Danut J Spatarau / Professional Portfolio

DANUT J SPATARU /Skills, Knowledge and Abilities.

• Productivity & Office Tools: Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace Apps, Calendar & Schedule Management.
• Collaboration Tools: Zoom, WebEx, Slack, MS Teams, Google Groups.
• Research, PR, Communication Tools: ConstantContact, MailChimp, SurveyMonkey.
• Document Management: SharePoint, Box.
• Project & Data Management: CRM & Data Management, Data Collection/Validation, Sorting/Cleaning.
• Web Marketing & Writing: Content Writing/Editing, Digital Advertising (certified), Social Media, Native Advertising.
• Design, Image Editing & Writing: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark XPress.
• Web & Content: WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace, various CMS platforms, HTML/CSS, Google Analytics.
• AI: Content Writing, Prompt Development/Validation, Data Collection/Labeling/Annotation/Localization.
• Planning & Presentation: Ability to distill through complex data and synthesize it in concise presentation formats.
• Workplace Management: Exceptional ability to bring under control a chaotic workplace.


Core Competencies

• Remote Operations Management
• Executive & Administrative Support
• Workflow Coordination
• Project Management

• Vendor & Contract Management
• Budget & Expense Tracking
• Process Improvement
• Document Management/Conversions

• CRM & Database Management
• Client Relations Management
• Cross-Functional Communication
• Confidential Records Management



SUMMARY

Multidisciplinary Project and Operations Manager with extensive experience enhancing business and organizational efficiency.

Proven record of management performance in reducing operating costs by eliminating redundancies, redesigning workflows, implementing automation, and deploying digital solutions.

Well-versed in leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams of highly-specialized professionals across industries including publishing, technology and real estate. Expertise includes AI/ML data collection and research, content creation and marketing, quality assurance, workflow optimization, and stakeholder communications.

Certified in Digital Advertising and Artificial Intelligence, and highly proficient in Google and Microsoft Office Suites.

Life-long experience working with highly-specialized, cross-functional and geographically-dispersed teams of professionals.

Experience managing complex projects and large amounts of data (project/production workflows and spreadsheets), creating and managing industry-specific content libraries (images/photos, articles, tech and/or procedural manuals/references).

Laser-focused sense of observing details.

Good working knowledge of publishing production workflows and processes (newspapers/magazines/books), publishing platforms, and experiences working with printing/distribution/ad services across multiple time zones and cultures.

Publisher-level knowledge of production workflow where interacting with writes,editors, designers, photographers, programmers, sales reps, printing housed andadvertisers is crucial to the success of a publication.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace apps (Sheets, Docs, Drive, Slides, Groups, Gmail, Calendar, etc.) and ad publishing services (Analytics, AdWords, AdSense, Google Books, etc.)

Experience working with business, design, marketing and office automation and several products used in document creation and management (QuarkXpress, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, ConstantContact, MailChimp, etc.)

Experience working with document management and sharing platforms such as SharePoint, Box, Airtable, Google Drive, Google Docs, etc.

Ability to distill through complex data and synthesize it in concise presentationformats.

Well-versed creating and managing advertising content (print/digital), working with web analytics, and managing online marketing campaigns.

Extensive experience communicating with all levels of executive/professional groups and personality types. Ability to motivate the people I work, or interact with.

Work equally well in home/office/boardroom settings as well as in virtual environments using available cloud platforms, applications and communications tools (Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Groups).

Good calendar management practices and deep sense of deadline and/or urgency as dictated by the workload.

Ability to manage multiple projects that involved conflicting timetables simultaneously.

Perform well under pressure and in high-pulse, deadline-driven environments.

Exceptional ability to bring under control a chaotic workplace :)

Research, reporting and negotiation skills.