Experience

06/2008 – Present: Online News & Sports Producer
MLive.com – Booth Newspapers, Ann Arbor, MI

• Produce, report, edit, design and layout content for MLive.com, the online platform of Booth Newspapers and Michigan’s largest news and information site — reaching 1.6 million unique users per month.

03/2007 – 06/2008: Online Sports Editor
Sports 620 KTAR – sports.ktar.com, Phoenix, AZ

• Collaborated with department heads to implement online content strategy, management and development methodologies and standards for KTAR (AM) – an ESPN radio flagship.
• Produce/reported online news/sports stories for KTAR (AM) – the radio flagship home of the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona State University Sun Devils, Phoenix Mercury and Arizona Rattlers.
• Managed online sports staff, including editors, producers and reporters, responsible for distribution, design and layout of content.
• Created and developed renowned internship program affiliated with Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication and managed student program.
• Consulted with clients to understand business and communications goals, researched competitors and industry best practices, developed content strategy and managed development of content.
• Involved in ongoing maintenance efforts serving in managing editor roles.
• Collaborated with executive management to define development team roles, analyze resource allocation and recruit staff.
• Identified, prioritized and managed a team of designers and developers to produce enhancements.
• Developed aspects of web site in consultation with senior editorial, technical and management.
• Devised navigation structure and content for each page of product and developed and placed banner advertising.

2005 – 2007: Online Sports Producer
The Arizona Republic – azcentral.com, Phoenix, AZ

• Maximized the potential of the content created by The Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV, Phoenix the state’s newspaper and TV news leaders, plus wire services.
• Reported, produced breaking sports stories.
• Managed, wrote content submissions and monitored group discussion, blog participation.
• Responsible for image post-production and creation publication of images and content to site.
• Published audio/visual and interactive content on deadline.
• Wrote sharp headlines/summaries and performed copy editing.
• Command of: PHP, XML and HTML.
• Experience with: Photoshop CS2/CS3, Macromedia Products and Adobe Applications.

2006 – 2007: Webmaster, Online Editor
Arizona State University – WebDevil, Tempe, AZ

2005 – 2006: Sports Reporter
Arizona State University – The State Press, Tempe, AZ

2005 – 2006: Online News & Sports Content Intern
The Arizona Republic – azcentral.com, Phoenix, AZ

2004 – 2006: Freelance Sports Reporter
The East Valley Tribune – aztrib.com, Mesa, AZ

2003 – 2005: Anchor, Reporter & Producer
Arizona State University – Devils’ on the Deuce, Tempe, AZ

2004: Stat Tracker
ESPN Radio – ESPN Radio College GameDay Road Tour, Tempe, AZ