•Designed and executed programs to create pathways for underserved residents of Dallas, including returning citizens, to obtain industry-recognized certifications•Foster and maintain partnerships with employers to create and sustain living wage career opportunities•Recruit and guide clients through the selection process into high-demand career training programs•Serve as a key resource in communities, focusing on reentry, youth engagement, and workforce development initiatives

VIDEO PRODUCTION SKILLSAdobe Premier, Adobe Encore, Final Cut, Social Media Manager, Photography, HD Video, MAC Editing, Shure FP Wireless Mics, MS Office 2010, Scripting, DVD Authoring, Online Uploading, Video Production, Audio Production, Non-Broadcast Video, Public SpeakingPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• Responsible for managing day-to-day operations of video production company• Provides video production services to multiple commercial and non-profit clients• Conducts consultations with potential customers on video services • Completes video agreements detailing production shoot parameters• Scripting, shooting and editing video projects• Produces short and long form video • Responsible for capturing events and producing video and photo feeds for social media• Imported video to YouTube and Facebook• Editing and output video to DVD and Internet• Periodically researches and updates equipment• Submits invoicing and receipts to clients • Partners with local videographers and photographers on various shoots• Assesses venues prior to equipment set up for shoots• Coordinates positioning of equipment with program directors, managers and client contacts • Collaborates with multiple levels of managers on organization initiatives

Leads AmeriCorps members in a nonprofit anti-poverty fighting organization of over 200 employees. Responsible for the overall interviewing, selection, onboarding, training, mentoring, and evaluation of workforce retention specialists. Oversee deliverables including enrollments, job/training referrals, employments and job retention• Revamped AmeriCorps onboarding process with best-in-class experience• Developed youth talent pipeline• Exceeded deliverables for Texas Workforce Commission grant

Responsible for recruiting, data entry, filing, and collaborating with all internal and external partners, employers and youth population• Participant in Strategic Workforce Group of Texas Workforce Commission• Collaborated with TWC stakeholders/community partners to support transitioncenters, introduce, implement best practices relating to performancemanagement and annual reviews leading to increased compliance• Streamlined intake and tracking system for all ongoing youth updates• Developed content and delivered Workforce program specifics topartner staff and youth

Provided support for the Workforce Investment Act, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, Project Re-Integration of Offenders and Trade Adjustment Assistance programs for a global nonprofit in Dallas, TX.• Served on Workgroup to foster continuous improvement of departmental goals• Collaborated with stakeholders to introduce and implement best practices relating to performance management and annual reviews leading to increased compliance

Ensured service delivery, solutions development, and relationship management for underserved populations• Partnered with internal leadership team, community, employers, and training providers to reach measurable goals• Delivered communications to client executive sponsors, including regular on-site visits, executive briefings, and project implementation statuses• Retained all clients through complex reorganizational changes• Recognized for successful expansion of services across client base

Facilitate orientations, interview participants, redirect clients to attain job search skills, work experience, interviewing, resume writing and pre-employment training, determine eligibility of clients, manage cases, perform data entry, submit routine reports to management, evaluate and assign job referrals, selected by center manager to improve workforce orientations at nine offices

Connect with employers, provide solutions, increase revenue by creating marketing campaigns for a Christian audience. Reported to the General Sales Manager.• Focused efforts on cold-calling, research, presenting, producing commercials• Coordinated commercial campaigns through production and programming departments• Gained an understanding of serving in the public interest, establishing partnerships, and customer buying habits