Andrew Williams, Jr. is a mature, intelligent, and personable professional, possessing both high-tech and people skills. Having owned and operated a personal computer since 1987, Andrew Williams credits his love of reading; continual self-motivated independent career and educational research; the ability to articulately communicate in oral and written English; and an indefatigable determination to confidentially and competently perform detail-oriented, time-sensitive, mission-critical, and multi-task functions as key strengths.

These assets helped him to achieve honor roll status throughout elementary and high school, selection as President of BETA, Class President of the Student Council, election as the Executive Vice President of the Complex Council (5,000 students), and culminated in his graduating Summa Cum Laude (3.65 GPA, 1040 SAT), and representing the Class of 1975 as Second Speaker during Graduation ceremonies. His curricula included Latin I & II, French I, Spanish I, World History, Psychology, Public Speaking and Advanced English.

In the career field, Andrew has applied transferable communications skills, as a team player, to all phases of clerical, administrative, marketing, and management activities, in 25 years of work force experience, including 10 years in management and consultative capacities and 15 years as an executive assistant in the legal and finance industries. During that period, Mr. Williams has also accumulated over 15 years in the property management field.

In the journalistic industry, Andrew has worked as editor, writer, proofreader, and reporter for private and community newsletters, newspapers, magazines and journals since his first assignment in 1973.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Determine current needs and resources; goals and objectives; budget and timetable for the individual and overall operation. Surveys, studies, analyses, reports, etc.

Development, coordination and administration of procurement programs, impacting all aspects of marketing communications: operations, sales promotions, publicity and personal selling.

Design, development and administration of multi-lingual, multi-cultural marketing programs to accomplish mission-critical and time-sensitive strategies, tactics and project-specific objectives.

Brainstorm, formulate, draft, develop, analyze and/or fund administrative, operational, promotional, financial plans, programs, and materials to position, penetrate and/or expand company/venture in local, regional, national and/or international markets.

Review proposals, develop account requirements and procedures; coordinate tasks for multi-dimensional projects. Drafting, merging, and administration of editorial, legal and promotional documents from multiple authors/sources.

The production and supervision of communications material, programs and campaigns; newsletters, magazines, newspapers, press and news releases; print and broadcast appearances; interviews; direct mail campaigns and programs; audio/video taping and duplication; photography; employee manuals, etc.

The development and application of corporate/non-profit/ entrepreneurial philosophy, marketing targets and opportunities; streamlined operational guidelines; and the coordination of all communications instruments, programs, and systems being used in English and other languages.

Matching of professional and technical support services in financial, governmental, personnel, and management industries on an as-needed basis, to assist entrepreneurs, business owners, and home-based businesses achieve their goals and objectives.