EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree - University of Central Florida - 3.67 GPA
BSBA Business Management and Marketing, Spanish Minor
Professional Selling Program (4% admit rate, UCF selects top 30 business students per year out of 2nd largest university in the nation)

•  Microsoft Competition – Won 1st place against entire School of Business for business plan to market Microsoft products to Millennials. Microsoft financially backed our plan and we captured 90% campus involvement within 4 months (45K students engaged).
• Clear Channel Outdoor Sales Apprenticeship with VP of Sales

PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

Communications Director – Christ Fellowship | McKinney, TX
June 2014 - Sept. 2016 (2000+ member church)

• Managed team of six Communication Specialists including social media manager, graphic designer, videographer, admin and project manager
• Strategic Planning and direction of $2.3 M Capital Campaign – produced all materials including website, print, social etc. within 3-4 week lead-time.
• Implemented successful external marketing campaign - 3% of quarterly budget
• Recruited video team, producing 30+ videos and stories annually ($80K value)
• Improved efficiency between teams by 40% 
• Hosted & participated in Center for Church Communications Certification Lab to receive advanced training on general communications strategy, personal creativity, decision psychology, and leadership
• Interior design and design development for $14M building project
• Graphic Design and voiceover work
  

Communications Media Manager – Hill Country Bible Church | Austin
April 2012 - June 2014 (7000+ member church)

• External Marketing and Social Media Strategist - achieving 55% growth on Facebook with 53.6K weekly reach, 240% growth on Twitter
•  Advised Citywide Marketing Leadership Team, organizing efforts and increasing collaboration between 370 Greater Austin churches
• Launched new website, logo and brand refresh to reach Millennials and a broader audience
• Hired and managed team of two videographers and a graphic designer
• Initiated new Project Management system to cut down on rework
•  Provided Spanish proofing & editing, Graphic Design and voiceover work

Marketing & Communications Director – Celebration Church | Austin 
August 2009 – February 2012 (5000+ member church)

• Managed $250K Communications & Marketing budget and directed team of 8
• Launched 2 campuses on the same day - 1000+ people attended
• Media relations and negotiation with outside vendors saving 30-50% in costs
• “Voice” of Celebration Church - branding, copywriting, voiceovers
• Editor of Lead Pastor's book Rocked

Worship Coordinator & Student Ministry Communications Director – Summit Church | Orlando
April 2008 – August 2009 (4000+ member church)

• Executive Admin for the Executive Worship Pastor
• Project management, developing and executing promo plans and graphic design
• Public speaking to groups of 1200+ people
• Recruited 60+ volunteers – musicians, vocalists, graphics/video and writers
•  Launched intranet, coordinating volunteers and teams more efficiently

Recruiter – About Orlando Market Research | Winter Park
April 2007 - January 2008

• Organized Central Florida’s Top Qualitative Market Research Firm’s focus groups
• Conducted in-depth interviews, product-testing and phone screenings
• Trained in leadership and team management

Retail Sales - Circuit City | Vero Beach and Orlando, FL
January 2004 – December 2006

• Sold digital cameras, computers and electronics. With the high tourist population, it wasn't uncommon to see me making sales in Spanish too!
• Top performer for Q1 in Sales

Bank Teller – Washington Mutual | Vero Beach, FL
January 2003 – June 2004

• Completed courses in Finance, Leadership Training and Development

PRESS

Church Marketing Sucks guest blogger and co-author for Landing the Job e-book READ HERE

Featured in Wall Street Journal for innovation with Church App READ HERE

SKILLS

• Project Management Tools (like Basecamp and Asana)
• Apple iOS (Lover of all Apple products, but PC adept too!)
• Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word aficionado along with other programs)
• Bilingual (conversational in Spanish)
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)