MICHELLE MIKOLAJCZYK

mmikola2@emich.edu | (517) 499-2502 | 218 N. Rosewood , Jackson , MI 49201

Summary Dedicated Communications and Program Management professional with extensive experience
in special event planning, marketing, and fundraising. Experienced Sport Business Manager with
proven track record of increasing business through creative marketing and trend management.

Skills • Marketing • Program Development

• Verbal and Written Communication
• Fundraising and Grant Writing
• Organization, Efficiency, and Time
Management
• Extreme Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Internet and E-mail Marketing •
• Event Planning and Execution
• Budgeting
• Management of Staff and Volunteers

Experience Youth Coordinator 01/2013 - Current

Michigan Center Young Cardinals Wrestling Club | Michigan Center, MI.
• Organize Youth Wrestlers.
• Ensure files are up to date and maintained.
• Fundraising execution for team, tripling fund in first two years.
• Liaison between coaches and parents.
• Grew team from four wrestlers to over 40 in first two years.
• Implemented a financial plan that has grown team funds from $0 to over $1000 annually.
• Organize and execute club wrestling tournaments of over 150 participants.
• Design and order gear (T-shirts, singlets, bags, etc.).
• Maintain Social Media site.
• Effectively ensure all mandated rules are followed.
• Oversaw activities and events for 40 individuals on a daily basis.
• Assessed needs for each person to ascertain which services would be an ideal fit.
• Maintained and promoted a positive and dynamic environment that felt safe for everyone at
all times.
• Successfully led key projects which resulted in team growth.

Event Organizer/ Tournament Director 11/2016 - Current

Cascades Conference Youth Club Circuit | Napoleon, MI.
• Learn and implement online wrestling software (Track Wresting).
• Formatted goals and plans to initiate new club circuit.
• Brainstormed with collogues to find best solutions to issues facing the sport.
• Marketed new idea of conference youth wrestling.
• Maintained growth in tournaments by over doubling in the first three years.
• Coordinate participant lists and brackets.
• Compute data online in real time during tournaments.
• Work cooperatively with team coaches and staff.
• Coordinate volunteers.
• Facility set up for tournament.
• Teach and instruct Referees on daily duties.
 • Provided onsite training to volunteers.
• Conflict resolution when communicating with confused or angry parents of participants.

Guest Teacher 02/2018 - Current

EduStaff, Michigan Center School District | Michigan Center, MI
• Observed all rules and ensured that students followed them to maintain a sense of normalcy
in the classroom.
• Ensured that students had a positive classroom environment to encourage learning and
studying.
• Supervised students in classrooms when teachers were out for the day due to illness or
vacation.
• Assisted students with understanding the lesson material through examples.
• Administered lessons that had been left by the teacher to the students so that they would not
miss a day of instruction

Intern 09/2018 - 12/2018

Jackson YMCA, Youth Development and Healthy Living | Jackson, MI.
• Planned and executed Glow Run project
• Rewrote organizations By-Laws into a modern, user friendly format.
• Marketed youth fall sports through various formats.
• Efficiently created sports rosters and schedules, showing the Director a new/improved way of
doing such.
• Maintained and implemented community partnerships.
• Grant writing and fundraising for Nonprofit.

Co-Director of YMCA Glow Run 09/2018 - 12/2018

Jackson YMCA | Jackson, MI
• Event Planning for 5K Glow Run, a fundraising event.
• Successful and creative marketing of event.
• Creation and implementation of community partnerships.
• Design of Glow Run annual clothing.
• Cooperation with local government organizations and ordnances.
• Coach of Quest Girl/Quest Boy running club.
• Set-up and takedown of event in cooperation with City laws and ordnances.

Soccer Coach 04/2011 - 04/2013

Jackson Recreation Department | Jackson, MI
• Actively participated and gave direction during games.
• Utilized established evaluation techniques and personal knowledge to assess player abilities
and assign to correct positions in the team.
• Oversaw youth program administration, competition planning and team practices.
• Improved team behavior by modeling correct actions and instilling discipline.
• Kept supplies, equipment, and facilities in a neat, organized, and performance-oriented
fashion.
• Encouraged team members to become stronger, more agile athletes and more successful
competitors.
• Instilled love of the sport by helping each player to fully grasp all areas of gameplay.

Coach 04/2013 - 06/2013

Youth T-Ball; Michigan Center School Youth | Michigan Center, MI
• Educated youngsters between the ages of 3 and 6 on the rules and fundamentals for T-Ball.
 • Imparted discipline to all team members and modeled good citizenship skills.
• Coordinated scheduling and field and facility use with the activities office.
• Managed detailed program records, including forms, reports and permission sheets.
• Fostered a culture of good sportsmanship, cooperation and responsibility.
• Ran drills and practices to help children to develop and improve their sports skill levels.
• Upheld safety of all team members during practice, exercise, game play and down times.

Preschool Teacher/Camp Director 01/2002 - 08/2005

Sandusky Area YMCA | Sandusky, OH.
• Scheduled and organized summer camp program for school aged children.
• Developed camp themes, activities, and programs unique to each week including
educational based material in a fun manner.
• Organized and oversaw weekly field trips.
• Maintained open communication with parents.
• Worked closely with the site director, family care workers, classroom teaching team and other
specialists.
• Maintained daily records of children's individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps.
• Observed children for signs of illness, injury, emotional disturbance, learning disorders and
speech problems.
• Collaborated with colleagues on developing new classroom projects and monthly themes.
• Created and implemented developmentally-appropriate curriculum that addressed all
learning styles.
• Completed all required documentation for the National Head Start program.

Education and Bachelor of Science: Sport Management 2018

Training Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti, MI
• Summa cum laude graduate
• Received Regents Scholarship
• Dean's List
• 3.89 GPA

Bachelor of Science Degree: Communication 2018

Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti, MI
• Summa Cum Laude Honors Graduate
• Received Regents Scholarship
• Dean's List
• 4.00 GPA