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Candidate's Name PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
1350 N. Howard St. Apt. 412, Akron, OH 44310 EMAIL AVAILABLE
Summary
Twenty years experience bringing timely, actionable news and information to mass and targeted
audiences. Hands-on knowledge of product planning, development and quality assurance; on-time delivery
of value-added content; client relations; and market research.
Professional History
Editor, The Smithers Group, Akron, OH 10/11-Present
Smithers are an Akron-based independent global leader in industrial materials/products testing, consulting,
information and compliance. Currently serving as sole Akron representative of UK-based Smithers
Information business, supporting content creation, business development and marketing of products (e-
mail newsletters, e-books, e-journals and webinars) sold by Digital Publishing unit under Smithers Rapra,
Pira and Apex industry-specific brands.
1. Compile, write, proofread and transmit The Smithers Report daily/weekly e-mail news digest
geared toward tire industry executives; directing conversion of this Smithers Rapra product from a
PDF email attachment to HTML email with links to source material.
1. Collaborate with Smithers Information technical staff in UK and Portland, ME, to transition TSR
from an e-mail based platform to a news and information website with across-the-spectrum
automotive rubbers/polymers content.
2. Support UK-based Digital Publishing e-strategy team in partnering with search engine optimization
(SEO), social media outreach and analytics to maximize content value.
1. Manage $120,000+ in annual revenue associated with TSR through relationships with more than
80 global customers. Clients include industry majors Apollo Tyres, Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli,
Sumitomo and Yokohama, and numerous trade groups and government agencies.
2. Generate TSR lead lists and initiate contacts with prospects. Fulfill sales through negotiation of
subscription agreements, transmission and receipt of invoices to clients, and delivery of e-journal
product. Uphold relationships through subsequent subscription years.
3. Initiated first external marketing campaigns in TSR s 26-year history, overseeing design, artistic
rendering, revision and implementation of sell sheets; postcard mailings; e-mail marketing blasts;
house ads prominently placed in Smithers event programs; and social media outreach on LinkedIn
and Twitter.
4. Deliver key insight into tire industry trends and value proposition of Digital Publishing products as
assistant negotiator for Smithers Rapra Rubber Memberships, bespoke packages of news and
technical information services provided to corporations under annual or multiyear contracts. Recent
wins for the team include Continental AG, with Hankook Tire, DuPont Chemical and ExxonMobil
pending.
5. Entice potential clients toward Digital Publishing products through in-person contact in various
venues, including Smithers-sponsored conferences and technical webinars.
1. Writer and associate editor for Bioplastics World, Smithers Pira biweekly e-journal featuring in-
depth analysis of emerging bio-based plastics trends, including exclusive interviews with
commercial developers and processors.
2. Draft external and internal communications associated with Smithers selection as National Tire
Alignment Laboratory (verifier of tire performance data submitted by automotive and tire OEMs to
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for future US replacement tire labeling program).
Process has included vetting and approvals obtained from NHTSA engineering and legal staff and
their Smithers counterparts.
3. Compose for corporate Human Resources announcements of new hires in engineering and
executive positions throughout Smithers. Contribute articles and photos from Smithers Information
events to quarterly employee newsletter. Advise Smithers Rapra/Pira marketing manager on cross-
promotional opportunities.
Reporter, Plastics News Global Group, Akron, OH 1/08-10/11
Owned by Crain Communications, group brands Plastics News, Plastics News China, European Plastics
News and Plastics & Rubber Weekly encompass three print publications, four websites, a dozen e-
newsletters, multiple conferences and some industry award programs. Supported Akron office s efforts to
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synchronize with Croydon, England-based publications and Columbus, Ohio-based PN China managing
editor/webmaster in order to best serve global audience.
3. Led Plastics News in upgrading online video platform; instigated systematic tracking of Web player
(traffic subsequently increased 300%, according to Brightcove Analytics).
4. Created weekly PlasticsNews.com vodcasts summarizing raw materials trends and trained
videographer and on-camera presenter. Trained and equipped staff reporters with digital voice
recorders and initiated/managed newsmaker audio clip library on website.
