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Maria Oliver

Maria Oliver

Communication Professional
Hinesville,GA

Summary

Motivated communication professional with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, highly adaptable with exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at community engagement and working effectively unsupervised who quickly mastering new skills. Trained in effective media strategies and conflict management.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Director

WHCJ Savannah State University
Savannah, GA
12.2021 - 06.2023

Organized outreach events to maximize internal and external campus engagement, prepared statistical evaluation of transmitter and broadcast reports, correct program irregularities, upload/download weekly content from various submissions, monitored air studio guarantee maximum equipment effectiveness, created content for six social media platforms, mentored student on professional office standards, programmed daily automation logs including timely promos, developed relationships with nonprofit organizations, drafted public service announcement promotions, monitored and documented weekly and monthly broadcast system tests

Front Desk Supervisor

Red Roof Inn & Suites Hotel
Hinesville, GA
06.2019 - 01.2022

Supply guests with positive interpersonal engagement from check in to check out, create reservations for individuals and groups, assist with county, city, and fire inspections, training of new hires, assign housekeeping and maintenance tasks, employ conflict resolution tactics to remedy guest concerns, monitor payment and invoicing for accounts, correct billing errors, perform employee feedback sessions, create guest engagement with holiday special projects

News Anchor/Board Operator

KNUS Salem Media Group
Denver, CO
06.2018 - 06.2019

Performed live and prerecorded audio, write and research content, and fact check news information on deadline, respond to listener critiques, produced of weekly public affairs program, operated soundboard complying with program clock, coordinating with live show connections and commercials, edited content and ingested into system for airplay on deadline, diagnosed and resolved technical issues, maintain FCC regulations and broadcast standards, regulated air signal for quality and continuity

Board Operator/Production Assistant

KSJO Universal Media Access
San Jose, CA
12.2017 - 05.2018

Board operations for various live and pre-recorded programs, trained and evaluated new hires and board op candidates, diagnosed and solved technical issues on deadline, managed three studio facilities to ensure client satisfaction with logistics, payments, and safety, responsible for mentored high school students on FCC regulation and broadcast standards, documented program irregularities reporting to chief engineer and program director

Promotions Assistant

KBAY/KEZR Alpha Media
San Jose, CA
06.2015 - 02.2018

Community interactions based on client requests, train new promotions team members creating positive public goodwill for station brand, crowd control for public events to ensure on air personality safety and effectiveness, performed giveaway and gift offerings in high volume public settings, collaborated with talent to provide coverage for concerts and trade shows.

Traffic and Media

Elkins Retail Advertising Inc
San Jose, CA
08.2015 - 03.2017

Organized monthly media files on deadlines while maintaining high-quality deliverables, practice effective interdepartmental communication with media outlets, sales team, and media operations, managed weekly trafficking of advertising to multiple radio and television stations, scheduled voice actor for audio assignments, resolve concerns for media director, maintained calendar for sales team, outreach activities, supervised non-staff workers for community events

News Anchor/Board Operator

KLIV Silicon Valley News Radio
San Jose, CA
07.2015 - 03.2017

Performed live and prerecorded audio maintaining timing for network cutaways and commercials, monitored three studio facilities to ensure client satisfaction with, created live news reports, created rundown for afternoon and next day anchors, drafted copy for other news anchors, produced and edited audio segments on deadline, engineered all day programming include syndicated shows, complied bi-hourly transmitter noting irregularities and studio equipment issues

Media Operations Assistant

WUSF Public Media
Tampa, FL
03.2014 - 05.2015

Performed live engineering services for NPR affiliate anchors including local anchor and network cutaways, loaded classical and jazz content, performed transmitter readings, monitored and documented weekly and monthly EAS tests, corrected studio equipment issues, edited audio spots, uploaded audio for dual stations, ensure air quality and equipment safety after hours and on weekends, controlled local audio board feed for Metropolitan Opera

Traffic/PSA Coordinator

WMNF Community Radio
Tampa, FL
04.2012 - 05.2015

Maintained the daily programming logs, performed live engineering for nightly news with two anchors and multiple audio sources, managed five studio facilities to ensure client satisfaction and equipment safety, draft press releases, training for all volunteers and staff, created fresh promos for various events and campaigns, served as back up operations manager and on-call engineer, wrote copy for more than 150 nonprofit and community organizations

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A - Business Administration

Everest University
04.2013

Bachelor of Arts (B.A - Communication

Washington State University
06.2003

Skills

  • MS Office, Google Suites, Adobe Creative, Canva
  • Interdepartmental Communication
  • Audio and Video Content Editing
  • Public Speaking
  • Customer Service
  • Multi-tasking for Simultaneous Projects
  • Copywriting Abilities
  • Media Relations
  • Brand Development
  • Social Media Best Practices
  • Project Management

Work Availability

monday
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morning
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evening
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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Assistant Director

WHCJ Savannah State University
12.2021 - 06.2023

Front Desk Supervisor

Red Roof Inn & Suites Hotel
06.2019 - 01.2022

News Anchor/Board Operator

KNUS Salem Media Group
06.2018 - 06.2019

Board Operator/Production Assistant

KSJO Universal Media Access
12.2017 - 05.2018

Traffic and Media

Elkins Retail Advertising Inc
08.2015 - 03.2017

News Anchor/Board Operator

KLIV Silicon Valley News Radio
07.2015 - 03.2017

Promotions Assistant

KBAY/KEZR Alpha Media
06.2015 - 02.2018

Media Operations Assistant

WUSF Public Media
03.2014 - 05.2015

Traffic/PSA Coordinator

WMNF Community Radio
04.2012 - 05.2015

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A - Business Administration

Everest University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A - Communication

Washington State University
Maria OliverCommunication Professional