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Headquarters In Different Countries Each Year

WVD has grown from a one-day media event to a movement to educate family planning organizations, medical providers and the general population about the importance of including men in the conversation about family planning around the world. Producing the event entails: Building relationships with governmental agencies and other organizations both to conceptualize the project, get buy in, and then solidify the expectations and responsibilities of each entity, creating the logistics to accomplish the various goals each year. Allocating the tasks required to achieve the intended outcomes, from building e-newsletters to creating robust websites, to managing databases of doctors and vasectomy acceptors, to editing and writing blogs and social media posts, to building and maintaining budgets, to handling all the cash transactions in foreign currency, to rectifying expenditures, finding live-streaming experts, hiring camera crew, setting up Skype interviews during a live broadcast, to working with in-country partners to create a health fair for men, a symposium for doctors, or coordinating with city and national government in Mexico to produce a large day-long public event with music, videos, and speakers are all skills I have acquired.Managing staff accommodations, expense reports and payment, and transportation arrangements, as well as team communication through shared software and logistics are also part of these duties.Handling all database list normalization and clean-up, particularly since our databases are global and names contain many special characters, as well as updates to various software apps that require our databases, and the coding of email messages to personalize mailings using the data.Grant research and writing, donor management, and fundraising, art direction for logos and promo product design, creative ideas for raising funds, personal outreach and follow up to large donors, filling out requirements for raising our status on Guidestar.

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• Created an optimized workflow to help Meetings & Conventions (then running almost a month late) meet its production deadlines within 2 months of being hired• New workflow reduced prepress costs by 30% and substantially reduced printing errors and AA costsPromoted to the twice-weekly publication Travel Weekly, flagship publication of the business division• Oversaw a complex production schedule for editorial, advertising, and monthly travel supplements• Managed a staff of 5 production managers responsible for mapping issues, tracking ad materials, resolving editorial and ad placement issues• Responsible for production scheduling, budgeting, and daily problem-solving against hourly deadlines • Was offered position of director of operations for entire business division by general manager Promoted to the twice-weekly publication Travel Weekly, flagship publication of the business division• Oversaw a complex production schedule for editorial, advertising, and monthly travel supplements• Managed a staff of 5 production managers responsible for mapping issues, tracking ad materials, resolving editorial and ad placement issues• Responsible for production scheduling, budgeting, and daily problem-solving against hourly deadlines • Was offered position of director of operations for entire business division by general managerPromoted to the twice-weekly publication Travel Weekly, flagship publication of the business division• Oversaw a complex production schedule for editorial, advertising, and monthly travel supplements• Managed a staff of 5 production managers responsible for mapping issues, tracking ad materials, resolving editorial and ad placement issues• Responsible for production scheduling, budgeting, and daily problem-solving against hourly deadlines • Was offered position of director of operations for entire business division by general manager