5. Effectively used social media to raise awareness of multimedia campaigns
6. Abetted development of the group s inaugural Plastics in Medical Devices industry conference by
initiating contact with expert presenters.
1. Chronicled North American packaging design and manufacturing trends daily, online and in print,
following rigorous self-education in industry fundamentals.
Reporter/News Host, WKSU-FM, Kent State University, OH 12/05-12/07
WKSU is Kent State s award-winning NPR News and Classical music public radio station and website.
Serving more than 20 Northeast Ohio counties, 89.7 WKSU s operations center is in Kent, with news
bureaus in Cleveland, Akron and Canton; broadcasting occurs via repeater stations in Thompson, Wooster,
Norwalk, Ashland and New Philadelphia. Ascended rapidly from junior news bureau chief to acting news
director in less than two years.
2. Served as news director in summer 2007. Managed six hosts and reporters scheduling as well as
supervising conceptualization through delivery of on-air and online editorial content.
3. During 2007, planned, directed and hosted Your Way Home, Daily 6-6:30 p.m. live radio
newsmagazine program featured interviews with influential Northeast Ohio newsmakers and
prepackaged reports about issues that impacted the region.
4. Reported extensively for NPR on the Goodyear Tire & Rubber strike by United Steelworkers that
paralyzed 16 US and Canadian plants in late 2006 and early 07.
5. Researched, recorded in-person audio interviews, took photographs; wrote, voice tracked, edited
and produced long-form features for multimedia documentary series What You Don t Know Can
Hurt You (regional health concerns) and There Goes the Neighborhood (changing regional
demographics).
6. In 2006, managed WKSU s Canton bureau inside city s Cultural Center for the Arts. Interfaced with
creative organizations based at the center. Won awards from Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters,
Ohio Professional Writers and Society of Professional Journalists for storytelling from Stark and
Wayne counties.
7. Made promotional appearances at Cleveland events such as Parade the Circle arts fair and
Cleveland Orchestra outdoor concerts at Blossom Music Center. Successfully solicited members
financial support during on-air fall and spring pledge drives.
News Anchor/Reporter, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron, OH 6/03-12/05
This privately-held media company based in Akron boasts one of the most-honored radio newsrooms in
Ohio. Stations 1590 WAKR-AM, 97.5 WONE-FM and 94.9 WQMX-FM serve listeners and advertisers in
counties surrounding Akron, Canton and Cleveland. Supported management s goal of developing a Web
news delivery platform (began by updating Web headlines on stations sites 3x daily; formal launch of
AkronNewsNow.com occurred in 2007)
8. Embodied RCRG news department as frequent panelist on NewsNight Akron, Greater Akron
journalism roundtable program formerly broadcast on Friday nights by WEAO/WNEO-TV (now
Western Reserve Public Media).
7. Selected from hundreds of applicants to join 13 US broadcast journalists in nonprofit RIAS Berlin
Kommission s summer 2004 German-American professional exchange. Visited government, media,
business and historic sites in the company of resident journalists and officials in Germany;
Brussels, Belgium; and S ubice, Poland.
8. Chosen by news director to coordinate newsgathering efforts and direct editorial content during the
executive s medical absences.
6. Recognized for reporting excellence with awards from Ohio AP Broadcasters and Cleveland Press
Club.
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Assistant City Editor/Reporter, Times Herald Co., Port Huron, MI 4/01-5/03
The Times Herald is a 30,000-reader daily circulation newspaper and website serving St. Clair and Sanilac
counties in Michigan s lower Thumb region. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns the Detroit Free Press
and USA Today. The paper had content-sharing agreements with The Observer newspaper in nearby
Sarnia, Ontario. Recruited by college friend to junior staff position; progressed to the 2 nd most authoritative
position in the newsroom in less than two years.
9. Promoted to assistant city editor in 2003 based on strength of reporting and management skills.
Initially covered rural affairs, then merged city/county government beats in paper s hometown.
Supervised five reporters and proofed entire paper nightly after copy desk s review to assure
quality control before final version went to press.
