John King Email & Phone Number

Harrington Park, Nj, Us

Newark, Nj

Responsible for providing logistical, administrative and other support to Episcopal House staff, the governing organizations of the diocese, various committees as well as to congregations and individuals. John also administers the granting funds of the Diocese, ACTS/VIM-Alleluia Fund, The Marge Christie Fund and The Ward J Herbert Fund. John is on the Board of Trustees for Cross Roads Camp and Retreat Center, the diocesan center jointly owned with the Lutheran Synod of New Jersey.Director of Administration's DutiesMember of the diocesan Program Staff.Handles all vendor contracts, leases and billing for Episcopal House.Administrative oversight of events and Episcopal House operations.Administer Grant funding cycles, equipping funding boards with materials and information to perform duties.Preparation of periodic reports to Council, Trustees, and other committees, commissions, and organizations.Provide support to congregations with respect to diocesan administrative needs and related matters.Collaborates with Episcopal House staff to organize and execute various Diocesan wide events.Secretary of Convention's DutiesCoordinate and consult with the Bishop in organizing the Annual Diocesan Convention.Develop along with Bishop and staff a working agenda for the event.Arrange lineup of workshops and equip facilitators with multimedia support.Publish and Distribute all materials related to Convention business.Engage and Empower Congregational Deputations in the work of the Convention.Provide assignments and oversight for all Episcopal House staff and their responsibilities in executing the event.Liaison to the various Convention Committees tasked with the business of the Convention.Secure all vendors for the event, including venue, audio/visual & election support.Communicate and performs such actions as determined through resolutions and the will of Convention.Record Minutes of proceedings and publish the Diocesan Journal.Maintain diocesan archives.

Greater New York City Area

Supports development team and provides customer service. Spearheading documentation and project management initiatives.

Harrington Park, Nj

Contracted to Manage Sales Operations For Chinese Manufacturer• Facilitated and re-energized sales to large nationally recognized Retail Chains (Best Buy, Ace Hardware, True Value, Amazon.com, Menards)• Fostered business relationships with globally recognized Licensees (Stanley, Coleman)• Corporate liaison to retail chain buyers and wholesalers.• Troubleshooting customer issues (both corporate and individual customers)• Organized and served as primary corporate representative at national trade shows.

Designed FileMaker Pro production system for job tracking, invoicing and reporting. System maintains over 3500 pricelist items and 3000 invoices for $2 million worth of business annually.*Tested and implemented procedures for creation and distribution of digital content for online music vendors*Created system to streamline and component production pricing and standardize component nomenclature. *Organized and facilitated development of automated invoicing system for corporate and client billing. The invoicing system allows cross-platform transfer of data from FileMaker Pro system to business office Excel spreadsheets.*Streamlined reporting systems to improve information sharing between vendor and clients. *Refined mechanisms for data collection to keep system flexible and scalable. Laid foundation for a paperless workflow.*Integrated client's data asset management system and vendor's FileMaker Pro system to improve customer support.*Developed automated reporting system to track vendor performance against client-based benchmarks.*Maintained production archive system.*Responsible for daily production for four monthly titles within a facility of 15 pre-media specialists. Performed quality checks and transmitted final pages for titles.

*Designed custom FileMaker database for page/image tracking, operator job logs and report generation. Implemented databases and trained production and art edit staffs (Parenting, BabyTalk, People Weekly, People En Espanol, Teen People, InStyle and Real Simple). System generated databases that tracked production workflow from introduction of, and scanning of images to final page output and transmission of electronic files to printing plants. System generated final close reports automatically from database that enabled directors to compare workloads across all titles effectively.*Manage day to day workload for team, responsible for prioritizing work for 5 - 7 staff members. Responsible for People Weekly, monthly and quarterly magazine production and client promotional needs.*Implemented initial procedures and workflows for Teen People, Parenting and BabyTalk, as well as associated special projects. *Established and maintained archival data for all work produced in department*Traffic and log all material from Art, Edit & Photo, communicate with all departments to facilitate close.*Produced daily log of events and instructions for 5 - 7 staff (closing schedules information, special instructions)*Managed production page RIP software (Nexus) and implemented workflows for each issue. Instrumental in design of Embedded Font PDF workflow, testing files with printing plants. Identified and performed additional testing on problem files and corrected problems with workflow software, Dalim, ArtFlow, Nexus.*Check and correct all graphics, text and final pages for all magazines.*Coordinate transmission of .pdf files for final pages for all titles. Transmission via both WamNet Transmission Director X and ftp.* Streamlined production of ad/edit combo pages through imaging department for the Parenting group.*Proficient in FileMaker Pro, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Wam!Net, AWS Nexus, Illustrator

*Designed and Implemented FileMaker Pro Database System for People Magazine and later scaled system to incorporate an additional seven magazine titles, as well as their respective special issues. *Integrated FileMaker Pro database system and Proprietary Dalim page building software to process pages across all Magazines in department*Coordinated weekly People Magazine (Press Run 4 million) closes on deadline.*Created Systems Relational Databases in FileMaker Pro that aided Technology Staff to inventory and organize equipment.*Created Time-Sheet Database to allow management to organize work schedule for 40 staffers

*Created Film based Matchprints for department.*Maintained inventory of proofing and office supplies.*Maintained Iris proofers.*Serviced film processor and Scitex Dolev plotter*Performed General office duties

Worked as Assistant to the Secretary of Convention, liaison with Hotel Management to facilitate event for Diocesan staff and church gathering of over 700 participants, provided support where necessary for hotel staff to ensure smooth running of event.