8006 Cloverwood Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Monica Stluka

8006 Cloverwood Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20879

301.461.8617

Objective

Challenging and responsible position affording the opportunity to use my administrative, communication, marketing, organizational, and real estate skills to help develop and achieve the goals of a quality company.

Profile

Enthusiastic and responsible team player with strong background in administration, office management, real estate, marketing, supervising and training others, meeting planning and special events coordination. Proven ability to think through details of small and large scale projects from beginning to end, to supervise others effectively, to anticipate needs, and to plan for and execute their successful achievement. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Mastery level in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Experience with Adobe InDesign, Quark Express, and Adobe Illustrator. Some knowledge of other graphics and marketing software. Strong interest in and quick learner of all software packages. Very computer and internet proficient.

Real Estate Experience

Patrick Rutledge Real Estate Team, Llewellyn Realtors, Rockville, MD (2005 – Present). www.llehomes.com, www.PatrickRutledge.com

Realtor

Work with home buyers and sellers through the process of selling and/or purchasing homes. This includes developing relationships with clients, listening effectively to their cares, concerns, desires and needs, and skillfully preparing them for and negotiating their home sale/purchase.

Listing & Marketing Director

Licensed real estate agent managing a team of 7 members producing 60 – 100 transactions per year. While managing the team I work directly with home sellers and contractors in preparing their homes for sale, handle listing paperwork, put homes on the market, and photograph and market homes via advertisements, print material and a variety of websites. This includes creating marketing pieces, publishing web marketing materials, and being the point of contact for all issues related to the listing of the home. I have also researched, developed, and implemented a variety of lead generation programs and marketing incentives to increase leads and sales volume.

Management/Administrative Experience

Sovereign Grace Ministries, Gaithersburg, MD (2000 – 2004). www.sovereigngraceministries.org

Manager–Resource Center. (2001 – 2004)

Organized and managed a department of 6 staff members responsible for developing and growing the Sovereign Grace web store www.sovereigngracestore.com. Under my direction the department grew in organization and customer service from processing and fulfilling all customer orders within a week of an order being placed to having all orders filled and shipped out the same day the customer placed their order. While managing all product inventory for maximum cost effectiveness, I also organized and managed 12 annual conference bookstores across the country, with sales ranging from $15,000 - $55,000 each. This responsibility also included the financial and inventory reconciliation to within 1% of sales.

Executive Assistant/Office Manager. (2000 – 2001)

Administrative and communication assistance to the Executive Director of Sovereign Grace Ministries. In this position I was responsible to communicate on behalf of the Executive Director to outside contacts as well as to the staff of Sovereign Grace, to maintain confidential information, and to help create and maintain office policy. This position included office management as well as the supervision of 4 administrative staff members.

Covenant Fellowship Church, Glen Mills, PA (1998 – 2000). www.covfel.org

Meeting Planner/Graphics Coordinator.

In this position I was responsible to schedule, anticipate, plan for, and facilitate the administration of church meetings and events. This included daily meeting planning responsibilities as well as administrating events, retreats, and conferences for up to 4,000 people. I was also responsible to create and/or facilitate the reproduction of all church graphics and printed materials.

Teaching Experience

Owen J. Roberts School District, Pottstown, PA (1994 – 1998). www.ojrsd.com

Art Teacher

Taught high school art courses in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, and jewelry making. Taught elementary and middle school general art courses. The majority of my teaching position was at the high school level (the elementary and middle school classes were during my first year of teaching). In the high school I increased student appreciation for and creation of original artwork, and increased student enrollment in the art program. I was also responsible to administrate the annual spring high school art show. The show included work from every high school art student and was judged and awarded prizes by a community art appreciation group.

Education

Long & Foster, Gaithersburg, MD (2005)

Real Estate Licensing Course

The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (fall 1997)

Continuing Studies Courses:

Adobe Illustrator

Computer Graphics

Jewelry and Metalsmithing

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (1990 – 1993). www.kutztown.edu

B.S., Art Education

Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (1989 – 1990)

Program leading to Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Master of Arts in Teaching.