EXPERIENCE


GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LEAD | Discovery Church (Orlando, FL | Jan 2025 – Present)

  • Lead high-impact, cross-departmental communications initiatives for a multi-campus organization serving 5,000+ attendees

  • Oversee large-scale, multi-phase projects (e.g., camps, retreats, strategic campaigns) that require advanced planning, detailed timelines, and multi-team coordination

  • Manage a creative team responsible for producing all visual and written collateral across digital and print channels

  • Guide creative direction and facilitate alignment between ministry partners, internal designers, and stakeholders—resolving branding conflicts and maintaining consistency

  • Present strategic design solutions in stakeholder meetings and lead cross-functional decision-making processes

  • Build a comprehensive web-based Brand Guide and Partner Playbook to streamline project intake, ensure brand adherence, and scale communication standards across the organization

  • Use Wrike to manage project timelines, task dependencies, resource allocation, and stakeholder feedback

  • Coach team members on vendor communication and client-facing professionalism, ensuring delivery aligns with both creative standards and client expectations

  • Contribute to hiring by interviewing candidates and helping define team culture, structure, and onboarding practices

  • Focus on building sustainable systems that honor both the internal team and external clients while maintaining high creative output

Live Performance Producer / Content Coordinator | Summit Church Orlando (Orlando, FL | March 2010 – 2024)

  • Oversaw end-to-end production for 130+ projects annually, including live events, theatrical productions, video content, music releases, voiceover sessions, feature articles, and digital campaigns

  • Led cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with project scope, timelines, and budget constraints

  • Managed project lifecycles using Asana, streamlining workflows across multiple platforms and media channels

  • Developed and maintained comprehensive brand and style guides for consistent messaging organization-wide

  • Acted as primary liaison between creative teams, technical staff, leadership, and external stakeholders

  • Owned vendor relationships from sourcing and evaluation to contract negotiation and execution

  • Directed team meetings and facilitated cross-departmental communication to ensure timely delivery of project milestones

  • Conducted interviews and research for editorial features, aligning content with strategic communication goals

  • Implemented new production strategies that drove a 15% increase in event attendance and online viewership within a year

Sports Writer | Heavy Sports (New York, NY, October 2023 – Feb 2024)

  • Contributed 10-15 feature articles per week covering the NFL

  • Sought stories, researched statistics and team histories that applied to subjects covered

  • Coordinated posts in tandem with Social Media Manager and large team of contributors

  • Selected and edited photos for each feature article, posted using Getty Images

  • Utilized Google Analytics, Marfeel, and WordPress for data tracking

  • Heavy’s NFL Team finished in the Top 15 for all news sites covering the NFL in first month

Account Representative | AKT Enterprises (Winter Park, FL, Aug 2009 – March 2010)

  • Managed accounts for primarily Music industry and YouTube clients

  • Implemented sales strategies across multiple social media platforms

  • Served as liaison for clients, design, and production

Quality Assurance Analyst | Electronic Arts Tiburon Studio (Maitland, FL, Feb. 2009 – July 2009)

  • Documented testing for famous sports titles

  • Created and adhered to testing plan and rules for writing and logging errors

  • Took on leadership of sub-teams through crunch time

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) from PMI
CSM (Certified Scrum Master) from Scrum Alliance
CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) from Scrum Alliance

Intro to SQL from DataCamp
Intermediate SQL from DataCamp

Intro to Generative AI from Google Cloud Training Online
Intro to Large Language Models from Google Cloud Training Online
Intro to Responsible AI from Google Cloud Training Online
Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles from Google Cloud Training Online

TOOLS

Project Management & Collaboration Tools
Wrike | Asana | Jira | Confluence | Slack | Outlook | Teams

Creative & Design Tools
Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
Mural (Brainstorming & collaboration tool)

Game Development & Interactive Media
Unreal Engine 5 (Game engine and development)

Audio & Video Production
Logic (Audio production)
Pro Tools (Audio editing & post-production)

Office & Productivity Software
MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Google Suite (Docs, Drive, Sheets, Slides, etc.)

Data & Technical Skills
SQL (Database management and querying)

EDUCATION

Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) | “Cohort 4” / Class of 2008
Master of Arts in Interactive Entertainment (Production / Game Design Track)
***WINNER OF WORLD’S BEST GAME DESIGN PROGRAM by Princeton Review and PC Gamer Magazine
 University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies | Class of 2006
Focus Areas: Behavioral Science, Humanities, Creative Writing
University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL