Education:

Amanda Payne, MA

2012 Master of Arts, Human Services, Liberty University, Virginia

2010 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Liberty University, Virginia

Experience

2019- Present | Board Member & Volunteer

Transformation House | Boerne, Texas

  • Managed agency social media channels including strategy, graphics, and copywriting

  • Helped in the development of unique agency fundraisers including branding, marketing, planning, and execution

  • Actively involved in agency strategic planning, and establishing annual agency goals

  • Agency event speaker

2018- June 2023 | Communications Specialist/Community Involvement Coordinator

Boerne ISD | Boerne, Texas

  • Devised & implemented program structure and communication for the BISD Teacher of the Year program, including criteria and standardized process for all 1600 BISD employees

  • Designs digital and print publications for Boerne ISD weekly

  • Supports the Director of Communications in the management of more than 20 Social Media Accounts across multiple platforms

  • Markets district accomplishments through video production and written web and print articles

  • Supports Boerne ISD and the Boerne Education Foundation with graphic design and template-based web design

  • Supports Boerne Education Foundation with simple accounting and donation tracking

  • Facilitates nonprofit and community partnerships on behalf of Boerne ISD

  • Manages volunteer engagement districtwide from start to finish through an application process, targeted email marketing, and effective interdepartmental communication.

  • Promoted to the dual role of Communications Specialist + Community Involvement Coordinator in January 2020

2016 - 2018 | Residential Services Coordinator/Director of Volunteer and Donor Relations

Kendall County Women's Shelter | Boerne, Texas

  • Experience in grant reporting and data collection

  • Designed and authored a new volunteer Website and Social Media engagement campaign

  • Designed and authored new volunteer marketing and recruitment material

  • Improved attendance at Volunteer training events by 78% through effective communication and marketing

  • Training and experience in successful grant writing

  • Supported agency events with planning, marketing materials, volunteer recruitment, and management

  • Expanded capacity of the shelter services in the areas of client transportation, food & nutrition, and volunteer programming

  • Organized & implemented an inventory system for all in-kind donations received at the shelter that is utilized by staff members

  • Promoted to Director of Volunteer and Donor Relations January 2018

2013 - 2016 | Associate Minister to Families and Their Children

First Baptist Church of Boerne | Boerne, Texas

  • Designed, Authored, and instituted various marketing tools for departmental programming (handouts, Webpages, Etc).

  • Organize, Marketed, and oversaw a weeklong day camp program for preteens annually

  • Revamped and expanded mid-week children’s program to include over 200 participants and over 60 volunteers

  • Recruited, trained, and managed a team of 80 volunteers annually

2011 - 2013 | Project Administrator, International Programs

World Help | Forest, Virginia

  • Maintained professional communication with international partners on behalf of World Help

  • Traveled Internationally on behalf of World Help collecting and documenting project data

  • Highlighted in World Help’s Annual Report for staff performance “Above and beyond” the standard

Additional Information

  • 2022, 2021, 2019- Recipient of Multiple Statewide awards in Public School Communications Graphic Design

  • Leadership Boerne Class of 2020

  • Trained in Grant Writing by San Antonio Area Foundation

  • Adobe Creative Cloud Certification in Progress

  • Proficient in Canva.com

  • Some Multi-Media Video Production Experience