Steve Stone

Work Experience

• Senior Software Engineer, Playlister

  Remote, Louisville, KY 05/2022 - Present

• Director of Technology, Download Youth Ministry

  Remote, Louisville, KY 08/2015 - 05/2022

  • Designed and developed a fully-customizable presentation/games app called Sidekick to help youth workers have fun in their services.
  • Designed, developed, and maintained several web-based products, APIs, and internal tools.
  • Led DYM through technical decisions, maintained servers and code management, provided data analysis, and helped our team understand technical implications of decisions.
  • Handled technical customer support, led in-person and online training for products.
  • Maintained and developed tools on our e-commerce platform and trained our team on web standards and best practices.

• Creative Media Designer, Southeast Christian Church

  Louisville, KY 08/2006 - 08/2015

  • Trained, recruited, and discipled a student-run video production team.
  • Helped design and maintain the production system for the Block (Student Ministry building) with an emphasis on cost efficiency and being easy for students to run.
  • Designed series graphics, created motion graphics, promotional material, print pieces, for all campuses' student ministry.
  • Helped with series planning, creative elements, and running games from stage.
  • Developed and ran stufficanuse.com, a website where we gave away series graphics for other churches to use for free.

• Video Director, Central Christian Church

  Las Vegas, NV 08/2001 - 08/2006

  • Scheduled, trained, recruited, and discipled volunteer video team.
  • Directed and produced video for weekend services.
  • Maintained video systems for main auditorium and campus-wide.
  • Helped start Central Video Production Team where we created videos for every ministry, including weekend production.

• CADD Operator, Ethel M Chocolates

  Las Vegas, NV 08/1999 - 08/2001

  • Worked with experienced engineers to draw parts and components for the factory lines.
  • Learned value of systems and efficiencies, as well as attention to detail.
  • Created some Flash header animations for mmsworld.com.