newsletter Design

Internet Research

Production Scheduling

Direct Marketing List Builds

Negotiate List Buys

Coordinate Direct Mail Merge/Purge Processing

Track Direct Mail Campaign Performance
Social Networking / Social Media
Blogging / Web Content
Subcategories:Word Processing
Data Entry
Transcription
Virtual Assistants
Office Management
Industries:Education
Hospitality & Leisure
Technology & Internet
Media & Entertainment
Non-Profits & Charities
Highlights:Having 15+ years experience combined between Marketing Communications and Database Marketing; from assisting executives and department staff to implementing and managing production schedules; I am your extra hand.

As List Specialist; built and administered database for domestic and international product marketing; tracked performance of direct mail campaigns; did multi-discipline research; automated list orders and managed invoicing; gathered marketing information on campaign performance. Conducted direct mail/ telemarketing list research; made recommendations to marketing; negotiated list buys. Coordinated direct mail projects and merge/purge processes; tracked project workflow with marketing/project managers, in-house advertising group, copywriters, and production and traffic personnel. Hired and supervised temporary data-entry staff.

As Manager of Database Development & Production in hospitality and other industries; streamlined production processes; trained and managed database managers to administer production; coordinated merge/purge activities. Ensured deadlines were met; recorded daily, weekly and monthly status reports; wrote technical client user documentation; in-house training documentation; and general HR materials.

As Site Admin manage day to day operations of blog network working closely with bloggers, management, programmers and accounting, see resume.

For additional information on Creative Hands see my Writing/Editing/Translation profile ID 858708.
Work terms:If for any reason the Work Terms below need to be modified to accommodate your needs feel free to discuss them with me before I accept a project. I understand that every client and every project is unique.



Payment Methods:



SafePay Escrow will be used unless you are a repeat customer; then other arrangements can be discussed if you have a reason for not using SafePay Escrow. All payments through SafePay Escrow can be made by Check.



Communication:



I can be reached through email and by phone.



General Availability:



At your convenience we will set hours based on your location and time zone and my present availability.



Feedback/Endorsement:



Positive feedback and endorsements are always appreciated; as is your repeat business. I will remember to post feedback for you as well.



Code of Ethics/Guarantee Policy



My work is guaranteed. If you find that it was not as you had hoped for and I have not met your expectations then we can discuss a refund if we are unable to come to terms with how I can make the situation right.