Byron S. Minor Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

🔷 Currently accountable for coordinating and delivering critical career-related resources to optimize employment opportunities and available services for customers.🔷 Develop innovative plans & activities that build relationships with non-profits, business associates, career advisors, employers, community groups, faith-based organizations, and government agencies.🔷 Coordinate with multiple employers to place clients. Establish and maintain active and frequent contact with local community organizations and employers using detailed knowledge of the local labor market.🔷 Work closely with area businesses to identify job openings, alternative work activities. and training initiatives.🔷 Assist employers in innovative recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of qualified candidates.Partner programs include Veteran Services, Older Workers Program, Rehabilitation Services, Wagner Peyser Employment Services, Community Development Block Grant, Community Service Block Grant, and Job Corps.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 Competitively selected to serve on the staff of New Orleans City Council’s District D Office, assisting constituents from various neighborhoods in Gentilly, Bywater, NOLA East, Upper Ninth Ward, and Lakeview.🔷 Assisted the Chief of Staff in drafting legislative instruments and communications outreach documents, including talking points, press releases, and newsletters.🔷 Coordinated closely with area agencies, including the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, New Orleans Public Works, NORD, NORA, Parks & Parkways, NOPD, Parking Enforcement, and the Assessor’s Office.🔷 Built and maintained good working relationships with staff, and constituents, as well as neighborhood and community leaders.🔷 Actively participated in neighborhood organization meetings and community events.🔷 Prepared periodic reports on constituent issues addressed in each area of District D and maintained up-to-date files on all cases and categories of information of importance to District D.🔷 Drafted talking points, press releases, and newsletters. Assisted the Chief of Staff in drafting legislative instruments.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 As Healthcare Claims Analyst for the Medical Claims Division, fielded inbound calls for claims involving the BP Oil Spill compensation fund for healthcare-related eligibility.🔷 Assisted claimants from LA, AL & MS.🔷 Effectively communicated details, requirements of settlement, and overall eligibility.🔷 Audited medical claims and determined settlement program eligibility for those working on the BP Gulf Coast Oil Spill.🔷 Adjudicated claims for defects and cures in accordance with established laws and regulations.🔷 Reviewed legal and medical documents submitted by class members, ensuring proper consideration of payment of claims.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 Collaborated with Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) staff and implemented communication plans and synced information to the public regarding the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Program (PCIP).🔷 Performed extensive research, developed reports, and provided guidance through Financial Management Analysts (FMA) within the Case Management System (CMS).🔷 Administered financial information and interpreted laws, regulations, and policies regarding Health Benefits of PCIP, facilitating appropriate accounting techniques and procedures.

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area

🔷 Worked with clients throughout the cycle of the Louisiana Road Home Housing Program, identifying their needs and recommending services to meet their individual needs and increase client satisfaction.🔷 Evaluated and verified documents and client information, including sensitive personal information. Determined eligibility and home selections.🔷 Assisted clients in accessing the Rebuilding Registry, workshops, and mediation programs, communicating post-closing advisory services.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 Established and maintained contact with voters and residents, developing complex program services based on assessment of community needs and resources.🔷 Designed a public relations plan using demographic information that increased voter turnout in Orleans Parish, targeting areas with lower voter statistics.🔷 Coordinated media blitz and publicized the importance of voting, increasing voter registration. Gathered voter registration information. Expanded registrar’s media presence to further outreach and voting initiatives.

Pasadena, California

🔷 Competitively selected as the 8th national recipient of the prestigious Judith Weidman Racial Ethnic Minority Fellowship.🔷 Awarded a $30,000 stipend, working with the Director of Communications for a UMC conference.🔷 Received hands-on experience in video, electronic media, print, broadcast, and PR, as well coordination with the United Methodist Association of Communicators and the Religious Communications Council.🔷 Produced and assisted with interpretive pieces in the areas of video, print, and broadcast for the California-Pacific Annual Conference that included the areas of Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan.🔷 Created pieces displayed in conference videos as well as in multiple conference publications. Wrote and edited for the California-Pacific Annual Conference website.🔷 Assisted with the planning and organizing of Conference related events, as well as Community Outreach Projects. Coordinated production of company commercials, informational videos, and PSAs.🔷 Pitched stories to both national and local media reporting agencies. Achieved the Conference’s highest visibility results in-print, broadcast, TV and online media outlets.

Greater Los Angeles Area

🔷 NBA Internship: Communications Intern, Los Angeles Clippers NBA Basketball Team | Pre & post-game operations, compiled statistics, attended press room meetings and conferences.🔷 Performed daily office operations.🔷 Prepared mailings and post-game books.🔷 Distributed game night credentials to team officials and supporting staff members.🔷 Coordinated and delivered game packs, NBA scores, and quotes to analytics supervisors.🔷 Liaison between media and the Communications Dept.🔷 Escorted and entertained media personnel on game nights.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication, Honors: 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Judith Weidman Racial Ethnic Minority Fellowship Activities: Rotary International Rotaract Club, Public.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mass Communication/Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Internship: Citadel Broadcasting, Max 94.1 & WEMX-FM RadioBroadcasting Journalism