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Skills

  • Framework media expertise
  • Game Analysis
  • AP style editing
  • Community Sports Coverage
  • Microphone polarization patterns
  • Social media
  • Digital Photography
  • Copywriting and editing
  • Photo editing and retouching
  • Story development

Work Experiences

  • Determined the best combination of media outlets for promotional campaigns, as well as the resources that should be allocated to each by analyzing consumer data.
  • Edited footage to make videos for a variety of platforms.
  • Edited more than 6 pieces, double-checking content wording and facts every week.
  • Was a Capitol Hill reporter who covered budget, energy, and economic issues.
  • Covered workflow optimization and client relations while working on the program beat.
  • Devised a Twitter strategy for system reporters and editors.
  • Started a sports blog for Cedar Works and posted every day while filtering submissions and maintaining a public calendar.
  • Set up and conducted interviews with people who were knowledgeable about the topics covered in each story.
  • Worked directly with reporters to evaluate stories, coordinated, and improve work quality.
  • Used framework to arrange and edit interview footage for broadcast.

Summaries

  • Excellent leader and team builder with strong project management and prioritization abilities.
  • Articulate
  • Experienced Sports Editor with 18 years of determining page budgets, assigning stories, and cultivating positive relationships with local and framework program leaders.
  • Effective communicator with a knack for delivering high-quality, attention-getting news stories.
  • Relationship-building, organization, and making sound decisions under pressure and within tight deadlines are all skills she possesses.
  • Versatile
  • Expert
  • Offering 5 years of experience identifying and translating client requirements into innovative marketing strategies.
  • 3 years of experience as a collaborative sports editor in process improvement.
  • Proactive

Accomplishments

  • Researched and authored in-depth profiles and investigative sports journalism pieces that led to Innovation Award in 2016.
  • Established and maintained a comprehensive editorial calendar that allowed seamless coordination for covering standard tournaments, boosting content output by 47%.
  • Directed a team of 8 journalists, ensuring they met publication deadlines and consistently delivered on-target sports news and feature stories.
  • Managed real-time coverage of standard events, increasing social media engagement by 41% within several months.
  • Led editorial strategy that drove a 62% increase in readership through timely, insightful live sports coverage during procedure.
  • Wrote 17 category stories each 18 months, the highest Number among a global team of 18.
  • Boosted sports section site traffic by 19% through implementing A/B testing for headline optimization and story placements.
  • Collaborated with team of 14 in the development of framework.
  • Increased sales 18% over two years.
  • Trained and mentored a team of junior reporters on sports writing best practices, improving overall content quality and meeting procedure editorial standards.

Affiliations

  • International Sports and Exercise Newspapers' Association
  • International Federation of Sports Journalists
  • International Association for Media and Communication Research – Sport Division
  • Jaycees
  • USA Football Writers Association
  • American Marketing Association
  • Sports Video Group
  • Associated Press Sports Editors
  • Online News Editors & Writers Association
  • American Marketing Association Sports Marketing Group

Certifications

  • CompTIA Network+
  • Video and Audio Editing Certification - program
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • Advanced Copyediting Certification - program
  • First Aid/CPR Certified
  • Meta Social Media Marketing Certification
  • SEO for News Professionals - process
  • Journalism Ethics for Professionals - program
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) - InDesign

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