Carla Rainey

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Career Profile

Me

Name

Carla Rainey

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General Experience

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Career Level

Mid Level

Industry

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations

Job Search Status

Actively Looking

Years of Experience

More than 15 Years

Job Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
• Ability to effectively write and verbally communicate technical information to non-technical professionals.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and focused on goals.
• Possess exceptional project management skills, handling and meeting deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capability to establish and maintain stable relationships with clients and vendors.
• Highly efficient in writing features, press releases and public service announcements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in all Mac and Windows operating systems; Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop; Macromedia Freehand; HTML; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; QuarkXpress; Terminal emulators Mac340, Powerterm and KEAterm.

OTHER SKILLS
Photography; research; software and hardware troubleshooting.

Employment History

Rockhurst University, Office of Public Information / Publications Coordinator

Employer

Rockhurst University, Office of Public Information

City & State

Kansas City, MO

Position

Publications Coordinator

Dates

July, 1989 - June, 1992

Job Category

Full Time

Responsibilities

Wrote feature articles for Rockhurst Magazine. Conceived, implemented, wrote and edited employee newsletter, Rockhurst Community. Managed production schedule for more than 300 publications per year. Purchased college's printing by competitive bid. Served as liaison between university departments and outside vendors. Assisted with focus groups.

Kansas City Area Development Council / Manager, Publications & Graphics

Employer

Kansas City Area Development Council

City & State

Kansas City, MO

Position

Manager, Publications & Graphics

Dates

November, 1992 - March, 1999

Job Category

Full Time

Responsibilities

Editor and designer of the SmartNews quarterly economic development newsletter. Writer and editor of SmartChoice monthlies highlighting corporate relocation success stories. Designed graphics for use on smartkc.com. Converted technical slide library to Acrobat digital presentation. Managed and designed digital presentations for marketing and business development. Designed annual reports, community profiles, signage, invitations and other marketing materials. Assisted with event planning. Designed and coordinated print collateral for special events.

The Associated Press, Markets Information Group / Software Support Specialist

Employer

The Associated Press, Markets Information Group

City & State

Kansas City, MO

Position

Software Support Specialist

Dates

March, 1999 - Current

Job Category

Full Time

Responsibilities

Manage new projects and redesigns for newspapers using AP's Markets products. Design Money & Markets financial pages and business section templates for newspapers. Manage and address inquiries and assign to appropriate staff. Facilitate project of streamlining and purging old data from Markets generators. Run pagination scripts and ensure timely delivery of stocks pages to newspapers. Build, test and troubleshoot stocks tables. Check and test Money & Markets artwork modules for graphic or data errors. Provide technical support for members running AP Stocks software. Update news advisories on AP's Markets Web site.