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CAREER SUMMARY
Transition role as a music professional and educator to a new career involving Customer Service, Accounts Management, and scheduling. Possess verifiable knowledge of concurrent hiring processes, including conducting background checks, preparing presentations, drafting letters, preserving databases. distributing and processing mail. Trusted and talented leader offering organizational, administrative oversight to help company achieve goals.
SKILLS:
ADMINISTRATIVE, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
Publishing https://linkedin.com/in/ll-white-3b553184
EDUCATION
M.A. in Religion and History •
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC.
B.A. History and Public Policy •
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
2020 – 06.2021 Administrative Assistant
Robert Half, Hartford, CT.
Performed clerical and administrative duties, including completion of
special project consolidating, reconfiguring, and centralizing New England
District filing system in compliance with State audits. Maintained integrity
of confidential personnel medical records. Placed orders to sustain
Human Resources department protocols.
Transferable skills used: Project management, Teamwork, leadership,
Troubleshooting, problem-solving, follow through, and coordinating.
Measurable Results: Relocation and consolidation project cut waste in time
by 100%
Related Work Experience
11.
%; increased file accessibility and compliance 100%.
08.2011–01.20 Minister of Music, Organist
Spottswood A.M.E. Zion Church, New Britain, CT.
Worked in close consultation with clergy in overseeing the music department,
consisting of musicians, choirs, groups, and conductors. Trained voices,
selected and built repertoire of musical styles blending sacred genres
to provide for the spiritual wellbeing, engagement, and experience of the
congregation and conferences.
Transferable skills used: Project and people management, leadership,
scheduling, organizational, spearheaded fundraising activities to
purchase digital grand piano.
Measurable Results: Grew music department by 150%.
Achievements
2015 – Published first book Is Praise What You Do? (Westbow Press),
An appraisal of church liturgy in modern history (332 pp.)
2017 – Founded BGW publishing; produced and released first 7-song
EP.
20015 – 2021 Founder, Sole Proprietor BGW ministries/DBA
PostLude Productions
Founded arts-based company to create, develop, produce, publish, and market music and literary content. Company provides outlet for positive expression on an range of issues and conditions which affect our community and our world. As owner, implemented day to day management including satisfying local, state, and Federal protocols. Negotiated and executed contracts, conducted talent acquisition, supervised and directed the production process, paid invoices, worked in tandem and collaboration with creative professionals to complete product.
Memberships
Loretta L. White
Effective oral and written
Communication, filing, answering phone.
Microsoft Windows and Excel.
Teamwork, implementation.
Proofreading
Google.docs
Zoom, MS Office Teams for remote work.
Power Point
Goal Chart
BMI, songwriter, publisher
Songwriters Guild of America
Nashville Association of Songwriters International (NASI)