Melinda Ethington

Experience

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  Orlando Magic

  Sept 1995 - Sept 2003

  Executive Assistant

  Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President Served as executive assistant and publicity liaison responsible for negotiating corporate speaking appearance contracts, scheduling sports celebrity guests for weekly radio show,developing and managing annual departmental budget.• Prepared invoices for services rendered, monthly expense reports and credit card statements. • Maintained calendar and made extensive travel arrangements.• Assisted basketball operations with game night duties, including credentialing family room host and supervising department interns. • Assisted in research, interviewing subjects, development and publicity of 18 books while planning promotional appearances, trips and interviews for all new book releases.• Served as on-site team contact for traveling party during NBA All-Star weekends, successfully coordinating chapel service and securing nationally known Christian speakers and singers for an average audience of 200 guests. • Assisted basketball operations department and coaches with annual NBA Drafts. Show less

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  WAVE 3 - TV

  Oct 2003 - Aug 2007

  Newsroom Administrative Assistant

  Assisted Station Manager / News Director and served as Office Manager responsible for day-to-day operations and HR functions for a 65 employee department.• Created and managed $5M annual, zero based news budget, responsible for monitoring news service contracting with external vendors.• Provided new staff on-boarding training and intern development, coordinated speakers bureau appearances, scheduled job shadows, approved bi-weekly timesheets, prepared and maintained annual vacation schedule and prepared EEO reports.• Audited expense reports, prepared weekly work schedules, made travel arrangements.• Coordinated and planned special events and administered communications accounts for the entire station. • Served as liaison between corporate office and news staff. Show less

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  Papa John's International

  Sept 2007 - Jul 2010

  Executive Assistant

  Executive Assistant to President, Global OperationsProvided executive-level administrative support to the President and the Global Operations team consisting of 200 employees in corporate office and field. • Liaison between Chairman / CEO’s office and departments to ensure proper communications and reporting practices promoting continuous collaboration while collecting and tracking to develop financial, quality and service and operations reports.• Improved reporting efficiencies by creating clear and concise data collection formats, information access systems and office procedures.• Prepared detailed presentations for monthly webcasts and quarterly Board of Directors meetings. • Coordinated numerous projects and events exercising ability to improvise, improve procedures and meet demanding deadlines. • Recipient of annual corporate wide “You Delivered! Driver Award” recognizing team members who can be counted on to deliver, are driven to get things done and surpass their previous best. Show less

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  Dunkin'​ Brands

  Sept 2010 - Jan 2014

  Executive Assistant

  Executive Assistant to President, U.S, Canada, China, Japan, & Korea (based in Louisville, KY)Provided executive support to the President, Vice President of Marketing and Sr. Director of Operations; scheduled, planned and facilitated meetings; monitored communications and resolved concerns; administered expense budgets; maintained executive calendars and arranged travel.• Served as key contributing member of the Brand Advisory Council and scheduled quarterly meetings for this 18-member team. • Planned and coordinated annual, corporate employee meetings for 90+ team members involving continuous product, process, trend, marketing and innovation training.• Planned and coordinated numerous successful marketing events, operations and team meetings throughout the United States. Show less

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  Humana

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2015

  Executive Assistant

  Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer