Experience

• WFXL Fox 31

  Sports Director

  • Duties included anchoring and reporting for nightly sportscasts, managing Sports Department, building relationships with community and government leaders, writing sports stories, creating and producing 30-minute high school football show, specializing in social media (Facebook, Twitter), features that included a variety of sports (triathlons, swimming, diving, wrestling, arena football, bmx racing), managing sports portion of website (mysouthwestga.com), assisting sales staff in creating new means of advertising revenue, working with sales clients to secure advertising, and contributing to news content when needed

• Special School District of St. Louis County

  Social Media Administrator

  Manage district-wide social media accounts, develop policies and procedures for creation of new district-related social media accounts, develop and manage social media editorial calendar, track and monitor social media content related to the district, write for district publications

• Newport News Public Schools (NNPSTV)

  Mass Media Instructor

  Duties included planning, organizing, and delivering lectures for a high school mass media production class (curriculum includes Avid Media Composer, P2 Cameras, ENG shoots, Live events), associate producer for student productions, designing DVD labels for station programming

• Darton College

  Broadcast Journalism Program Coordinator

  Duties include developing social media accounts; maintaining social media sites; developing and producing new content for social media sites; developing recruiting materials and strategies for new Broadcast Journalism program; assisting with and producing on-campus television productions; developing budgets for and requesting equipment for new program

• Darton College

  Video Communications Specialist

  Duties include developing social media accounts; maintaining social media sites; developing and producing new content for social media sites; developing recruiting materials and strategies for new Broadcast Journalism program; assisting with and producing on-campus television productions; developing budgets for and requesting equipment for new program

• Darton State College

  Social Media Coordinator

  As Social Media Coordinator, I have developed a variety of social media accounts for Darton State College, including a Facebook Page, Twitter Account, Google+ Page, YouTube Channel, Instagram Account, and Pinterest Board.
  
  I am currently in charge of managing all posts for those channels, while also responding to comments, questions, and other user interactions.

• WFXL Fox 31 TV

  News Manager

  • Supervised newsroom staff including digital content producer, reporters, producers, anchors, and technical production staff
  • Approved scripts and provided editorial and content decisions for a 1-hour nightly newscast and a 4-hour morning news program
  • Managed department budget, completed department purchases, and managed newsroom asset inventory
  • Responsible for recruitment and hiring of staff members, evaluation of staff performance, staff training, and performance enhancement plans, when necessary
  • Write, shoot, and edited news content for the web and newscast
  • Research, write, and post engaging content for official station social media accounts
  • Make frequent community appearances, including: career days, community and economic development meetings, and editorial board meetings with local not-for-profit hospital