Scott Brogan

Freelance/Contractor

About Me

SUMMARY

Over 15 years experience in Multimedia, Financial Services Industries, and Federal Agencies.  Effective communicator, team player with a successful record of keeping pace with changing business environments and a focused demonstrated skill in meeting compressed multiple deadlines.

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office for PC/Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Entourage); Windows 7; Adobe Creative Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Acrobat); Mac OS X; Visio; SharePoint; Bento; File Maker; WordPress; TypePad; Freeway

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

CONSULTING, San Francisco, CA   10/2011 - Present

*  Provide virtual administrative and creative services for individuals, including blog creation and maintenance.

*  Ongoing contract as Webmaster for Liza Minnelli's official website: www.officiallizaminnelli.com.

*  Ongoing contract with the Bay Area Reporter writing a community column and calendar.

 

 

11/2010 - 10/2011  - Personal time to provide care for ailing family member.

 

 

McKESSON, San Francisco, CA   2/2010 - 11/2010

WEB PROJECT COORDINATOR/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Organized, managed off-site meetings and events; team schedules and travel; project and production activities (traffic).

* Provided executive support for Director of Marketing and team of six direct reports.

* Created PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets and Word documents by consolidating content received from multiple sources.

* Managed team SharePoint site, library of subscriptions, and database of web assets & projects.

* Successfully coordinated, created, and managed multiple SharePoint sub-sites and workspaces.

* Successfully rebooted department’s email newsletter that had been stagnant for over a year.

 

 

INSIGHT EXPRESS, San Francisco, CA  10/2010

One month contract as PowerPoint Specialist for multiple projects, heavy on importing and formatting Excel data into charts.

 

 

PREMIER RETAIL NETWORKS, San Francisco, CA   6/2003 – 11/2008

DESIGN ASSOCIATE/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

* Provided administrative support (calendar, travel, et.), media & creative design.

* Administrative management for the SVP, VP, and staff of the marketing department, as well as cross over with VPs and SVPs of other departments; and local, national, & international sales reps and advertisers.

* Created and implemented dynamic multi-media presentations and “sell sheets” via design skills.

* Served as Producer/Project Manager for the re-design and maintenance of the prn.com website.

 

 

DALLABRIDA & ASSOCIATES, San Francisco, CA   2/2003 - 5/2003

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/PROJECT COORDINATOR

* Provided administrative and technical support to VP & Account Team in implementation and coordination of accounts and projects.

* Responsible for monthly production & update of award winning web site positivewords.com.

 

 

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO, San Francisco, CA   9/2000 – 12/2002

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

* Provided executive support to SVP & VP in Technology Internal & External Operations department.

* Aided in support of staff of over 300 employees.

* Participated in pilot presentations & online programs.

* Served on committees created for the advancement of Administrative Assistants and recruited members ensuring the committee’s success.

* Managed multiple calendars/travel schedules, maintained tracking system.

* Designed, created & executed dynamic presentations for the SVP, VP and staff.

 

 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Phoenix, AZ   9/1990 – 9/2000

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/CONTRACTING OFFICER

* Administrative Officer/Contracting Officer/Purchasing Agent for all of the USDA-Farm Service Agency & Rural Development offices in Arizona.

* Head of Admin Department.  Directly supervised two people.

* Warranted Contracting Officer:  Purchased equipment, supplies, and services in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

* Entered into Blanket Purchase Agreements for services that were needed on a continual basis in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

* Leasing Agent/Coordinator for all Arizona Farm Service Agency Offices.

 

EDUCATION:  Truman University, Kirksville, Missouri for one year.

 

OTHER:  US Army Veteran; Author & Presentation Specialist for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival; Designer/Webmaster of TheJudyRoom.com TheJudyRoom.com (Judy Garland site)

My Interests

Film, Creative Writing, Web & Blog Design & Maintenance, Weightlifting, Multi-media, Fundraising