DIEDRA LIZCANO

Seasoned educator inspiring students’ appreciation of art, fostering a safe, creative environment, fulfilling district and state requirements through virtual and face-to-face learning, and bridging the gap for students scoring below recommended state level. Yearbook Advisor three years, exceeding all sales expectations

• Differentiate instruction to meet needs of diverse learners and special populations
• Prepare and administer formative and summative assessments to determine level of student understanding and remediate as needed
• Communicate frequently with parents, students, and faculty, provide feedback, and discuss strategies
• Boost cultural awareness by incorporating art and artists from world cultures
• Increase expertise through ongoing professional development
• Maintain student attendance, grades, and other required records
• Design classroom layout, class processes and procedures for optimal student success.
• Facilitate participation in art contests and initiatives outside school
• Implemented remedial strategies resulting in highest pass increase - 85%
• Yearbook theme, cover design, and layout from concept to publishing
• Identified and managed marketing to meet and exceed sales expectations

Operated within budget for newly opened location, tackling general administrative tasks, procuring furniture and equipment to fashion offices and reception space to create welcome, modern, professional first impression. Managed logistics for Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) cradle-to-grave.

• Arranged transportation, lodging, and itineraries for president and senior staff
• Entrusted with craft services including menu, delivery, set-up, and entertainment for client meetings and events
• Procured supplies and exhibit materials including promotional
• Maintained expense reports for President and Sales Executives
• Sourced vendors for special projects, negotiated contracts
• Oversaw office inventory, requisitions, and shipment receiving
• Processed expense reports, travel expenses, and reimbursements
• Facilitated training and onboarding for new staff of 10 and visiting staff of over 20, including badge assignment and security checks
• Promoted team productivity by keeping supplies organized and well-stocked

Mastered understanding and logistic control of the retained search process for executive search company, prepared, edited, and converted daily recruitment profiles and resumes, and performed general office duties.

• Ensured 100% grammatical accuracy and consistency within company templates
• Researched companies to create comprehensive synopses on resumes of candidates' previous employers
• Generated background checks and degree verification
• Communicated with clients/candidates for interviews, inclusive of travel arrangements and accommodations
• Spearheaded initiative to modernize, update, and maintain intranet for intercompany use and increase external user traffic
• Managed company CRM system
• Maintained efficient electronic and hard copy filing systems – inclusive of confidential documents

Served as liaison between Knowledge Sharing team and clients. Helped maintain online portals created as global communities of interest to share content and ideas, Q&A, best practices, and lessons learned.

• Cultivated rapport with network leaders, directors, and clients
• Compared incoming data against quality, integrity and accuracy
• Maintained efficient document flows with planning and multitasking
• Worked with team to remedy issues with preemptive solutions
• Archived documents and discussions for searchability and access
• Trained end-users on managing internal networks/sites, network applications, software or related systems
• Created/maintained/edited company global wiki articles, site instructions, manuals, and training documents
• Formulated Excel spreadsheets for analysis and classification
• Managed SharePoint lists and content libraries for over 165 portals

Meticulous support to managers and team of Erha, Nigeria Deepwater project, charged with revamping folder structure, arranging international travel, coordinating meeting and conference logistics, and consulting with end users to resolve issues.

• Spearheaded complete overhaul of folder structure, eliminating unused, outdated, or duplicate data, reducing depth of folder hierarchy, and creating consistent naming convention to build intuitive system, increasing efficiency by over 75%
• Prepared support documentation and training materials
• Procured supplies and maintained database systems
• Conducted all aspects of corporate international business travel including ticketing, visas, government letters of intent, medical, itineraries, accommodations, and ground transportation
• Marshaled schedules, venues, and craft services for meetings

Supported project managers and team of over 20 for Thunder Horse Subsea Project, maintained document control registry and correspondence logs for clients and subcontractors, organized and executed project activities and document control, and coordinated team-building activities.

• Created / updated records maintain document compliance
• Met project schedules and established quality standards
• Organized, distributed, and tracked project documents

Coordinated recruiting activities for high school students, attended area and statewide interactive college events, conducted presentations for individual, small, and large audiences, and guided prospective students through initial interest, acceptance and admission, financial assistance, housing, college life, and general academic concerns.

• Coordinated recruiting activities, including 2-3 guided tours daily
• Met with high school administrators and counselors
• Designed/wrote and maintained all campus promotional literature
• Collaboratively planned all internal and campus-wide events
• Advised and registered incoming students
• Helped shape department policies and programs while serving on various administrative committees
• Drafted proposals for subsequent year
• Reviewed statistic enrollment data and prepared reports