Joan Allison Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, TN, US

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Two long-term temporary assignments for a large regional health and dental insurance firm. Most recently, verifying Medicare Advantage enrollments, Previously, entering insurance claims.

Flintstone, GA/Chattanooga, TN

• Web marketing, accounting, shipping, etc. for a small, handmade home-décor business.
• Designed and maintain product-inventory database.
• Photograph products. Write product descriptions. Handle online-customer requests.
• Assist with merchandising, product development and pricing, and other tasks as needed.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Proofread and edited Sales and Marketing communications. Assisted Sales and Marketing team with document creation/editing in cooperation with Communications department.
• Prepared, reviewed, and completed Large Group proposals in cooperation with the Underwriter.
• Prepared Large Group invoices, including tracking payments and changes to member eligibility, rates, billing contact, and group address. Transitioned bills from outside vendor to manual bills. Then designed Access.
• Prepared Large and Small Group renewal letters. Assisted the Underwriter and the Account Manager with creation of all group renewal letters using Word with data merged from Excel or Access.
• Assisted with creation/preparation of CMS standard notices for 2016 renewals for both groups and individuals and creation/preparation of notices for product discontinuations.
• Prepared monthly Large Group Accounts Receivable reports and Broker Commission reports.

Chattanooga, TN

• Assisted health insurance startup with Large Group proposals, and with creation of Schedules of Benefits, renewal notices, etc.
• Assisted local Convention and Visitors Bureau with updating contact database.

• Assisted healthcare-products manufacturer with receiving regulatory approvals to sell and/or manufacture its products in foreign countries.
• Designed departmental database for document creation, tracking, and management.
• Documented database design.
• Handled correspondence necessary to legalize documents for use in foreign countries.
• Tracked progress of product registrations, document legalizations, etc.
• Designed product registration, distributor, and other reports to meet departmental needs.

• Wrote and edited summaries of engineering/planning/architecture/environmental science firm’s project experience.
• Managed Marketing Department.
• Prepared and coordinated submittal of Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) and proposals.
• Converted firm’s marketing database from FileMaker Pro to MS Access.
• Streamlined SOQ and proposal preparation process by revising and expanding database.
• Set up SOQ forms and résumés in Access and in Word merged from Access.

New Orleans, LA

• Revised, maintained, and updated member database for 2000-member volunteer organization.
• Edited, wrote, and assisted in writing articles as Associate Editor of quarterly magazine.
• Assisted in writing and editing annual reports, fundraiser publications, and website.
• Produced committee lists, labels, reports, statistics, and bulk mailings.
• Purchased computer equipment. Maintained Windows network.
• Assisted with website.

New Orleans, LA

• Maintained and designed relational databases for all program components.
• Generated statistics using complex query statements.
• Produced charts, tables, and graphs as needed for reports, grants, and presentations.
• Developed client rosters.
• Designed monthly reports tracking client contact and progress.
• Troubleshot computer and network problems.

San Marcos, TX

• Scanned personal-computer industry magazines, judging articles for inclusion in PCBlah, an index in newsletter form.
• Wrote precis of articles, entered precis into computer database, and proofread entries for grammar, clarity, and accuracy.
• Composed guidelines for which articles to include, procedural guidelines, letters, etc.

Cotulla, Texas

• Taught seventh and eighth grade Reading Improvement to minority and learning-disabled students a year or more below grade level.
• Planned curriculum. Taught class. Evaluated student performance, kept records, etc.

San Marcos, TX

• Taught freshman composition and remedial writing as a graduate instructor.
• Planned curriculum. Tutored students. Graded papers, quizzes, etc. Kept records.

Master'S Of Art, English

High School Diploma