Steve Kozak

Experience

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  Potbelly Sandwich Works

  Mar 2003 - Oct 2006

  General Manager
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  Oakland Christian School

  Aug 2007 - Jul 2014

  Bible Instructor / Spiritual Life Director

  - Redesigned department curriculum, trained current department staff, and implemented programs over a 4-year plan. - Casted vision for a new student leadership development and successfully implemented and ran the program for five years. The program is still in operation. - Given the responsibility to manage two student retreats that were a significant financial drain on the organization and increased attendance, effectiveness, and turned both retreats into additional streams of income for the school. - Served as the relational and spiritual liaison between parents, students, and other teachers improving communication and students’ personal, academic, and spiritual growth. Show less

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  Grace College & Seminary

  Mar 2014 - Jan 2015

  Adjunct Faculty

  World Religions Instructor

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  Maranatha High School

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2016

  Dean of Spiritual Life and Student Leadership / Theology Instructor

  - Successfully lead a team of parents, teachers, and students for school accreditation. - Casted vision for and implemented student leadership program including programing, curriculum, and budgeting. - Significantly increased school-wide student involvement in spiritual life and Associated Student Body (student government) and thereby increasing student participating and support in retreats, extracurriculars, and activities. - Served as part of the administrative team serving as thought leaders for ACSI in areas of data mining and visible thinking. Show less

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  Kozak Creative

  Sept 2015 - now

  Owner/Content Creator
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  Awana ®

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  Executive Director of Youth Ministry

  - Lead a strong collaborative and established team and executed the organizational vision for new youth curriculum from inception through market delivery, with a $500,000 budget. Introduced products to new markets and thereby increasing sales by more than 5% from the previous year. - Traveled throughout the United States promoting the brand as the key spokesperson and thought leader. - Connected with key industry leaders for assistance in curriculum development. - Oversight of the entire creative and marketing process of two key curriculum launches, including, vision, artistic input, writing, marketing and promotion, and delivery—all on time and on budget. Show less

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  Trinity International University

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2022

  Adjunct Faculty
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  CE National

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  Vice President of Youth Ministries

  - Successfully lead three key programs, marketing, and communications, social media, and thought leadership. - Lead team through design, development, and delivery of student conference of more than 2000 students and revenue of more than 1 million dollars, on time and under budget by increasing quality and programming efficiency. - Created and implemented vision for customer journey, digital marketing funnel, and thought leadership—all designed to expand organizational reach and impact. This resulted in a 30% increase in follows and engagement on social, increased program retention rate, and 20% increase in new customers. - Increased buy-in from team, by implementing a more collaborative approach to planning, higher degrees of ownership, personal employee care, and development of strengths and understanding of personalities. Show less

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  B's Remedies LLC

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Co-Founder
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  Brookside Church

  Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

  NextGen Pastor
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  RemedyLIVE - interactive events - 24 hour chat

  Nov 2021 - now

  Director of Content Development