Mary Prater
Work
Experience
2019-present
Office Supervisor
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Responsible for supervision of administrative support employees within the Physics Department
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Payroll/timekeeping, purchase card reconciliation, new graduate student and employee onboarding, property transfer and control, facilities work orders, records management, department EPAFs, assist accountant with faculty salary planning and quarterly effort certification, TES charge back system, SWT, eTravel vouchers
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HR liaison and departmental administration of HR policies and processes, PeopleAdmin, project and event coordination, faculty administrative support, performance management, departmental PR
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Student support through class registration, course building in Banner, class and room scheduling in Adastra, assist student clubs and groups with administrative support, promotion and event coordination
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Perform a variety of administrative support duties as Assistant to Department Chair
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Active participant in the Auburn HRD Supervisor Pathways program
2009-2014
Office Manager and Social Media Marketing
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Developed company presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram
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Develop, design and create original content for Southern culture blog PorchScene.com
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Set up and maintain all office accounts: remote desktop, bulk email marketing, phone system, alarm system, building and maintenance contractors.
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Produce monthly newsletter
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File monthly and quarterly tax forms, annual business license and inventory audit.
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ACT!, SwiftPage email marketing, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
2000-2001
Marketing Director
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Managed client database, developed marketing plan and budget, produced printed promotional materials and project proposals, supervised web development.
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PowerPoint, Excel, Word, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop
Education
1993
Mississippi State University
B.A. History (1993) with course emphasis in European and Art History.
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Skills
& Expertise
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client database development
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Marketing plan development and budget
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Content creation and management
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Social media management: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram
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Design and production of printed promotional materials
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PowerPoint, Excel, Word, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, ACT!, SwiftPage email marketing, Cascade