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Work
Experience
9.2024-present
Commissioned Minister of Religion - Director of Church Ministries (DCM)
Zion Lutheran Church - Wayside
Perform all duties of the communications director - website updates through Hostinger, social media management, etc.
Review materials for Bible Studies to determine their theology and usefulness
Create curriculum for confirmation classes
Teach confirmation, religion, and Bible Study classes
Plan curriculum for Sunday School and organize volunteers
Plan and execute youth events
Communicate with youth families through Breeze Church Management Software
Give children's messages during worship services
Plan and lead chapel services at the grade school as well as partner high school
Attend district meetings and conventions to network with other workers
2018 - 9.2024
Communications Director
Zion Lutheran Church - Wayside
In addition to communications director - church office manager and worship coordinator
Create presentation slides for worship services using ProPresenter
Create graphics to inform congregation about church events using Canva
Manage Facebook business page and post regular informative posts and email thru Mailchimp
Manage church website and update content using Weebly
Create bulletins, logos, brochures, and other promotional pieces for church events and coordinate printing
Manage church records
6.2013-6.2017
Technical Publications Specialist
Manitowoc Cranes
Used Adobe FrameMaker to create pages for parts manuals using Bill of Materials from engineering drawings
Pulled engineering drawings and explode parts from assemblies for use on parts manual pages using ProE/Creo 2.0 (or Cadra for older drawings)
Used Adobe Illustrator to create .tif art (grayscale line art) from .dxf files pulled from ProE/Creo 2.0 for importing into Adobe FrameMaker files
Maintained customer BOMs and parts classifications in SAP and transfer material into CPRM/GRIPs for PM creation
Attended classes to further gain product knowledge and understand part functions and business practices, including: Crane Systems Theory, Intro to Canbus and Greater Project Management
9.2011-6.2013
Buyer
Manitowoc Cranes
Released material orders for production based on MRP system using Oracle
Managed material ship dates including expedites and delays
Handled issues with suppliers when parts do not meet specifications
Acted as liaison between Manitowoc and supplier to ensure supplier was providing deliveries on time in full (OTIF), and worked with supplier to improve performance where lacking
Education
2001-2004
Bachelor's Degree | Concordia University Wisconsin
Major - Graphic Design
Minor - Marketing
Skills
& Expertise
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Photoshop
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Illustrator
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Microsoft Office
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Web design
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Social Media Management