SOUTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR FATHERS AND FAMILIES

Director of Marketing and Communications

Columbia Biblical Seminary

Adjunct Professor and PhD Mentor

Ford Communications Group

Ford Communications Group (FCG) partners with forward-thinking leaders to provide engaging solutions that will hone and spread their messages to audiences around the globe. Providing expertise in content marketing, branding, corporate communications, event management, and crisis communications, FCG connects your message with distribution platforms that will impact staff and subscribers.

FCG has collaborated with organizations such as Turning Point Church (Cleveland), Chapin Presbyterian Church, Center for Reaching a Post Christian Culture, Zola Levitt Television, Lexington-Richland District 5, IBM, CA Technologies, Core Technology Solutions, Dallas ISD, Perot Museum of Science, CallingPost Communications, IT-oLogy, University of Texas at Dallas, West Texas A&M University, and many more.

Principal

Institute for Creation Research

Promoted to this executive communications role, reporting directly to the CEO, to lead the comprehensive communications efforts of this ministry's impact through the development of new publications, the production of radio, television, and conference programs, and other facets of the organization that brought its message of biblical truth to the world. I served as Executive Editor of a monthly magazine reaching more than 250,000 readers, a quarterly devotional distributed to more than 350,000, and numerous hardcover, trade, and specialty books, as well as multimedia curriculum products. 

I have enjoyed writing extensively for news publications through print, digital, and web platforms, establishing and managing social media outlets, spearheading public relations efforts as ministry spokesman, and fielding media requests from outlets such as The Boston Globe, The Austin American-Statesman, The Dallas Morning News, U.S. News & World Report, Fox News, and others.

Director of Communications

Promoted from a consulting role to a perm position in order to direct all digital content creation and management during the critical transition of this national ministry. 

In collaboration with Education and Internet stakeholders, I created online educational courses, including: original writing and editing, oversight of contract writers, editors, and designers, creation and implementation of marketing campaign to launch new educational initiatives. 

I directed creation and distribution of all web content on corporate public site, including daily news, corporate history, product advertising, event promotion, and media distribution.

Director of Content Management

During the expansion of this national organization, I was contracted to develop an online professional development training program, which included 33 courses within 5 topical modules, automated testing and grading, reading assignments, and final exams. Throughout product development, I hired additional writers and editors, and created a marketing plan for global distribution. Hired by and reported to the CEO.

Digital Content Curriculum Developer

ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES INC

Reporting directly to the Founder, I directed all creative, editorial, and print production of monthly newsletters, books, marketing brochures, direct mail initiatives, etc..

As a hands-on manager, I wrote and edited copy for newsletters, donor appeals, books, chapters, articles, speeches, advertising, and interviews. I supervised the editorial department staff and contracted designers, editors, and agencies.

During my tenure, I successfully reorganized the editorial format and doubled the size of monthly news publications, resulting in increased reader response and revenue.

Was offered promotion to Executive Editor before leaving to pursue book project.

Managing Editor

Mabuhay Baptist Church

Senior Pastor

Pioneers

Church planting, village evangelism, teaching, aid distribution in the Balkans.

Missionary

Christar USA

Preaching and teaching, village evangelism, cultural orientation in South Korea, Singapore, West Java Indonesia, and India.

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