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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Refrences
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STEVEN ZIMMER

Cedar Falls,IA

Summary

Team Lead possessing leadership and planning abilities. Focused on delivering high-quality service on tight schedules. Monitors, trains and encourages employees to improve skills and meet demanding targets. History of successfully developing and managing strong teams through proactive training and issue management. Decorated volunteer service alumni.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Editor

North American Review
Cedar Falls, IA
01.2024 - Current
  • Provided feedback to editors on rough cuts and edited scenes.
  • Worked with producers to ensure that all deadlines were met.
  • Fluent in various open access content management systems such as Indesign, Photoshop, Drupal
  • Host Cedar Valley Youth Poet Laureate

Associate

Sitka Bazaar
Sitka, AK
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Operated equipment such as scanners and scales correctly during checkout process.
  • Provided customer service support for inquiries, complaints, and returns.

Associate

University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
08.2023 - 06.2024
  • Operated equipment such as scanners and scales correctly during checkout process.
  • Provided customer service support for inquiries, complaints, and returns.

Sales Associate

Slumberland Furniture
Mason City, IA
07.2022 - 08.2023
  • Sold various products by explaining unique features and educating customers on proper application or usage.
  • Increased purchase amounts by cross-selling with similar products.
  • Tracked company inventories, moved excess stock and arranged products to improve sales.

Team Leader

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, NCCC
Sacramento, CA
07.2021 - 07.2022

· Completed 1-year residential, team-based National Service program serving communities across the Nation.

· Supervised, coached, and mentored 9 team members, planned, and implemented daily/weekly schedules

· Coordinated project logistics with supervisors, liaisons, and project sponsors to complete tasks collaboratively

· Managed a total budget of $40,000; completed weekly reports to provide quantifiable data on service performed and community impacts

· Completed project briefings, debriefings, portfolios, and biographical brochures to detail relevant project information while meet all designated project deadlines for efficient mission completion and staff communication

· Advised Corps Members on strengthening professional development, stress regulation and interpersonal growth through service-learning discussions, 1-on-1 meetings with individual members and regular physical training sessions

· Directed successful inquiries and reported incidents of misconduct and enforced program policies and disciplinary procedures while informing supervisors on safety risks and performed risk assessments at work locations

· Oversaw, directed and completed independent service hours separate from the project scope

· Recorded and controlled attendance, absences, sick leave and vacation requests

· Maintained safety procedures operating a 15-passenger vehicle in compliance with fleet vehicle operation standards

· Addressed sensitive topics with members like personal hygiene, sexual harassment, and team conflict

IT Technician

ASSA ABLOY Door Group
Mason City, IA
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Reviewed requests for service to resolve IT difficulties, documenting and fielding tickets to improve problem resolution.
  • Removed and replaced old hardware during routine upgrades and system repairs.
  • Maintained accurate inventory of owned and new equipment to support availability of replacement parts when needed.
  • Identified problems in printers, scanners and networking hardware, applying required fixes or escalating issues.
  • Completed project to upgrade PCs to save company more than $300,000 in hardware costs.

Technical Support Representative

Staples
Mason City, IA
02.2021 - 06.2021
  • Maintained helpdesk and maintenance activities between customer calls and vendor interactions.
  • Input customer service orders and tracked orders through to completion.

Assembly Worker

TriMark
New Hampton, IA
03.2018 - 03.2019
  • Performed visual final inspections and documentation prior to assembly, resulting in 100% quality of products.
  • Documented actions by completing production and quality forms.
  • Kept workstation organized and orderly, making sure production parts, tools, test equipment and documentation were properly stored and maintained.

Corps Member

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps
Baltimore, MD
02.2017 - 11.2017

Volunteer at following organization

Organized team efforts in recovery projects in Texas for Hurricanes Harvey - coordinating Americorps shelter operations, mucking and gutting, and reporting quantifiable data

  • Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and Education Center - Child care, lesson planning, grounds maintenance, chesapeake bay maintenance
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - landscaping, grounds maintenance, convention representation and coordination

Education

Associate of Arts - Education

North Iowa Area Community College
Mason City, IA
07.2015

Skills

  • Team Supervision
  • Decision-making
  • Data Management
  • Training
  • Written and oral communication skills
  • Sales expertise

Affiliations

  • Presidential Lifetime Achievement award 2022 - Received on behalf of Americorps NCCC.
  • Gold Medal Presidential award 2017 - Received on behalf of Americorps NCCC in recognition of over 2,000 logged service hours.
  • Congressional award recipient - Bronze - Received on behalf of Americorps NCCC in recognition of over 1,700 logged service hours.

Certification

  • Comptia A+ certification - certification for technical support and IT operational roles - Received in recognition of completing certification tests.
  • First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, and CPR certified, Sept 2021
  • OSHA Safety, Sept 2021

Refrences

Bridget Casey - Americorps Unit Leader

brdgtcsygold@gmail.com - bcasey@cns.gov - 202-409-7036 - 203-623-6994

Jennifer Kreger - Hubs & Routes President

refinnej@mcn.org - 707-357-3869

Eric Soto - Property Manager at Saint Dorothy's Rest

ericsdr@sonic.net - 707-755-0462

Maggie Rutherford - Event Coordinator at Saint Dorothy's Rest

maggie@stdorothysrest.org - 530-520-7184

Elizabeth Berry - Operations Coordinator at Redwood Empire Foodbank

lberry@refb.org 707-523-9700 ext 158 - 707-217-1657

Jacob Kuntz - Executive Director - Helena Habitat for Humanity

jacobk@helenahabitat.org - 406-204-7315 - 406-531-6578

Mark Leland - Construction Manager - Helena Habitat for Humanity

markl@helenahabitat.org - 406-431-2732

Kim Dale - Program and ops director - Helena Foodshare

kdale@helenafoodshare.org - 406-402-1922

Sarah Grantham - Marketing Director - Good Samaritan Ministries

sarah@goodsamministries.org - 406-422-0780

Ana Martinez - Senior Director of Volunteer Services & Partnerships

amartinez@lafoodbank.org - 323-974-1565

Eli Beltran - Manager of volunteer and partner resources - Los Angeles Regional Foodbank

ebeltran@lafoodbank.org - 323-234-3030 ext 156 - 323-318-4278

Wayne Gilchrest of the US marines and US congress - Supervisor at Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

wgilchrest@eslc.org - 410-348-2018

Bob Adams - Supervisor at Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

badams@pennhort.org

Timeline

Associate

Sitka Bazaar
06.2024 - 08.2024

Assistant Editor

North American Review
01.2024 - Current

Associate

University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa
08.2023 - 06.2024

Sales Associate

Slumberland Furniture
07.2022 - 08.2023

Team Leader

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, NCCC
07.2021 - 07.2022

IT Technician

ASSA ABLOY Door Group
05.2021 - 08.2021

Technical Support Representative

Staples
02.2021 - 06.2021

Assembly Worker

TriMark
03.2018 - 03.2019

Corps Member

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps
02.2017 - 11.2017

Associate of Arts - Education

North Iowa Area Community College
  • Comptia A+ certification - certification for technical support and IT operational roles - Received in recognition of completing certification tests.
  • First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, and CPR certified, Sept 2021
  • OSHA Safety, Sept 2021
STEVEN ZIMMER