Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

You know I had a very professional very well-written little blurb about myself explaining how I'd worked in the "church-world" and how I tried to transition straight into the "real-world" and it was like trying to stop snorting crack cold turkey. But I never actually said "crack" or "turkey," so this version is better.

Here's what I do: I like to create experiences. I'm passionate about how your customers feel while they're receiving the good or service you provide. In my opinion, that customer experience starts the moment they pull into your parking lot and open their car door. Ultimately I'd love to be an experience consultant for any type of company or industry.

So that's what I want to do with my life. $5 bucks if you can help me come up with a name for it.

Work History

• American Lube Express
• Marketing Assistant
• July 2009 to Present

• Graphic Design, Marketing concepts and strategies

• Aeropostale
• Assistant Manager
• April 2009 to July 2009

• Led teams of associates on the sales floor, marketing manager for in store marketing, opening/closing tills and registers, tracking sales daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.

• RidgePoint Church
• Creative Director
• March 2004 to April 2009

• Created the Sunday Morning “guest experience”- From the parking lot to the seat
  Successfully managed over 90 volunteers
  Created expectations for volunteers
  Planned and executed events with attendees from 10 to 200
  Established a “Host Team” to create a welcoming environment
  Established and managed a creative team
  • Approximately 13, 4 week campaigns per year. Each campaign included at minimum: promotional video(s), copy, graphic/logo, set design, a manufactured experience in a controlled setting, giveaways for our guests

  Managed Music Ministry: Coordinated songs/musicians
  Budgeted for over 12 ministry areas
  Video shooting and Editing on a regular basis – videos typically :60 or less
  IT Maintenance
  Audio/Visual Production – Produced and called cues for 2, one-hour productions each week
  Relocation Management – Set up a system to procure items that can be used in our current building, but would also be useful in a “portable” environment

Education

• Florida Southern College
• Communication, Advertising, Public Relations, Marketing
• 2003 - 2006

• Auburndale High School
• High School Diploma
• 1999 - 2003