Randy Howard Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl, Us

New Jersey, United States

• Act as liaison between management and team members, overseeing team onboarding and attendance, monitoring project KPIs, coordinating training sessions, and driving team engagement and career development.• Manage team rosters, ensure timely logging of work hours, mentor team members and drive Wellbeing program attendance.

New Jersey, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Create and refine formative and summative questions for Critical Thinking curriculum- Review and adhere to client style guide to ensure accuracy of assessment materials- Align questions with competencies, evidence statements and learning objectives- Collaborate with Curriculum Developers to complete all deliverables on or ahead of schedule

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Taught English Composition I & II, American Literature, and Writing for Managers in both face-to-face and hybrid formats.

Lakeland, Florida Area

→ Prepared and facilitated lessons on an evidence-based, writing intensive courses designed to improve critical thinking, reading, and writing proficiencies through guidance in writing thesis-driven essays.→ Taught English Composition I and II, American Literature, World Literature and Writing for Managers→ Wrote “Writing Across the Curriculum” proposal in efforts to promote writing-to-learn strategies to help students with specialized academic and professional discourses.→ Oversaw The Learning Community (TLC), emphasizing a “Teacher Persona” theme and coached students on communications skills necessary to function effectively in business and corporate roles.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

→ Introduced college students to the conventions of academic writing and critical thinking, teaching them to write a number of clear, well-developed essays using exposition and other rhetorical modes. → Planned, evaluated, and revised curricula, course content, materials and methods of instruction.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

→ Expertly summarized the skills and qualifications of students completing coursework in pharmacy technician, medical administration, healthcare information technology and healthcare management programs. → Authored style guide and formalized overall editorial standards for the resume writing process.→ Streamlined daily production by reconfiguring ZOHO-CRM queues based on turnaround times.→ Acted as point person for overseas business partners, resulting in reduced turnaround times and leading to the production of substantively more complete and higher quality resumes.→ Trained numerous assistants in resume-writing processes and continuously exceeded KPIs for resume production.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

→ Conceptualized, wrote and story-boarded 3rd Generation Career Readiness course, Student Success 2000, a scenario-based e-learning course, rich in interactivity and with real-world applications. → Key enhancements include: Professional Self-Inventory, Elevator Pitch, Functional Resumes, Resume Organizer, Resume Generator, Word Cloud Technology, Social Media, Volunteering, Fact-Finding Field Trip, Job Search Game Plan, Mock Interview Preparation and Succeeding in the First 15 Days of Employment.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

→ Provided academic instruction to students on an individual basis for proactive and remedial purposes.→ Included teaching reading comprehension, research strategies, writing processes, study skills, note-taking, grammar rules and test-taking strategies.

Albany, New York Area

→ Researched, wrote and published an eclectic mix of blog, immersion journalism and first-person essay using Wordpress content management software, promoting the blog through social media platforms and connections.→ Recognized by the Albany Times Union and profiled on local ABC affiliate WTEN for documenting attempt to recover memories lost due to severe head injury 15 years prior.→ Twice featured on Wordpress.com’s “Freshly Pressed” main page, reaching more than 7k page views on a single post.

Albany, New York Area

→ Facilitated the writing process for both graduates and undergraduates. → Engaged students in conversations that helped to express and organize their ideas, produce rough drafts, document sources, and revise for readability.

Greenwich, Ny

→ Developed and taught challenging curriculum in accordance with New York State Standards, administering standardized achievement tests and interpreting results to determine student strengths and areas of need.→ Combined strong passion for teaching with an ability to motivate students, creating a fun and challenging learning environment.

Stillwater, Ny

→ Developed and taught a challenging curriculum in accordance with New York State Standards, increasing by 6-percent the number of students scoring at the NYS proficiency level.→ Managed all aspects of a cross-curricular unit plan which included contracting Signature Sounds Recording artist Richard Shindell to come perform at a school assembly (very cool!).

Glens Falls, New York Area

→ Delivered Individualized Wraparound Service Plan (ISP) to at-risk youths.→ Supported each individual child's needs through mentoring, role modeling, assisting with conflict resolution, academic support, companionship and linkage for community-based resources.

Pinellas Park, Fl

→ Spear-headed marketing communications efforts to secure $1M private label contract with Fortune 500 company.→ Provided a broad range of marketing communications support for manufacturing firm in home fragrance/bath & body industry.→ Developed and implemented strategic PR programs to increase brand awareness.→ Collaborated with marketing team to brainstorm/strategize ideas culminating in top-notch copy.→ Wrote press releases, international correspondence, product descriptions, sales flyers, media kit verbiage, print advertisements, marketing procedures and Web content.→ Established relationships with newspapers, trade magazines and other media outlets.→ Supervised production of wholesale catalog: Scheduling, photography, copy writing, design and layout.→ Established priorities for graphics department: Creative direction, inventory tracking and technical support for QLS-4100 thermal printer.→ Spear-headed marketing communications efforts to secure $1M private label contract with Fortune 500 company.→ Supported sales initiatives by attending major trade shows in gift, private label and drug store chain industries.

Albany, New York Area

→ Published an entertaining and informative monthly sports magazine with a circulation of 20,000. → Oversaw editorial planning for start-up, managed staff and increased circulation by more than 200%.→ Managed a staff of 15 independent contractors (writers, photographers, account executives), ensuring that production ran smoothly and publication was printed on-time.→ Interviewed local and professional athletes, wrote feature stories and participatory sports column.→ Proofread/edited all submissions, wrote headlines and picture captions.→ Implemented advertising strategy, including developing media kits, quantifying budgets and projections. → Maintained a high quality standard for writing.

Glens Falls, New York Area

→ Edited and maintained television schedules and database information for satellite, pay cables and pay-per-view listings for all markets.→ Analyzed program schedules, assessed database information and researched database content for original series and specials.→ Researched and documented questionable program content by consulting program information providers and/or TMS personnel.→ Wrote concise programming descriptions for digital TV viewer guides using programmer provided information.• Promoted from TV listings editor to Canadian department within six months.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Wrote 400 pp. of a memoir for my thesis. Hope to finish it someday soon!

Master Of Arts (M.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society and Editor of The Chronicle (college newspaper)

Mst, Secondary Education And Teaching

Professional certification English 7-12.