Experience

Williams Baptist University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Marketing and Communications

  • Oct 2020 - Present

First National Bank
• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Retail Banking Specialist

  • Apr 2019 - May 2020


Arkansas State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director for Athletic Media Relations

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2019

  Responsibilities: • Fostered relationships with local media members and photographers and kept an open line of communication to help best promote the athletics departments. • Primary media contact for the women’s basketball, women’s soccer and tennis programs. Also served as the secondary contact for football and handled credential request for all home football games. • Publication of reference guides and game program for football and men’s and women’s basketball. • Supervision of statistical staff and student workers. • Preparation of game notes materials for media use prior to games. • Supervision of postgame press conferences. • Maintained Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms for individual sports and athletic department. Highlights include: • Implemented social media strategy for department and individual sports. • Successfully promoted Aundrea Gamble to three straight Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year honors and helped her achieve All-America status in 2014 and 2015. • Promoted five student-athletes to COSIDA Academic All-America recognition. Show less



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Journalist Self-employed Reporter

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2011

  · Wrote compelling sports and news stories on an as need basis for The Sun and Arkansas-Democrat Gazette. · Covered Arkansas State athletics on an as need basis for the Associated Press. · Wrote compelling sports and news stories on an as need basis for The Sun and Arkansas-Democrat Gazette. · Covered Arkansas State athletics on an as need basis for the Associated Press.



CoachesAid

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2010

  · Covered high school athletics in Arkansas with game-stories, in-depth features, and enterprise stories as well as breaking news and general high school sports news items. · Contributed to the annual Arkansas Tipoff basketball preview magazine by providing feature stories and team reports of over 300 schools in the state. Also provided assistance in formulating preseason all-class team and class-by-class team rankings. · Provided weekly rankings for all Arkansas high school sports on a weekly basis for the website. · Took publication grade photos to accompany feature and game stories. · Compiled CA30 volleyball team consisting of the best 30 players in the state. · Assisted in the process of compiling the CA50 football by calling coaches, gathering stats and opinions of coaches and recruiters. · Assisted in editing other staff writer's copy. · Assisted in the production of weekly podcasts by both participating in recording and editing sessions. · Assisted in producing videos for the website by providing ideas and working both sound and camera equipment. · Regularly contacted coaches to receive updated records, stats and any update about players and/or issues about team. Show less



The Jonesboro Sun

• Staff Writer

  • Dec 2006 - Jun 2009

  • Covered regional high school sports teams with main focus on Nettleton and Valley View athletic programs. • Covered district, regional, state tournament and state final games in football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and soccer. • Assisted in the coverage of Arkansas State University athletics by covering women’s basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball and track and field. • Helped in concept and production of yearly football and basketball preview sections that included 25-35 teams depending on the sport. • Assisted in the selection and production of all-area football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball and soccer teams on a yearly basis. • Assisted in the logistics of sponsoring an area all-star basketball game that featured the best boys’ and girls’ senior basketball players in the paper’s circulation area. Duties included: selecting coaches and teams, reserving gym space, arranging practices and acquiring sponsors. • Assisted in copy-editing and page layout on a nightly basis as well as providing updates to website when needed. • Took publication-grade photographs on a consistent basis. • Answered phones, took call-ins and wrote sports roundups items on a nightly basis. Show less