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Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Planned, implemented and led youth programming at the church including (but not limited to): * Weekly Activities - - Creatively brought new activities and structure to weekly youth group, small group Bible studies, and Sunday school for 10-100 students and adult volunteers. * Retreats and Missions - - Managed the logistics of three annual mission trips for 200 youth and adults. This included coordinating six separate outreach groups, working with more than a dozen local non-profits. - Worked with several third party vendors to put on our annual Spring retreat for more than 140 students and adult leaders. - Created a variety of new events which successfully increased participation. - Revitalized Sunday morning programming by reducing strain on adult volunteers through streamlined processes.Managed and supervised groups and committees of youth leaders and adult volunteers during events and activities, in addition to regular planning and training meetings. Implemented strategic plan based on goals set by long term visioning committee. Created relationships with students and families. Advised and mentored youth generally and in crisis situations. Implemented weekly digital communication strategies which included: * Building and updating a responsive website for our audience of students, parents and church members. * Producing video and social media content utilizing YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok that generated hundreds of weekly impressions. * Writing and sending our weekly email newsletter to more than 700 recipients with an open rate greater than 30%. The youth e-news consisted of three to five sections which noted upcoming events and information for our ministry.Maintained a general budget of $35,000 in addition to leading fundraising efforts of more than $16,000 through four key fundraisers throughout the year.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Built relationships with students, families, and adult volunteers. Managed weekly electronic communications. Assisted with planning and implementing all youth ministry programming including weekly events, retreats, and mission trips. Led two weekly small groups of middle and high school students. Developed new High School Fall Nighter retreat and Middle School Boys Day event. Assisted with managing budget and with fundraising.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Scheduled and led community outreach events. Managed a group of 20 volunteers and coordinated outreach campaigns. Visited parks and interacted with visitors as a park ambassador. Drove and maintained a city vehicle. Made purchases.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Supervised, recruited, and managed staff. Prepared and served food. Managed money, kept inventory, and placed product orders. Planned and facilitated catering orders. Opened and closed restaurant daily. Interacted with customers and handled any concerns. Operated point of sale machine.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Served on the game night production crew at PNC Arena during Carolina Hurricanes hockey games and North Carolina State University basketball games. Cut highlight videos and created gifs for use on social media. Operated the sponsorship video boards, or served as a camera operator during games.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Produced motion graphics for in-game features shown on the PNC arena video boards. Produced or assisted in the production of other graphic packages for the Carolina Hurricanes using the Adobe Creative Suite, especially After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premier Pro.

Boone, Nc

As a student ambassador I served the University as a representative for the Office of Admissions, the Alumni Association and the Office of the Chancellor. Each ambassador holds individual leadership positions within the organization after being selected through a rigorous membership process. During my time in the organization I held the following positions:- Membership Publicity Coordinator (2014-2015)As director of our membership drive publicity strategy I developed logos, posters, photography, videos, etc. using the Adobe Creative Suite for months ahead of the membership process to immerse our campus in our annual brand image.- Athletic Recruitment Coordinator (2013-2014)As the athletic recruitment coordinator I acted as a liaison between the student ambassadors and the athletic department. I organized and conducted campus tours for athletic recruits and assisted in the game day experience for official visits.- Photographer (2012-2013)

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I designed marketing materials including logos, brochures, website, videos, social media pages and photography for this firm in the senior living/care industry in support of the grand opening of a new project in Georgia. The Facebook promotion campaign using my work products drew just under 10,000 views.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Academy Media Partners provides educational content for financial services lead generation. I designed info-graphics, developed a WordPress blog site, and wrote press releases for this public relations and marketing firm.

Carthage, North Carolina

I managed and assisted a staff of counselors that taught the sports, disc golf, and golf merit badges while also leading the camp in tournaments and other sports related activities. I mediated conflicts, aided troop leaders, and performed other staff duties.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Public Relations

Activities and Societies: College Service Project, Student Government Association, Sigma Nu Fraternity, and Higher Ground male a-Capella.

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Chorus, Theatre, Student Council, National Honor Society, Ultimate Frisbee