
Resume
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Digital Producer II/Content Creator
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Increased sports search traffic by 4M referrals YoY via SEO, analytics and visual optimization
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Created, edited and programmed sports photo galleries and vertical videos, driving audience engagement
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Produced daily trending and live coverage content on Iowa, Iowa State, Drake and Northern Iowa Athletics
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Implemented AI tools to generate press conference, interview and podcast clips for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook
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Designed social graphics and promos using Canva
January 2024 - Present
The Star Press
Ball State Athletics Reporter, High School Sports Editor
Muncie, Ind.
December 2022 - January 2024
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Covered Ball State Athletics, writing weekly array of analysis, feature, trend and breaking news stories
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Revived absent East Central Indiana high school sports coverage by hiring, assigning, editing and publishing stories from a network of freelance writers and photographers of varying experience and quality
Sports Reporter, Photographer
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Led sports coverage of 16 high schools through digitally-focused stories and personally-shot pictures/video that prioritized premium content, expanding our subscription base and garnering over 500,000 pageviews
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Became area’s leader in breaking news, game coverage, highlight videos/photographs and feature content
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Assisted with Ball State Athletics coverage, specifically football, men’s basketball and baseball
October 2021 - December 2022
Palladium-Item
Richmond, Ind.
Sports and Education Reporter, Photographer
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Managed and produced all content for sports and education sections, writing digitally-focused enterprise, feature, preview, award, breaking news and trend stories daily packaged with personally-shot pictures/video
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Generated 350,000+ pageviews by building source network that led to breaking news and exclusive stories
November 2020 - October 2021
USA Today
McLean, Va.
Sports Team Intern
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Gathered NCAA basketball, NFL and MLB data for annual March Madness, NFL Draft and spring training print editions, and published COVID-19 and major sports breaking news/trending topics digital content
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Reported on an XFL game, wrote feature on Eli Rogers that was the most viewed story throughout the USA Today network on the date of publishing with over 400,000 initial pageviews
January 2020 - May 2020
Specialized Skills
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Visual & Multimedia: Canva, Wochit, Adobe Premiere, Audition, WordPress, Presto, True Anthem
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AI & Analytics: Google Analytics, Parse.ly, Conductor, OPUS, Stringr, Copilot
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Social Platforms: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X/Twitter
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Technical: HTML5, CSS, SEO Optimization
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Creative Focus: Gallery Curation, Vertical Video Editing, Live Blogs, Sports Photography




