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William Herring

Upper Marlboro,MD

Summary

Effective advisor communicates well with people of all ages and backgrounds. Excellent eye for detail enabling quick identification of areas for improvement and suggesting strategies to help businesses reach goals. Focused on introducing efficient systems and processes. Possesses versatile skills in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration. Brings fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering effective solutions.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales/ Independent Coffee Distributer/Consultant

Organo Gold
11.2013 - Current
  • Network Marketing of healthy coffee infused with herb Ganoderma
  • Independent sales and coffee sampling with a PBR
  • 30 Conference calls and weekly meetings to galvanize sales
  • Liaised with customers, management, and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
  • Collaborated with teams to define, strategize, and implement marketing and web strategies.
  • Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.

Sales/Personal Assistant

H&H Production & Consultation Services
01.2010 - 01.2025
  • Assist in the marketing, promotion, and advertisement of a self-published book, No Blame/No Shame: Self Empowerment Tools for Healing and Building Stronger Families by Rosa Hood Herring
  • Plan and prepare advertising and promotional material to increase sales of products or services, working with customers, company officials, sales departments and advertising agencies
  • Gather and organize information to plan advertising campaigns
  • Direct, motivate, and monitor the mobilization of a campaign team of 15 to advance campaign goals
  • Kept detailed track of household and maintenance inventory and schedules.
  • Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
  • Provided multifaceted services to career professionals by running errands, managing mail, scheduling appointments, and arranging transportation.

Administrative Assistant

H&H Production and Consultation Services
01.2020 - 01.2023
  • Answered about 20 calls per day on multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Maintained inventory of office supplies and placed orders.
  • Increased office participation in special events by creating newsletter with detailed calendars and other office updates.
  • Transcribed and organized information to assist in preparing speeches and presentations.
  • Processed invoices and expenses to facilitate financial management.
  • Maintained confidentiality and security of sensitive information to protect privacy and security of company data.
  • Scheduled meetings and appointment to prevent scheduling conflicts.
  • Managed incoming and outgoing mail and packages to facilitate prompt delivery and receipt.

Financial Services Representative

Primerica Financial Services
2003 - 11.2007
  • Prospected and recruited 2 individuals per month for the marketing of financial service products, including insurance, home mortgages, student and debt consolidation loans
  • Established and maintained relationships with individual or business customers and provided assistance with problems customers may have encountered
  • Networked within communities to find and attract new business

Fundraiser/Assistant Operations Manager

Captel/Republican National Committee
06.1996 - 11.2003
  • Supervised 25 staff members; maintained a productive and professional work environment
  • Night Supervisor - calculated and summarized daily statistics to ensure goals were met
  • Ranked top fundraiser for the 2002 midterm elections
  • Implemented new scripts for fundraisers and provided new employee training
  • Provided logistical support and assistance to clients at congressional hearings
  • Raised funds for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the 1996 Presidential elections

Sales/Account Executive

2020 Communications -Verizon Fios
06.2008 - 01.2009
  • Conducted 20 door-to-door attempted sales and product demonstrations for Verizon
  • Participated in weekly product and sales training
  • Identified and maintained a portfolio of customers, selling across the full range of Voice, Data and IP Solutions offered by Verizon
  • Met and exceeded all business targets
  • Formed long term business partnerships with accounts, leveraging the buy/sell opportunities with the customer
  • Negotiated sales deals between customers and agency, resulting in mutually beneficial agreements and cultivated relationships.
  • Mastered and constantly improved sales prospecting, follow-up and upsell processes.
  • Attained deep and thorough knowledge of company's products and solutions to help accomplish mutual success and partnership between buyer and seller.
  • Reached average of 70 % of sales goals each year.

Recording Production Assistant

Clout Productions
05.1991 - 03.1996

Facilitated the advancement and development of 10 musical artists through budgeting, analysis, and marketing

  • Worked with producers in the studio to achieve optimal results from the combination of musical talents and state of the art equipment
  • Conferred with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments
  • Planned and established work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals

Telemarketer

GHEL Group
06.1995 - 01.1996

Raised funds for Maryland firefighters through telemarketing

  • Delivered prepared sales talks, reading from scripts that described products or services, in order to persuade potential customers to make a donation

Contacted businesses or private individuals 30 telephone calls per day in order to request donations for charitable causes

  • Maintained records of contacts, accounts, and others
  • Attained $1000.00 in sales targets on monthly basis.

Telemarketer Representative

Time Life Libraries
03.1994 - 04.1995
  • Marketed Time-Life products to customers over the telephone
  • Supervised and quality-monitored the marketing schedules of other telemarketing representatives and developed new sales scripts
  • Explained products, services and prices, and answered questions from customers
  • Made average of 50 outbound and inbound calls per day.

Document Analyst

CACI
05.1990 - 05.1991
  • Coded, logged, and controlled documents for large-scale automated litigation support projects contracted by the U.S
  • Department of Justice
  • Identified and classified 50 documents per day or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata
  • Implemented electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists

Actor/Stand-In

Central Casting
10.1980 - 01.1989
  • Did stand-in work for Avery Brooks in the T.V
  • Show 'A Man Called Hawk'
  • Acted in the movie, 'Used Cars'
  • Acted in the television pilot, 'Hunter's Moon'
  • Performed in various television commercials

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Communications Media

University of Maryland Global Campus
Hyattsville, MD

Associate of Arts - Digital Communications And Media

St. Augustine's University
Raleigh, NC
03.1985

Skills

  • Business presentation
  • Technical review
  • Assessments
  • Reporting writing
  • Market penetration
  • Work product development

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

H&H Production and Consultation Services
01.2020 - 01.2023

Sales/ Independent Coffee Distributer/Consultant

Organo Gold
11.2013 - Current

Sales/Personal Assistant

H&H Production & Consultation Services
01.2010 - 01.2025

Sales/Account Executive

2020 Communications -Verizon Fios
06.2008 - 01.2009

Fundraiser/Assistant Operations Manager

Captel/Republican National Committee
06.1996 - 11.2003

Telemarketer

GHEL Group
06.1995 - 01.1996

Telemarketer Representative

Time Life Libraries
03.1994 - 04.1995

Recording Production Assistant

Clout Productions
05.1991 - 03.1996

Document Analyst

CACI
05.1990 - 05.1991

Actor/Stand-In

Central Casting
10.1980 - 01.1989

Financial Services Representative

Primerica Financial Services
2003 - 11.2007

Some College (No Degree) - Communications Media

University of Maryland Global Campus

Associate of Arts - Digital Communications And Media

St. Augustine's University
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