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Donna Schooley

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

Detail-oriented administrative professional with diplomacy and people-skills with background in public relations and marketing.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator/Events

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
01.2014 - Current
  • Supporting Head of West Advisory Team (current)
  • Supported Head of SVB Access Team 2023
  • Supported Chief of Staff and co-supported President of SVB Private during 2020-2023 Boston Private acquisition and integration
  • Supported SVB Operations team (2014 -2019)
  • Managed executive calendars, scheduled meetings coordinated travel arrangements and itineraries
  • Managed CEO and President inbox and communications in Outlook during BP integration
  • Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact
  • Manged event logistics, catering, agendas and travel arrangements for meeting and event planning for executives
  • Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group
  • Facilitated training and onboarding for incoming office staff
  • Worked with senior management to initiate new projects and assist in various processes
  • Worked with HR, IT, Tech teams and Integration team during integration and onboarding consultants and new team members (over 100 consultants and over 700 Boston Private integration)
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity
  • Coordinated large meetings, such as Quarterly SVB Private Town Halls (co-managing with marketing and media team with 600+ attendees on Zoom webinar platform)
  • Onboarding consultants via vendor process and all communications
  • Assisted in editing presentations and delivering communications
  • Co-managed Enterprise programs with marketing: Boston Private onboarding and gifting program, SVB Customer Service Week program, VC education events program with Relationship Managers, Managed Surveys for event feedback and data to drive future events
  • Managed distribution lists in Outlook
  • Attended and participated in DE&I Events
  • Trained new admins

Marketing Specialist/Event Coordinator/EA to Head of Marketing

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
01.2005 - 01.2014
  • Partnered with Events Team for SVB sponsored events and SVB sponsored Hackathons (1-2 events per quarter)
  • Coordinated with Marketing Team two SVB Enterprise level logo refresh
  • Updates SVB.com external events page
  • Testing external sites as Mac user before going live with events
  • Partnered and communicated with internal clients for all sponsorship advertising placements and ad creations (sometimes placing three to five sponsorship ads a week)
  • Managed communications and editing in SVB's marketing automation tool to communicate to vendors and agencies globally and to track projects and communicate with the management team on timelines/dates
  • Responsible for managing the SVB Gift Store (including vendor management), including using Survey Monkey for feedback and data to make future decisions and recommendations
  • Updated CRM with client logo updates and correspondence as needed
  • Saved and organized archives of all digital assets and hard-copy collateral
  • Worked closely with in-house design team to develop visuals for content
  • Met with vendors to assess products, inquire about services and negotiate pricing
  • Liaised between internal creative teams and agencies for branding ideas, graphic designs and promotional materials
  • Maintained inventory of marketing literature, archive files and sample files
  • Collaborated closely with graphic designers, subject matter experts (SMEs) and technical staff to produce compliant, on-time proposals
  • Created and distributed surveys for data collection and analysis
  • Managed CMO's calender and travel
  • Worked closely with EA staff and internal executive teams
  • Expense reports

Team Coordinator for the Electronic Systems Group

SVB Alliant
05.2004 - 02.2005
  • Supported Mergers and Acquisitions Team, Division of SVB Financial Group
  • Managed approximately 5 closing dinners with M&A team and executives from closing company
  • Worked closely with legal teams and completed closing M&A agreements
  • Coordinated with Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Analysts during the entire M&A process.

Marketing Communications Specialist (PR Team)

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
05.1999 - 09.2003
  • Co-coordinated all Public Relations events with internal and external PR agencies and consultants
  • Worked closely with global PR infrastructure in a fast-paced environment
  • Managed the News Management Team meeting, PR calendar proposals, media database, media mailings, and content of press kit
  • Issued 4 press releases over PR News Wire every year
  • Coordinated all press activities at press and analyst events (managed press calendar) e.g. DAC conferences in Vegas once a year
  • Managed the Newsroom on Cadence.com and internal communication sites using HTML.
  • Created marketing briefs

Education

BS - Consumer Science

San Francisco State University

Marketing, Business Management -

De Anza College

Advance social media -

UCSC
Santa Clara

Homestead High School
Cupertino, CA

Skills

  • Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneDrive
  • Microsoft Outlook: Calendaring, Collaboration tools: SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams Channels
  • Microsoft Forms for survey creation and questionnaires
  • Zoom Platform: Webinars, data collections, surveys
  • Splash Marketing for creating for in-person, virtual and hybrid events Editing tool and data management
  • Learning new skills and taking free courses when necessary
  • Understanding Brand usage
  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Tech Savvy
  • Perform successfully in fast-paced, high-pressure situations with strict deadlines
  • Anticipate challenges with a positive and solutions-minded perspective

For Fun

Grew up in bay area hiking and camping in Yosemite and hiking in Colorado. I like relaxing, swimming and travel. Always curious about tech by

scanning X (formally Twitter) and reading and listening about Ai on social media threads and channels.

Timeline

Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator/Events

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
01.2014 - Current

Marketing Specialist/Event Coordinator/EA to Head of Marketing

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
01.2005 - 01.2014

Team Coordinator for the Electronic Systems Group

SVB Alliant
05.2004 - 02.2005

Marketing Communications Specialist (PR Team)

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
05.1999 - 09.2003

BS - Consumer Science

San Francisco State University

Marketing, Business Management -

De Anza College

Advance social media -

UCSC

Homestead High School

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