Sarah Wikle Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga

With a focus on engagement initiatives to grow the congregation’s involvement, I support and coordinate mission projects, congregational life activities, visitor follow-up, new member onboarding, and existing member involvement strategies. I’m accountable for developing and executing strategies to be sure processes, logistics and communications are effective and participants have a meaningful experience. I began as the Administrative Assistant for Adult Ministries and was promoted to Director of Engagement before taking the role of Ministry Coordinator in 2021.I managed all mission-related functions for 4 months during a minister vacancy, including moderating committee meetings, maintaining external mission partner relationships and supporting ongoing initiatives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I led multiple new initiatives including a Hunger Relief Fund to support non-profits focused on food insecurity, the church’s response to racial justice protests and virtual gatherings to provide a forum for intergenerational member interaction. I also redesigned the New Member Onboarding process, using a hybrid online and in-person format and creating new ways to increase intentional church member contact with new members.I design and execute weekly engagement plans and content for special worship seasons, targeted ministry emails, social media, pulpit announcements, weekly bulletin and e-newsletter. In addition to updating website content for the mission and visitor pages, I provide administrative support, meeting coordination, Zoom logistics, special events, committee minutes and volunteer coordination.

Tucker, Ga

I managed the business office, marketing, and logistics of a general contractor focused on home renovations. This included monitoring and managing cash flow using QuickBooks and ensuring billing accuracy, timely payments, appropriate insurance, payables and receivables completion. Collaborating with the business owner, I created quote packets, managed the contract completion process, and managed logistics and staffing for 3-4 simultaneous projects involving 10-40 contractors. I collaborated with the owner and a project manager to review project timelines, weekly work goals, budget status and scheduling needs. I also created marketing materials to promote the business through local media and directed photography to capture effective images of finished projects for promotional use.

Atlanta, Ga

I supported church programs in variety of roles, utilizing my organizational, communications, events, and logistics expertise to provide enriching experience to target audiences. I began as a Pre-K Classroom Lead Teacher and moved into the role of Preschool Director after 2 years. In my last role was as Music Coordinator, I created promotions to invite non-church members from nearby neighborhoods. This effort resulted in the Youth Choir growing from 45 to 90 members. I also coordinated a 10-day summer Youth Choir tour for 80 teenagers, including travel logistics, dining, lodging, entertainment, performance scheduling, equipment and participant documents. As Preschool Director, I led operations for pre-school and summer camps, overseeing a $300K budget, 26 teachers and 160 students. Additionally, I doubled the proceeds for the school’s most successful fundraiser to support capital improvements.

Atlanta, Ga

After starting with The Atlanta Opera in 1989 as the Receptionist, I moved into progressively responsible roles, rising to Artistic Administrator. I was a member of senior management with responsibility for a $2.5M production budget, 4 full time staff, 10 seasonal staff and 100+ independent contractors. I managed triple growth in both budget and performances over 4 years. As Artistic Administrator, I led all production-related components, activities and staff for 60+ mainstage operas, including 16 with new set, costume, and concept designs. I managed all production staff, technical staff, musical artists, and scenic artists; created rehearsal/tech schedules and led production meetings. I managed logistics for costume, scenic, properties, lighting, supertitles, orchestra, chorus and other production elements. I also negotiated contracts for artists, technical and production staff, venues, rentals, and warehousing. I initiated and managed partnerships with other performing arts organizations to share scenic resources and warehousing. After identifying an unmet need, I created accessibility programs, including sign language for hearing impaired school children attending live performances and audio descriptions of performance visuals for visually impaired guests. I developed and managed an educational outreach tour, reaching 30K+ school children annually. Other roles included Director of Production and Director of Education.