10. Enabled cross-border coverage of news by regularly nourishing The Observer and CHKS-FM in
Sarnia with stories relevant to their audiences.
9. Several self-penned articles picked up by Gannett News Service for distribution among Gannett
papers/websites in the US.
News Reporter/Anchor, Clear Channel Radio, Cincinnati 11/97-4/01
Clear Channel Communications pioneered its hub-and-spoke model of remotely producing and anchoring
commercial radio newscasts for multiple markets in 1999 in Cincinnati. Recruited from local TV station to
serve as on-call, spot news reporter; developed several beats including crime and courts, local
government and business, with particular business focus on Procter & Gamble, Chiquita Brands
International and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
11. Compiled, wrote, edited, pre-recorded and mixed anchor tracks and actualities, and enabled
Cincinnati server-based automation for top- and bottom-of-the-hour newscasts broadcast by
KLOU-AM in St. Louis and WLAP-AM in Lexington, KY.
10. Delivered news and sports stories and interviews for ABC, CBS and AP Radio from the Greater
Cincinnati area, most notably of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt s 1999 trial for pandering obscenity in
Hamilton County; and of MLB outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. s 2000 homecoming from Seattle after the
Mariners traded him to the Reds.
News Producer, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati 1/97-11/97
WLWT News 5 (Hearst Television) counts as the first TV station outside the eastern US to become a
primary NBC affiliate (February 1948). Its broadcast signal reaches about 700,000 households in 24
counties in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. Recruited from smaller NBC
affiliate in neighboring market to become showrunner for two hour-long newscasts on Saturdays and
Sundays, and to assist line producers of various newscasts.
12. Broke story of March 1997 flood of Licking River (tributary of Ohio River) that inundated 80% of the
town of 2,600 and killed five residents. Recognized by NBC News for bringing incident to WLWT s
and network s attention.
Producer, WKEF-TV, Dayton, OH 10/95-12/96
WKEF News 22 was an NBC affiliate (now ABC affiliate) providing full-service TV programming along the
Interstate 70 axis, from Dayton/Springfield, OH, west to Richmond, IN. Notable former co-workers included
The Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes and former Fox Sports Ohio anchor Dan DeCrow.
Entered organization as student intern and rapidly integrated into all aspects of newsgathering; hired as
full-time employee within three months of initial visit.
Progressed from network video feed recorder to videotape editor, then on to studio
camera/teleprompter operator and floor director for newscasts.
Advanced to assignment editor, then weekend 6 and 11 p.m. newscast producer and
occasional on-camera reporter.
Concluded as final executive producer of Today in Dayton, daily morning newscast/on-set
interview program that led into and occurred around NBC s Today show. Selected, developed
and planned all aspects of program with news anchor, meteorologist, reporter and
videographer, technical director and assistant writer.
Activities/Education
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Toastmasters International
13. Area 14 Governor, TI District 10 (Northeast Ohio), 2013-14
11. Vice President of Public Relations, Central (Akron) Advanced Toastmasters Club 8023
7. Treasurer/Immediate Past President, Akron Toastmasters Club 151
RIAS Berlin Kommission
14. Hosted German ARD consortium radio journalists (from Bayerischer Rundfunk and Mitteldeutscher
Rundfunk) in Akron and arranged local interviews for their broadcasting purposes, 2005-06.
B.A., Mass Communication, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, June 1996
12. Program Host, WWSU-FM campus radio, 1994-95
13. News Editor, The Guardian student newspaper, 1993-94
14. Editorial/Op-Ed Pages Editor, The Guardian, 1993
Proficiencies
Content Production
15. Adobe After Effects/Audition/PageMaker/Photoshop/Premiere
16. Microsoft Access/Excel/Word
Customer Relationship Management
17. Webinfinity (VLI) Revolution
E-mail/Web Marketing
18. CommuniGator
19. Google Analytics (setup)
20. SurveyMonkey
Online Video Platform
21. Brightcove
Social Media
22. Facebook
23. Flickr
24. LinkedIn
25. Twitter
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