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Experience

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LIV Golf - Smash GC

Social Media Manager

Jan. 2025 - Present (Contract)

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of Smash GC social media accounts, creating and scheduling daily content for all platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok & YouTube

  • Gained 7.5+ million content impressions and 6.5+ million video views on all platforms during first two months

  • Manage social media marketing campaigns for ticket sales, fan club signups and merchandise sales

  • Collaborate with LIV Golf League staff on mutual opportunities to create social media content

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247Sports - Kansas State (GoPowercat.com)
Digital Content & Social Media Manager

Sep. 2017 - Jul. 2024

  • Managed and scheduled than 120 monthly digital content pieces across website, email and social media

  • Led marketing campaigns that doubled paid website subscriptions over five-year period from 2019 to 2024

  • Measured digital engagement using Google Analytics by tracking users, sessions, and pageviews and recording them for monthly reporting and monitored KPIs to set goals and measure growth

  • Optimized content strategy and distribution with SEO best practices through data-driven analytics

  • Built a YouTube channel that saw channel subscriptions grow by more than 6000% from 2019 to 2024 and took YouTube advertising revenue from 0% to 10% of GoPowercat’s annual revenue

  • Communicated with other staff members the content schedule and needs throughout the week

  • Collaborated with the national 247Sports team and publishers of other sites on the network to create content

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Rivals - Kansas State (GoPowercat.com)
Digital Content Creator

Aug. 2012 - Sep. 2017

  • Filmed football and basketball games, press conferences and regular media availabilities to create highlight packages and analysis video content for website and social media use

  • Managed and maintained video archives of past games, press conferences and media availabilities

WIBW-TV
Videographer

Aug. 2012 - Jun. 2014

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  • Filmed and edited high school football, basketball, baseball, softball and soccer games for WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas to air on the 10 p.m. evening news that required fast turnaround under tight deadlines

  • Responsible for the upkeep of video equipment including cameras, microphones, lighting and other accessories

Skills & Expertise

• Digital Content Creation  • Social Media Strategy  • Social Media Marketing 

• Content Management Systems (CMS) • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 

• Videography  • Photography  • Video Editing  • Photo Editing 

• Graphic Design • Adobe Creative Suite  • Microsoft Office  • Google Analytics  • Facebook  • Instagram  • Twitter/X  • YouTube  • TikTok

Education

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Kansas State University
B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing

Aug. 2012 - Dec. 2015

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