Paola Olivares
Tampa ,FL
Summary
Team leader, educator and project manager with a proven track record of implementing rigorous curriculum and managing high-end design projects, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and strategic planning. Achieved cost savings and enhanced educational outcomes, demonstrating a unique blend of team management and detail orientation.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Elementary Teacher
Hillsborough County Schools
01.2013 - Current
- Implementing and creating rigorous curriculum according to FL state standards in math and science for 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grades
- Preparing and administering grade-specific tests and assessments regulated by school district
- Maintain knowledge of school curriculum, state standards and policies to correctly prepare students for higher grade levels in a competitive environment
- Continuously pursuing professional development to maintain education certification and obtain reading endorsement
- Tactfully communicating with stakeholders (parents/guardians) student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns
- Current member of math vertical team
- Current yearbook editor and chief; designing layout for a 90 page yearbook, leading a team of 12 yearbook developers, editing hundreds of candid photos, professional head shots and proofreading names and verbiage, meeting a strict deadline for print and digital production, working with PTA and yearbook company to budget costs, logistics and contract.
Project Manager Interior Design
Holmes Newman and Associates
11.2004 - 06.2011
- Managed projects from procurement to commission
- Responsible for specifying high-end furniture, fabrics, plumbing, stone for million dollar design projects
- Daily supervision of subcontractors on the jobsite
- Generated purchase orders, financial proposals and client invoices for each specified item on a project
- Managed million-dollar budgets effectively, implemented cost saving strategies by comparing multiple vendors and negotiating costs to come in within budget
- Successfully managed procurement and tracked logistics until client delivery
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment
- Created client presentations, design boards and photo layouts on assigned projects
- Maintained open communication by updating clients, vendors and management with detailed project updates
Education
Associate of Arts - Interior Design
Miami International University of Art And Design
Miami, FL2002
Bachelor of Science - Mass Communications
Florida International University
Miami, FL1997
Skills
- Detail oriented and highly organized
- Self starter
- Team/classroom management
- Multi-tasker
- Document Management
- Project tracking
- Strategic Planning
- Project Planning
Timeline
Elementary Teacher
Hillsborough County Schools
01.2013 - Current
Project Manager Interior Design
Holmes Newman and Associates
11.2004 - 06.2011
Associate of Arts - Interior Design
Miami International University of Art And Design
Bachelor of Science - Mass Communications
Florida International University
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