Lead Research Associate Resume
East Hanover, NJ
Objective
To seek a challenging position as an experienced marketing research professional with strong analytical, communication and organizational skills
Summary
- Understand customer needs, propose solutions and manage expectations
- Manage project scope, marketing campaign processes, budget and deliverables
- Lead and coordinate cross functional teams to ensure project progress and resolve issues
- Strong in business requirements analysis as well as creative report design and documentation
- Best practices in full project life cycles including planning, analysis, design, and training
Experiences
03/2003-07/2007 Confidential, East Hanover, NJ
Lead Research Associate
- Produced and proofread multi-media research and brand tracking presentations
- Evaluated statistical data from completed consumer and physician surveys
- Served as project manager by assisting task load assignments and outlining progress of projects with internal and external vendors
- Maintained and coordinated entire clinical trial and brand tracking presentations with pharmaceutical clients
- Proofread and edited Senior level management sales and research presentations and questionnaires
- Proofread and supervised progress and quality of assignments
- Performed customer relationship management by collecting business user requirements, managing project tasks, and meeting the customer’s business and financial goals
- Provide marketing research reports to clients such as Pfizer, Johnson&Johnson, Novartis, etc
- Assisted production manager in prioritizing projects, allocating resources, monitoring project progress and deliverables
- Trained newly-hired employees to understand specific rules and procedures. Consulted group members in graph and data creation
- Operated proofreading intake and outtake, i.e. revised, reviewed and approved junior staff’s output/report/data assignment
- Competent and accurate in proofreading charts/tables for style including font size, colors, patents, and labels, thus adhering to the production of crucial guidelines and templates
- Created crucial graphs and tables as a senior member of the department
- Exposure/light experience in working with SAS to create statistical reports
09/2000-03/2003 Confidential, East Hanover, NJ
Research Tech
- Helped in the creation of marketing research reports for different clients in the healthcare industry
- Analyzed tabular statistical reports using E-tab, Quantum, and SPSS software packages
- Interacted with senior members and colleagues to create reports and presentations
- Tested tabulation using E-Tab and SPSS software packages
- Assisted in special projects such as automation of charts creation and analytical plans in order to reduce the time of creation for reports
- Used MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS ACCESS, MS Word
10/1999-12/1999 Confidential, Rockaway, NJ
File Support - Internship
- Utilized Novell System for data entry
- Maintained scheduling and inventory files for shipping and production departments
- Managed daily office activities independently
03/1991-08/1993 Confidential, Hong Kong, China
Assistant Nurse Manager
- Responsible for all functions in the clinical management area
- Developed comprehensive business plans and budget systems
- Implemented computer-aided systems to maintain prescription records and patients’ information
- Monitored patients’ vital signs
08/1989-08/1991 Confidential, Guangzhou, China
Nurse, Maternity Unit
- Responsible for complete care of high risk patients both pre- and post-partum
- Partnered with physicians in response to patients’ needs to maximize best outcomes
- Responsible for hosting orientation programs for new nurses or student nurses
- Responsible for coordinating assignments within the Maternity Unit
EDUCATION :
Confidential, Upper Montclair, NJ 08/1999
B.S. Major: Allied Health Services
Confidential, Newark, NJ 09/1997
A.A. Major: Health Service Management
Confidential, Guangzhou, China 06/1989
A.A. Major: Nursing
PERSONAL SKILL:
Fluent in Chinese: Mandarin, Cantonese and Shantounese
