Jerrica DuBois
Jerrica L. DuBois
20533 Biscayne Blvd. #446
Aventura, FL 33180
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Experienced Project Manager with vast experience in the Journalism, Retail and Fashion sectors. Skills include satellite team management, scheduling, training, and statistics. I am consistently able to run teams and systems to make sure any projects, in any field, are completed in excellence.
CORE SKILLS
• Remote Team Management
• Scheduling
• Payroll
• Desktop Publishing
• Goal Setting/Deadline Management
• Product Management
CLIENT SUMMARY
2003 - Present
Michel Germain Parfums LTD / Platinum Icon Division
Chief of Administration
• Track stock and shipments for 44 Market Centers in DMV, New York, Atlanta and Miami
• Set schedules and assignments for staff in all four regions
• Create and distribute revenue reports to keep staff and management abreast of where we are in hitting team goals
• Frequent travel to regions I ran remotely to meet with staff, give them supplies and boost revenue
• Review and submit staff timesheets for payroll
• Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training staff in the four regions
• Key player in the launch of seventeen new fragrances for the Michel Germain brand
The Washington Examiner, formerly The Journal Newspapers; Alexandria, VA
News Editor, Copy Editor
• Use news budget for three daily papers to lay out pages for pagination
• Set page deadlines for all three papers by quads
• Set deadlines for local news content for city editors
• Oversaw the successful merging of The Prince George's County and Montgomery County Journal into one paper, The Maryland Journal
• Assisted copy chief in leading copy desk through redesign of the papers and a shift from Euromax to Quark
• Assigned and budgeted pages for pagination for The Maryland Journal
• Selected article and photo content to single-handedly design weekly Home Journal section of the Maryland and Virginia papers
• Edit articles for grammar, spelling and agreement with AP style
Seven Models LLC; Cincinnati, OH
CFO, Trainer
• Oversaw Accounts Billable and Receivable for clients
• Followed up with clients accordingly when payments were not made by due date
• Responsible for paying out models for work once payment was made by client
• Structured payment programs for the models to pay for their training courses, make-up, skin care products, etc.
• Handled buying bulk make-up products from vendor to keep in house for our models
• Trainer for our models in several of their courses, including posing, runway and acting
EDUCATION
Ohio University; Athens, OH
Bachelor of Science in Journalism - 2000
AWARDS
Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship
John Newton Templeton Scholarship
Ohio News Media Association Scholarship
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
Alpha Lambda Delta – Collegiate Honorary Society
Jerrica L. DuBois
20533 Biscayne Blvd. #446
Aventura, FL 33180
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Experienced Project Manager with vast experience in the Journalism, Retail and Fashion sectors. Skills include satellite team management, scheduling, training, and statistics. I am consistently able to run teams and systems to make sure any projects, in any field, are completed in excellence.
CORE SKILLS
• Remote Team Management
• Scheduling
• Payroll
• Desktop Publishing
• Goal Setting/Deadline Management
• Product Management
CLIENT SUMMARY
2003 - Present
Michel Germain Parfums LTD / Platinum Icon Division
Chief of Administration
• Track stock and shipments for 44 Market Centers in DMV, New York, Atlanta and Miami
• Set schedules and assignments for staff in all four regions
• Create and distribute revenue reports to keep staff and management abreast of where we are in hitting team goals
• Frequent travel to regions I ran remotely to meet with staff, give them supplies and boost revenue
• Review and submit staff timesheets for payroll
• Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training staff in the four regions
• Key player in the launch of seventeen new fragrances for the Michel Germain brand
The Washington Examiner, formerly The Journal Newspapers; Alexandria, VA
News Editor, Copy Editor
• Use news budget for three daily papers to lay out pages for pagination
• Set page deadlines for all three papers by quads
• Set deadlines for local news content for city editors
• Oversaw the successful merging of The Prince George's County and Montgomery County Journal into one paper, The Maryland Journal
• Assisted copy chief in leading copy desk through redesign of the papers and a shift from Euromax to Quark
• Assigned and budgeted pages for pagination for The Maryland Journal
• Selected article and photo content to single-handedly design weekly Home Journal section of the Maryland and Virginia papers
• Edit articles for grammar, spelling and agreement with AP style
Seven Models LLC; Cincinnati, OH
CFO, Trainer
• Oversaw Accounts Billable and Receivable for clients
• Followed up with clients accordingly when payments were not made by due date
• Responsible for paying out models for work once payment was made by client
• Structured payment programs for the models to pay for their training courses, make-up, skin care products, etc.
• Handled buying bulk make-up products from vendor to keep in house for our models
• Trainer for our models in several of their courses, including posing, runway and acting
EDUCATION
Ohio University; Athens, OH
Bachelor of Science in Journalism - 2000
AWARDS
Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship
John Newton Templeton Scholarship
Ohio News Media Association Scholarship
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
Alpha Lambda Delta – Collegiate Honorary Society