- New hire recruitment, screening and orientation- Counsel staff of 110+ employees regarding salary, benefits, code of conduct, compliance, safety and FMLA- Perform pre-employment drug screens and BCI/FBI background checks- Track employee FMLA usage, employee turnover and retention- Process bi-weekly payroll- Terminations and Exit interviews- Unemployment claim questionnaires - Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation- Maintain employee incident records for OSHA compliance and reporting- Disciplinary action and plan of correction - Coordinate and assist employees with benefits enrollment- Personnel file compliance for annual state survey- Proficient in Kronos, Paylocity, UltiPro, Novatime and SBV payroll and time and attendance systems- Maintain confidentiality- Staff scheduling- Frequently use Microsoft Word and Excel: letters, fliers, spreadsheets- Inventory, Purchasing, Accounts Payable- Customer service; multi-line phone system

- New hire recruitment, screening and orientation- Counsel staff of 150+ employees regarding salary, benefits, company policy, safety and FMLA- Track employee FMLA usage, employee turnover and retention- Process bi-weekly payroll, wage garnishments- Terminations and Exit interviews- Unemployment claim questionnaires - Worker’s Compensation- Maintain employee incident records for OSHA compliance and reporting- Disciplinary action and plan of correction - Coordinate open enrollment- Personnel file compliance- Proficient in Kronos, Paylocity and UltiPro payroll systems- Maintain confidentiality- Staff scheduling- Frequently use Microsoft Word and Excel: letters, fliers, spreadsheets- Inventory, Purchasing, Accounts Payable- Customer service; multi-line phone system

Contributions:- Counsel employees in essential topics such as salary, benefits, company policy and FMLA - Create Excel spreadsheets to track employee FMLA usage, employee turnover and retention - Process bi-weekly payroll - Recruitment and orientation of new hires - Exit interviews - Prepare unemployment claim questionnaires - Work with 3rd party affiliate for Worker’s Comp - Maintain attendance records and prepare disciplinary action and plan of correction - Coordinate open enrollment - Personnel file compliance - Proficient in Kronos payroll system - Maintain personnel and payroll confidentiality

Contributions:- Managed all operations for the Pike County News Watchman and Weekend Marketplace including accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll- Managed staff of up to 15 employees- Supervised workflow of all department managers and conducted departmental organization meetings- Prepared annual operations budget- Reviewed monthly detailed trial balance, P&L and rolling 12 statements- Prepared monthly budget variance comparison report- Managed expense allocation and prepared cost analysis reports- Prepared weekly revenue status and forecast reports for Regional VP- Prepared end of month closing reports: Accts Payable Accrual, Debit/Credit Adjustments, Accounts Receivable, etc. - Created spreadsheets/charts for reviewing comparative sales and cost analysis data- Responsible for maintaining and growing EBITDA for the Waverly location of ACM Ohio- Performed all recruitment and personnel evaluations- Proficient in UltiPro payroll system- Facilitated consolidation of business office, graphics, pagination and classifieds departments- All duties associated with Advertising Director positionACHIEVEMENTS:- Advanced to Publisher within 6 years of employment with the Pike County News Watchman- Increased profitability by 55% within my first two years of being Publisher of the Pike County News Watchman- Increased profitability of Pike County News Watchman by 31% in 2010 and 58% in 2011 in spite of poor local economy- Received Circle of Excellence Award for Top Sales Performance from Brown Publishing Company in 2006 and 2007

Contributions:-Supervised and developed 6 member advertising sales team-Coordinated marketing campaigns and created all sales materials using PhotoShop and Quark-Developed account executives through consistent hands-on training focusing on sales techniques, preparation of quality marketing plans and ad designs, cold calling, territory expansion, inter-company cross-sell and proper customer service skills-Training/development of sales team focused on needs-based selling: How to properly… Prospect for new clients, Perform a client needs analysis, Packaging, Overcoming objections, and Closing techniques-Hosted annual advertising seminar “How to Brand Your Business” for small business owners-Prepared annual advertising revenue and expense budget and was responsible for maintaining and growing sales revenue while keeping expenses below budget-Prepared payroll for advertising department, set monthly sales goals for account executives, reviewed sales progress on a daily/weekly basis with team members and gave direction for maintaining and growing sales revenue-Maintained top grossing client list which included negotiating rate agreements for all agency and national accounts-Orientation and training of all new advertising personnel-Oversaw all aging/collection efforts

-Performed outside and inside sales. Maintained top grossing client list for this time period.-Consistently performed needs based selling: Prospecting, Needs Analysis, Creation of Customized Package, Overcoming Objections, Closing-Created quality ad designs for commercial client accounts-Assisted sales team members with projects, presentations, ad creation, etc.-Responsible for determining advertising layout for all issues of both the Pike County News Watchman and Weekend Marketplace (formerly Pike – Ross County Paper)-Performed data entry for sales department saving the company the cost of additional staff ($7000 annual savings)-Assisted with training of new hires