KURA SHEPARD

New York, NY
917.721.6351
email: kshepard@nyc.rr.com

Experience/Assignments:
Present

Freelance Clients

Assistant to Database Manager, Marketing Director and Executive

Assistant to CEO, The Hunger Project. Duties included: Event
creation in Luminate Online, evite layout and electronic distribution;
Editing marketing materials in InDesign; Salesforce.com data entry;
Generating donation acknowledgments; Preparing applications for
international travel visas; Transcribing board meeting notes.
Marketing Assistant / Database Management for Risk Management
Software Company. Duties include: Creating, editing marketing
materials and infographics within strict branding standards; Branding
and formatting executive PowerPoint presentations for global sales and
user conferences; Copy editing and proofing marketing materials, web
content,
white
papers;
Trade
Show
support;
Maintaining
Salesforce.com database; Training new Salesforce.com users;
Researching marketing leads within companys verticals.

Addl Freelance Clients

Computer Instructor; Graphics Designer; Computer Support; Trade

Show Support; Database Management.

20102015

Vactor Studio

D.A.M.E
(Director
of
Administration,
Marketing,
Etc.).
Co-founder/owner of online virtual acting troupe used for demonstrating
software created for emergency response scenarios, military cultural
training, medical emergencies and human resource training.

2005May 2009

Forterra Systems Inc

Marketing Coordinator: Duties included: Organizing participation,

attending, and hosting at trade shows internationally; Designing and
creating collateral and advertising pieces for Marketing Division;
Creating contact/lead generation data spreadsheets for transfer into
Salesforce.com.
Executive Assistant, Robert GehorsamPresident. Duties included:
Booking international and domestic travel for President and
other executives; Managing calendars; Coordinating meetings;
Scheduling conferences and speaking engagements; Compiling expense
reports; Editing proposals and presentations; Testing and
demonstrating software; Assisting Virtual Stage Manager in managing
role-player troupe.

20042005

Freelance Client

Marketing Coordinator for Risk Management Software Company.

Duties included: Assisting the Director of Business Development, Judith
Peterson. Creating and managing databases for prospects;
Salesforce.com data entry and management; Researching contacts;
Prospecting via web and telephone for sales teams; Writing scripts for
telemarketing projects; Assisting with event planning and hosting;
Designing direct mail pieces; Creating email campaigns.

20032004

Freelance Clients

Computer Instructor; Graphics Designer; Presentation Specialist;

Database Manager.

20002003

Leafstone Staffing

Graphics Design / Presentation Specialist for Global Industrial

Group at UBS Warburg. Duties included: Creating proposals,
pitchbooks, and presentation documents for prospective new
Investment Banking business; Assisting Bankers in formation of ideas
for presentations; Interpreting ideas and creating graphic designs for
Investment Bankers; Providing additional problem-solving support for
fellow Operators; Creating logos and maps for presentations.

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19982000

Freelance Client

Trainer for incoming Investment Bankers and Presentation

Specialists for PaineWebber. Duties included: Creating training
program for new Bankers and Operators in styles and methods used in
presentations and pitchbooks; Designing and writing training
materials; Conducting training seminars for incoming Bankers and
Operators; Evaluating skill level of new Graphics Operators.

19992000

Freelance Client

Trainer of incoming Consultants for marchFirst Management

Consulting firm. Duties included: Creating training program for new
Consultants in styles and methods used in presentations and
pitchbooks; Designing and writing training materials; Conducting
training seminars for incoming Consultants; Providing additional
problem-solving support for Consultants.

19942000

Personnel Express
Leafstone Staffing

Graphics Design / Presentation Specialist at PaineWebber. Duties

included: Creating proposals, pitchbooks, and presentation documents
for prospective new Investment Banking business; Assisting Bankers in
formation of ideas for presentations; Interpreting ideas and creating
graphic designs for Investment Bankers; Providing additional problemsolving support for fellow Operators; Creating logos and maps
for presentations.

19922000

FM Staffing/
Cerulean Group

Graphics Design / Presentation Specialist at Mitchell Madison Group

(later marchFirst). Duties included: Creating proposals, pitchbooks,
and presentation documents for prospective new Management
Consulting business; Assisting Consultants in formation of ideas
for presentations; Interpreting ideas and creating graphic designs
for Consultants; Providing additional problem-solving support for
fellow Operators.

19921994

Personnel Express

Presentation Specialist at Bear, Stearns & Co. Duties included:

Creating proposals, pitchbooks, and presentation documents for
prospective new Investment Banking business; Assisting Bankers in
formation of ideas for presentations; Interpreting ideas and creating
graphic designs for Investment Bankers; Providing support for
Emerging Markets Group.

19901992

Personnel Express/
Temp Connections

Administrative Assistant to Senior Advertising Executives at FCB/

Leber Katz Partners including: Nancy Anderson, Sr. VP; Colleen B.
Gowl, Executive VP; and Beth Green, VP. Duties included: Daily
scheduling of meetings, travel arrangements, correspondence;
Compiling
expense
reports;
Scheduling
secretarial
support;
Coordinating business luncheons; Creating slide presentations, pasteup for campaigns; Contributing in brainstorming sessions for new
campaigns and market research; Performing in test commercials.
Word Processing at various law firms including Chadbourne &
Parke. Duties included: Macintosh, Wang, MS Word and WordPerfect
typing of contracts and assorted legal documents; Transcribing
depositions and interviews. Some general secretarial duties.

Computer Systems:

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7. Software: Microsoft Office Professional Suite
2003, 2010 (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), MS Access, CorelDraw, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Professional, some Photoshop, Salesforce.com

Office Skills:

Type 85+ wpm; Excellent telephone, teaching, organizational and problem-solving skills.
Detail-oriented.

Education:

B.A. in Drama, University of Washington (Seattle); Joan White English Theatre School (UK);
West Seattle High School (Seattle); James Madison Jr. High School (Seattle); Lafayette
Elementary (Seattle); Pikerau School (Te Awamutu, New Zealand).

References Upon Request

As of 2016