Teaching BlendEd lasses in Communications, Composition, Writing, and Literature courses

Decoral Team Leader, Production Scheduling, Employee Relations, Technical Writing, HR,Customer Service• Human Resources responsibilities: interviewing, hiring, and conducting new employee orientation; performance reviews and raises; disciplinary documentation and implementation; employee termination and unemployment compensation eligibility verification; attendance tracking; payroll assistance; and Workman’s Compensation assistance; Customer relations• Effectively communicated safety standards and operating procedures to new hires• Developed training manuals, presentations, and employee assessments for diverse audiences• Identified barriers to employee success and used various strategies to overcome obstacles• Collaborated with management to determine training needs, scheduling concerns, team building strategies, and set in place critical issue resolution • Coordinated company Production Scheduling with customers’ needs, materials on hand, personnel staffing, and Shipping and Receiving capacity; open order tracking• Continuous improvement and Quality Control • Supply Department inventory and purchase orders • Training, mentoring, and encouraging employees to their best potential self

Monitored students’ posts/responded to each student using the “Best Practices” method. Critiqued students’ academic papers for revisions; mentored, advised, and tutored students. Monitored all students’ activity on blackboard, which included their performance on assignments, posts, and papers and emailed struggling students to offer help or referred them to other resources.

• Set inspirational goals and set examples for team• Consistent organizational, motivational, management and time management skills• Collaborated with management and other departments to offer solutions regarding project-related queries issues• Liaison between multiple plants in Florida and North Carolina, and between the company and suppliers• Leadership classes and workshops for continued leadership improvements, team building, and training and mentoring• Identified, developed, and use the strengths of each team member to maximize team performance; as well as located, detected, and resolved problems and weaknesses of each team individual • Guided by example and utilized vast experience in directing a team towards its objective to meet deadlines, and thus achieved corporate goals• Worked with other department leaders to write, edit, proofread, rewrite, organize, and refine procedure standard documentation, safety guidelines, 5S instructions and visual controls, outline of department expectations, training guidelines, and how-to manuals for departmental processes.• Evaluated individuals regularly to determine training needs

Creative, non-traditional approach in marketing business and services. Offered communication, customer service, and confidence to distinguish new business in saturated market. Solution oriented mindset. Able to excel in stressful environments; easily interacts with diverse individuals and groups. • Write, edit, proofread, and rewrite promotional materials, sales brochures, and advertising documents text. Design layout and print specifications • Increased photography clientele 34% with creative marketing strategies • Interviewed potential customers, helped resolve conflicts, time restraints, and budgeting concerns.• Communication, customer service, money management, product presentation, and sales • Conducted client consultations, offered personalized service for individualization • Offered assistance with other service needs, and followed up on planning details • Knowledge of photographic corrections, enhancements, and manipulation in Adobe Photoshop • Worked with lab to achieve optimum editing effects, such as cropping the image, lighting, brightness, and saturation level • Conducted research for prime locations to capture client’s moments perfectly and creatively posed and directed clients for optimum photographic results• Money management and sales geared for successful business • Attended classes, seminars, and studied for Master Photographer certification • Ordered and maintained supplies, met with suppliers, organized and kept accurate books for tax purposes • Operated Mamiya 645 Medium Format SLR, and Nikon, Canon, and Olympus 35mm SLR/DSLR under all lighting conditions with correct settings and lenses.

• Accountability for profit, loss, and management of company supplies.• Worked closely with a diverse team of 26 employees in Supply, Mis-matched Pairing and Organization, Damage and Repair, and Transportation processes to maintain consistent communication and foster cohesiveness in team efforts towards Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.• Reorganized and restructured Supply department for efficient operation.• Collaborated with IT, developed inventory management program in Clarion that aided in efficient stock-level management and elimination of non-value added inventory, thereby driving down overhead costs.• Implemented theft management program and employee accountability of supply usage verses demand controls.• Monitored usage, ordered and maintained inventory stock levels, and shipped supplies to main company, subsidiary companies, and offices. • Maintained accurate supply inventory • Set daily production requirements and goals for team members, used creativity, problem solving, and reward incentives to challenge team members to reach results • Maintained productivity, material usage, input/output, and employee attendance records• Inspired, mentored, and trained team members with hands-on demonstrations to empower each individual, and encouraged shared learning of skills and knowledge with others.• Improved attendance and behavior by fostering a sense of pride, ownership, and importance in one’s position and accomplishments.• Promoted internal communications• Accountable for profit, loss, and management of soda machines revenue.• Monitored and managed company petty cash.• Handled Promotional Merchandise Received. • Reviewed Promotional Merchandise received from vendor, chose customer attention-grabbing display materials for window display and shelf display each subsidiary company. • Collaborated with Marketing to announce and implement schemes, contests, in store discounts and gifts, and gift vouchers as a method for promoting sales.