John Roberts

Experience

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  AmesEd, Inc.

  May 1995 - Jul 2007

  Vice President of Operations

  Responsible for the operational management of the daily business including directors, recruitment of personnel, on-boarding, marketing, public relations, admissions, budgets, compliance, and accreditation while providing vision, strategy, and leadership for 4 nationally accredited campuses.Increased company enrollments 72.54% and increased company revenue 83.61%.Negotiated the purchase of two nationally accredited schools and opened 2 new branch campuses.

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  DCTV

  Mar 2003 - Mar 2007

  Producer & Host

  Produced and hosted an award-winning weekly television show. The show won 4 Crystal Awards during its 4 years on the air including Best of Shows in 2006.Appeared on NBC 5, Fox 4, CBS 11 and The Ester Davis Show.

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  Westwood College

  Aug 2007 - Feb 2010

  Director of Admissions

  Responsible for recruiting all new hires, on-boarding and motivating the admissions team to meet all the campus objectives at this turn-around campus.Analyzed and trained staff for increased enrollment activity; maintained a positive and productive work environment with all departments; tracked conversions and managed to those metrics; and established weekly run rates.Team scored second in overall corporate admissions rankings with a 92.71% average monthly lead conversion rate and my team exceeded annual start budgets by 103.42%. Show less

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  Corinthian Colleges

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

  Vice President & Director of Admissions

  Opening Director of Admissions for new Fort Worth South start-up campus of Everest College; team finished first fiscal year 266.50% over budget for starts and student population.Team’s referral to start rate was 41.33% on a corporate benchmark of 30%.Promoted to Vice President of the campus in 2011. Responsible for managing the college campus, planning, implementing procedures for admissions, and the supervision of financial services, student services, education, and business operations. Show less

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  The College of Health Care Professions

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

  Director of Admissions

  Provided management and training to the DOA and staff at the Austin campus and provided daily input and progress to corporate officers regarding strategic moves which would be in the best interest of the campus.Coached team to manage time more efficiently and increased overall productivity 91.42% at this Austin turn-around campus.Opening Director of Admissions for new Fort Worth start-up campus; responsibilities included recruiting the first admissions representatives for the campus and the on-boarding and training of all new hires. Show less

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  CENTURY 21®

  May 2013 - Jun 2015

  Realtor

  Accompany clients to lease properties and initiate lease agreements.Study property listings and interview prospective clients.Show buyers listed properties and prepare real estate contracts.

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  ITT Technical Institute

  Jun 2015 - May 2016

  College Director & Director of Recruitment

  Responsible for planning, training, and directing the operations of the college campus in accordance with the applicable regulatory and accreditation standards to achieve optimum growth potential and profit; supervised the functional managers in Recruitment, Finance, Registration, Academic Affairs and Career Services. District leader for referrals at 21.46% of business compared to the corporate average of 9.71%.Ended 2015 achieving 107.24% of market plan for new starts over prior year.ITT Technical Institute closed all of it's campuses in the summer of 2016. The for-profit technical school, which had campuses across the U.S., shut down after facing some significant corporate challenges. Show less

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  Brown Mackie College

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Director of Admissions

  Oversee the hiring of admissions staff, maintained staffing plans, provided training, motivation, budgeting, support activities key to the team’s performance, and ongoing management of the admissions staff including quarterly reviews, new hire training, ongoing observations, and turnover prevention.Responsible for conversions of inquiry to applicant, applicant to new student and for local inquiry generation; member of the College Executive Committee, providing input to the corporate management team about this turn-around campus.Increased Admissions overall production 42.64% within my first three weeks as Director of Admissions.Education Management Corporation (EDMC) decided to close all Brown Mackie campuses and do a teach out two months after I was hired. I was informed that I was the last new employee hired by Brown Mackie College before the decision came down to close. Brown Mackie College asked me to stay employed on campus with the campus President for another several weeks to help facilitate the close. Show less

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  Licensed Realtor

  Aug 2016 - May 2017

  Real Estate Consultant

  Studied property listings, interviewed prospective clients and accompanied clients to property sites.Discussed conditions of sale and drew up real estate contracts.Promoted sales through advertisements, door knocking, social media, and participation in multiple listing services.

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  Platt College is now Miller-Motte College!

  May 2017 - Oct 2017

  Director Of Admissions

  Writing Director of Admissions, making inbound and outbound calls, setting prospective student campus visits, conducting campus tours and facilitating registrations. Ensured compliance with regulatory guidelines while demonstrating effective assessment of the admissions staff’s technical skill set and delivered training for improvement at this turn-around campus. Increased associate degree enrollments 74.83% while improving non-degree enrollments 53.61%.

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  Stretch Productions

  Nov 2017 - now

  Radio Personality

  On-Air host of a weekly syndicated radio show.Voice talent for radio commercials and station ID’s on KKGM in Dallas.Voice talent on KATZ Streaming Radio in Fort Worth.