Experience

Connected Families

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education and Equipping Program Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

• Operations Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Apr 2022

  The joy of working at a small company is the variety of skills you get to use and develop. This position has me editing video and podcasts, designing web pages and marketing materials as well as researching grants. It also involves greeting families and customers in person and on the phone, doing data entry, and overseeing the inventory of marketing and sell-able resources.



Valley Evangelical Free Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Director / Office Administrator

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2017

  • Creatively developed and implemented effective communication strategies to support the ministries and events at Valley Free. • Oversaw and/or produced the content and design of church communications including: o Weekly bulletin, church-wide emails, slides and posters o Quarterly newsletter with relevant articles and photos documenting past events o Social media sites and website o Church sign, local newspaper advertising, local event sponsorships • Coordinated volunteer designers to develop marketing materials as needed and photographers to document major church events. • Hired, trained and supervised the administrative assistant, whose duties include church office reception, general office support for church leadership, database administration, weekly deposit and maintaining adequate office supply levels. • Responsible for solving office technology issues for ministry leaders and staff. • Managed event planning and logistics for church-wide events. • Contact for ministry volunteers and custodian. • Supervised outside organizations that utilize the church facilities, including on-going and one-time events. Show less



North American Outdoor Group

• Minnetonka, MN

• Production Coordinator

  • May 1999 - Apr 2001

  • Worked as a go-between the marketing and operations departments to produce direct mailings to 5 million club members in 11 subscription-based clubs. • Responsible for the on-time production (personalization, insertion, mailing) of approximately 150 projects per day, reaching thousands of members. • Worked as a go-between the marketing and operations departments to produce direct mailings to 5 million club members in 11 subscription-based clubs. • Responsible for the on-time production (personalization, insertion, mailing) of approximately 150 projects per day, reaching thousands of members.



United Mailing

• Chanhassen, MN

• Account Manager

  • Oct 1997 - May 1999

  • Managed regional and national direct mail projects through the multiple stages of production including estimating, job instructions, data processing, personalization, insertion and billing. • Coordinated client needs with production capabilities to ensure a smooth production process. • Facilitated communication between customers, sales representatives and production personnel, via email, phone calls and meetings. • Required an extensive knowledge of postal requirements and regulations to ensure that our customers’ mass mailings were printed, packaged and delivered successfully and on-time. Show less